FortyOne ([info]arunjeetsingh) wrote,
@ 2007-08-15 13:10:00
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Current location:Bellevue
Current mood: sleepy
Current music:The sounds of the ceiling fan

When in America...

  • Don't order "large" at any fastfood joints. I mistook the "container" they handed me for coca cola to be a jug. You could do the same.
  • If you wear a large sized tee shirt (outside America), buy a medium or a small.
  • Gawk at the massive skyscrapers. Aren't they great?
  • Don't gawk at the massive people. Unless you want to get beaten up.
  • Smile at people. They smile back.
  • Don't plug in your electrical appliances unless they run on 110V. If you smell burning plastic, run!
  • Try and take food into flights. They don't serve meal on flights most of the time. No, I'm NOT talking about the budget carriers.
  • If they tell you your flight is a direct flight, don't believe them. It will probably stop on the way somewhere.
  • Don't cross the street unless the walk sign is on. They could arrest you for that! See Jaywalking.
  • Figure out their damn money. All the notes are the same size and same color. Only the pictures on them are different. A dime is 10 cents and a quarter is 25 cents. The numerical value of these coins isn't mentioned on the coins.



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[info]sushubh
2007-08-15 08:28 pm UTC (link)
If you smile at tourists in india, they would smile back too ;)

One of them even responded with a Bon Jour... He was probably French.

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[info]arunjeetsingh
2007-08-17 06:12 am UTC (link)
Yes, but not us Indian folk. Sad that we don't value humour in daily life.

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[info]sushubh
2007-08-17 06:56 am UTC (link)
sadly true...

i also noticed while i was at mcleod... anyone you say thanks to... they would respond back with a your welcome. shopkeepers, waiters, restaurant owners...

not here in gurgaon. :d

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[info]anupma
2007-08-16 05:06 pm UTC (link)
You are smiling at strangers now, misanthrope of a friend-o-mine? Nice.

Oh and I found out about jaywalking in B'lore.

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[info]arunjeetsingh
2007-08-17 06:13 am UTC (link)
Well, they keep smiling at me, and worse, saying "Hi". Twice! Twice a random stranger said hi to me and I went "Umm...yes...hi". Damn it! Sometimes I wish I weren't so bloody anti-social.

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[info]pinkoliphaunt
2007-08-17 05:40 am UTC (link)
Once upon a time, people used to get pulled up for jaywalking in Bengaluru too:o

.They don't serve meal on flights most of the time. No, I'm NOT talking about the budget carriers.

Arggghhhh! Criminal. then it will no doubt gladden your heart to hera that when I was flying back from Mumbai yesterday, they gave me access to the airline lounge so I hogged free (I think) food there and then hogged again on the plane:o


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[info]arunjeetsingh
2007-08-17 06:16 am UTC (link)
Bangaloru has jaywalking??? And I thought the only traffic related oddity were the hat wearing policemen :D

I love airport lounges. I especially love ones that are on the upper floors with windows looking out towards the crowded areas of the airport (IGI in del has some of these). I like to look at the people on the ground and go "yes ye huddled masses! I am the lord of the lounge!" :P

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[info]pinkoliphaunt
2007-08-17 01:09 pm UTC (link)
Ooh yes! Upper floor but not looking out over huddled masses. However, plush enough to give lord of the anywhere feel. Decent food too:)

Bangalore can be very weird on traffic every now and then. Every other road is a one-way for one thing!

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[info]balaji_b
2007-08-20 03:59 pm UTC (link)
One more, heard this one just yesterday:

* Remember that you get charged for incoming calls as well on your cellphone.

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