Comments on: customer service

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:40:58 +0000

where do you live in Delhi? I live in green park, south delhi.
I agree with all you mentioned. quite funny.
anyway Im getting really bored these days coz i dont find fun thing any more. If anything, please tell me..

By: bombaygirl

bombaygirl — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:44:48 +0000

you have an award.

By: radha

radha — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:10:47 +0000

Indians are simply and not complicated and they just do the things (ops, one thing) without losing themselves. i always find them very focused and not so artificial as in the western world. enjoy yr jouney!

By: MD

MD — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:07:57 +0000

Hey louiecypher, what are you doing over here and not at Sepia Mutiny?

By: MD

MD — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:07:30 +0000

Funny. I had a neighbor here in the States, from London, who said service in the US was waaaaay better than in Britain. I guess it’s all just relative

By: louiecypher

louiecypher — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:09:05 +0000

I’ll rejoice when there are no more peons, but given the GOI’s criminal neglect of education we are looking at more than 40 years

By: Trevor Brown

Trevor Brown — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:54:42 +0000

As a brown skinned person who visited D&J for a month I would have to say I disagree with there being a discrepancy between the treatment of white skinned people and darker skinned people.

Maybe a month wasn’t long enough for me to feel the racial discrimination, but I felt the love as long as the rupees flowed from my pocket and they did flow.

“Wealth is measured by what you can get people to do for you.”

I think regardless of my skin color I was considered wealthy, which for once in my life was a nice feeling. I think the only rude treatment I got was from auto-rickshaw drivers who didn’t want to go somewhere far away.

As someone seasoned in racism, I felt only love from the people in India.

By: Chinese Fighting Muffin

Chinese Fighting Muffin — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:19:15 +0000

customer service is a debatable issue anywhere in the world. south east asia also has this insane passion for white skin – tourists do get treated with more respect and better service than locals. it must be a psychological side-effect from post-colonialism. heh.

By: ke

ke — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:03:37 +0000

Interesting interview with a journalist who grew up in new york, but moved to india to look for a husband.

http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2008/08/love-in-modern-india/

she has a book out called marrying anita. I recall a very funny interview she’d written in new york magazine about her fathers quest to find her a husband.

By: Customer service… at Blogbharti

Customer service… at Blogbharti — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:10:11 +0000

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