Dealing With Indians
One of the few great things about living on the campus here is that you can tell off all the assholes that infest the place. Today a guy was testing out deodorants in the supermarket, right next to a board that warned that none of the cans were to be used for testing. I pointed out this fact to him loudly, gesturing at the sign. The asshole mumbled “I know…” and moved off (only to repeat the same thing a few minutes later and get scolded by a store employee this time). The point is, he had to take the insult and fuck off or he’d have to deal with the HR department the next day*.
Similarly there are other assholes that play music on their cellphones inside the classroom with no regard for other people occupying the place. I can insult them all I want without regard for what they’ll think or do and they have no choice but to take the abuse, having violated an explicit rule**. Same goes for morons using the drinking water glasses for coffee/tea, walking around the campus with tinny music blaring from their cellphones, cutting queues, passing food tokens to people they know further up the line… the list goes on.
*If he starts to argue I can simply take down his name and send HR a nice email about him and they’ll take care of him.
**The rule is: “Don’t play your fucking music in the fucking classroom, you fucktard.” Only in more polite terms.
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:49 am
I don’t get the music thing. Headphones are cheap.
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:01 am
They simply come from an undeveloped society where social etiquette remains as elusive as cleanliness.
June 26th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Pooh.. As if you are made in england.
June 26th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Ooooh someone feels insulted…
June 27th, 2009 at 12:34 am
I’d like to know in which country it is acceptable to play loud music in classes unless you’re the annoying jerk with the boombox.
June 27th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
@ Marc: Your title made me comment so
@ George: Pao me paayal, haathu me kangan aur ma the pe bindia, It happens only in India
June 27th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
So you’re proving my point.
June 28th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Ha ha, Hari. Yeah, I suppose it happens only in India.
By the way, what is the name of that song which you just quoted. I’ve seen people reference it before in the same way, but I don’t know where it’s from.
July 1st, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Oh dear. This happens in Europe too… problem is just that they don’t even take your criticism.
One of my friends got into a serious fight because of a mobile phone pseudo ghettoblaster in a bus full of elderly people. In England :]
THUS, be happy that you’re still able to complain
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:36 am
@ George: Name of the song is It happens only in India, movie Pardesi Babu
July 4th, 2009 at 1:49 am
Isha, they were forced to do as I say only because they were inside the company’s campus. At least in a developed country you can call the cops and get them to take care of things. Here calling the cops is the one thing that neither party will want in any scenario.