Cultural rant, mainly for Chedda
I work, or have worked, with many people not too far removed from the Indian subcontinent. I also work for somebody from that corner of the world. One thing I never, ever will get used to is that they...
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My wife, in a previous incarnation, worked with a firm that required that she make regular trips to India to check on production. She's a pretty reasonable person, but she will never ever trust that...
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The Bulgarians do the same thing (yes/no head motions reversed). No other Slavs, just Bulgarians. If you are ever in Sofia or Varna, this will come in handy. Otherwise, consider it my useless bit of...
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PimFortuynsGhost wrote: The Bulgarians do the same thing (yes/no head motions reversed). No other Slavs, just Bulgarians. If you are ever in Sofia or Varna, this will come in handy. Otherwise,...
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litesrn wrote: she will never ever trust that anyone of Indian heritage ever says what they mean: she is firmly convinced that saying "no" to anything, even the most unreasonable request, is simply...
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We do some trading with our sister company in India and I have a heck of a time getting them to pay us, have about $30k in their a/r account over six months old, some of it going back two years now....
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