Indian Men.....

Working in a desi company full of desi men in the US is quite a unique experience for everyone involved !! Here is an instance....
A few days ago, an ABCD (American Born Confused Desi) intern came to me....she says....very hesitantly...I need to ask you a question....Is there something wrong with what I am wearing?
I look at her....she’s wearing a tight tank top with jeans....A tad casual for the workplace but nothing wrong with it...so I say....No, you look good ...why do you ask?
She says ...Are you sure....coz one of the guys just told me that I shouldn’t dress this way .. people in the office “talk”......so I am confused... what should I do? I always dress like this... I am so embarrassed...
I nearly jump off my chair....the emancipated woman within me lashes out.....You wear what you want....this is nonsense... She thanks me and leaves...
Then I sit back to think.....should I confront this guy? How dare he talk to her this way ...just coz she looks Indian?? Would he say this to an American girl? Or maybe I should just let this go? ...I know what he’s  thinking....the average desi male mind-set.... is he trying to look out for her?...he means well......or does he??.....should I tell this girl to dress more “appropriately” to avoid such situations...No way!!  WE ARE IN AMERICA!!....this is ridiculous.....and for once I am at a total loss!!

You Just Might Be A Networker If...

• You refer to your kids as your Downline.

• You refer to your spouse as your Upline.

• You have a garage full of water filters.

• You have a wallet full of pre-paid phone cards.

• You refer to friends and relatives as your warm market.

• You no longer have a warm market.

So everyone has encountered this at some point of time - desi guys selling MLM (Multi-level Marketing) to other desis. The other day I got a call from a guy who I met while waiting to be seated at an Indian restaurant. Nice guy, and our kids got along great as well.

Well he calls me and says that its been a while (5 months, and I was surprised he even had my number) and that he wanted to talk to someone entrepreneurial, and he believed I was that (that got my attention!).

And then, he wanted to meet me right away to discuss his new eCommerce venture. I said sure, let's meet at the nearest starbucks. No, No he says, its gotta be at your house. Hmm. why? I ask. Well, its important I meet you in person, he says. OK I agree rather naively.

Immediately after that, my wife asks me - did you consider that he may be from Amway?! Whoopsie. I call him back, and ask him politely - is this for Quixtar? He says YES! So I slowly start to back out of this, but its not easy.

Me: "Sorry Im not interested" 

Him:"But Why?"

"doesn't work for me"

"why ?"

"not for my personality type" 

"have you tried it?"

"yes, in the past" (been accosted several times to attend the cult meetings)

"what level were you involved at?" ,"it is a great source of income" yada yada

Just managed to squeeze out of it. Whew!

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