--- Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 1/25/06, A. M. Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The funniest thing I ever saw happen was when I was in a car with 3
> > Indian coworkers on our way to a company meeting. The two in the
> > back were chattering happily in hindi at each other and the driver,
> but
> > since I don't speak hindi, I was naturally excluded from the
> conversation.
> > This went on for about 20-30 minutes, during the course of the
> drive.
>
> That IS rude and incosiderate. You think they were, maybe, bitching
> about work and colleagues and possibly even you?
That kind of inconsiderate behaviour is quite common. And more common
amongst Hindi speakers. I see it at the work place all the time. And I
see the Chinese exhibit the same trait.
>
> There is the colleague in Office Space - Samir Nagheenanajar (played
> by Ajay Naidu).
And then there is M "Night" Shyamalan.
Vardhini