Thread: Why do Indians never give precise directions?

Every other person in India has this problem of not being able to say NO... The day you learn to say no life becomes so much easier and I learnt to say no when I stayed in states for a year and after that I have never said yes when I meant no and it does solve a lot of problems.

Business, money, relations, friends... you name it and it helps you every where.

On the other hand there is a certain sweetness attached to this problem and you would find this problem of not being able to say no more in rural areas and I have had my share of exposure to villages and cities so I know whats what in both the worlds... I love the way people are in our villages but you cannot make it big in material life with that mindset.

I myself suffer from the problem/syndrome. In my eagerness to please clients, I agree to something without thinking and then regreting later.

I am trying hard to correct my malady but it so darn hard.

Originally Posted by just4kix

I myself suffer from the problem/syndrome. In my eagerness to please clients, I agree to something without thinking and then regreting later.

I am trying hard to correct my malady but it so darn hard.

Was that white employee referring to you when he was commenting on Indians...

Just kidding... I'm sure u have the least of those traits...cuz u've seen the world...

Originally Posted by itsmemad

Was that white employee referring to you when he was commenting on Indians...

Just kidding... I'm sure u have the least of those traits...cuz u've seen the world...

Not directly ... but indirectly, yes.

Why do Indians give wrong direction ? And y dont they say no ?I dunno ...These Guys just piss me of bad .... I would have hated them had it not been the fact that i too am one of them ......

Just the otherday i met this girl at the mall ...I met her in the first floor she asked me how to get to the Draperies section ?
Now i had no idea which one she was referring too [still dont ]
Anyway i guessed she might be referring to the floor they keep all the bedspreads/curtains/blinds etc
So i told her the direction.

Well i continued on my own purchasing expedition ... i went to the men's section and to my surprise find the girl coming my way walking and looking totally lost ...So what do i do ?
Before she spots me
Duck out of sight and Escape !

[I dunno if the problem was whether i told her directions forgetting that we were in the first floor and not the ground floor ! or whether draperies meant something else...or maybe i might have even heard her wrong !]

Well thats only 1 of the million blunder's i have done ....I am also known to give wrong directions to my own house [yeah!] ...and to say "go right" while i am pointing to the left with my hand .....

Y do i do this?
I have no idea
@J4K
I am ur ultimate nightmare
@Vishnu
Hey there pal u got company

@ShAdOwCoN, Basically we also do not like to admit that there is something we do not know.

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

@Vishnu
Hey there pal u got company

:lol: Nice to have company. Lucky for me I have never ran in to any body I have given directions to.

Yes .... I too learn t that lesson ...saying yes and not doing it ll mean that Your dignity gets degraded ...people think cheaply of you ...... Only to say yes when you r damn sure of completing that job ....Otherwise tell them you may not be able to make it ...for whatever reason it is .....
Speaking specifically about work i ll never say Yes to a job i am not sure of completing ...and will try my best to complete it ...even if it seems a trivial task ....Well i do get my rewards for it ....

BTW
Why refer to Caucasians as white ? ...i think its a little cheap ? Y not Britons,Americans etc