Finally, the interviewer asks, "So would like to work with us?"
Candidate: Yes sir!
Interviewer: We don't use Sir and Madam here. We just call each other by their first names.
Candidate: Fine.
Candidate joins the company, months pass and the VP calls for a meeting and takes a seat. One couldn't help but notice his coughing.
Same interviewer: Sir! would you like to have some water?
If there were an Olympics on groveling, Indians would surely take the top slot. It just comes naturally to most Indians. My guess is that this probably has to do with the influence of British education.
So yesterday I happened to watch this archived interview of Sonia Gandhi with Barkha Dutt on Star News. As the interview proceeded, Barkha's body language clearly showed that Sonia Gandhi had awed her. One could notice "Ma'm" almost come out of her mouth. I bet she did utter the words backstage :p. Ok Ok! I really respect Barkha Dutt as a journalist but falling flat like that was something that was hard to digest.
When it comes to Vision 2010 (whatever that means!), groveling is something we Indians could do away with.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
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Well i wud definitely not call Sonia Gandhi as "Sonia" face to face, even if I was Barkha or Manmohan Singh. Whats wrong with ma'am-ing her? The same way everybody Sir-ed you when they first met you but quickly reduced to Jim when they really got to know how useless you actually are, and after knowing you even better, they starting calling you hmel-a and ek-a. *Wicked Grin*
On a more serious note, nice post bro. This is much better than copying jokes from the net and posting them on ur blog :-D
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Can someone tell me how to disable comments in my blog? *Shaala*
Muah ha ha ha ha!!!! :-)
Hey Jimmy...checked your blog on a whim and was pleasantly surprised to see more than one post on it :) I agree with the thought behind this post, i.e. how Indians are conditioned to grovel. However, there is a fine though definate line between showing someone respect and licking thier boots. But yea, as far as the licking goes, I agree that its time we gave that up!
Hey Insi!! Howz you?
Thanx for passing by! I'm honored *with a bow* :o)
BTW Mojo, what i wanted to talk about was the submissive nature of Indians-that could be out of fear of losing favour from someone and then ending up saying "Yes sir!!" or "Yes Mam!..."
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