Duh!
1. Honking loudly or trying to overtake a vehicle standing at a signal or in the traffic is not going to miraculously create a path for you. There is a reason why the people in the front are standing. Much as you may like to think that way, they are not fools and neither is it their hobby to stand in the middle of a vehicle-infested-polluted-road under the mid-morning sun.
2. When you need to go up, press the upward arrow on the lift and vice versa. Pressing it in both directions is only going to make its arrival slower. Also, hitting the button constantly is not going to increase its speed. It will still arrive only when it does.
3. When I am walking right behind you at almost your pace, I am NOT admiring your beautiful behind. I just need to go to the restroom (really soon) and your obstructive jaywalk is not helping my situation. So do not give me that weird look every time you turn behind.
4. This is for all the aunties I have known in my life – yes, I am ‘so and so’s’ daughter and yes I have grown up so much so fast. The next time you see me at a wedding, please do not exclaim ‘Bhavani ponna idhu?! Ennamaa valandhutaa!’ (Is this Bhavani’s daughter? God how she has grown!), although you might have seen me just a few months ago at another wedding. I would really like to see any one of your sons or daughters who hasn’t grown five feet tall in twenty years.
5. When I am entering through the office doors with my bags, yes I have just come to office. Please do not waste your energy by saying ‘Oh you’re just coming to office!’ Instead, you can utilize your energy well by, say, commenting on how good I look that day. ;)
6. It is raining outside. I am entering home wet. Of course I got drenched in the rain. I did not suddenly decide to take a shower with my clothes on, on the way. Asking ‘Mazhaila nananjiya?!’ (Got wet in the rain?!), is not exactly the wisest thing to do when I am already fuming at my luck that it starts raining exactly halfway down my drive home.
7. Me to my mom – Can you tell me the directions to this Kalyana madapam? Please give me some landmarks ‘cos I don’t know the road names for most places.
My mom – Okay. Do you know Chamiers road?
8. When I applied for work as a school teacher, the principal over the phone (in impeccable English) – You will be handling the second and third grade math and English. Please be prepared for a demo class when you come here for the interview.
When I went there, after looking through my resume – Hmm… so a software engineer wants to become a teacher. Would you be interested in ninth and tenth physics or chemistry?
Me – But I was told I would be handling second and third math and English. Besides, since I do not have teaching experience I would prefer to start with the smaller grades.
At the demo – You will be teaching fourth grade math. Good luck!
A week later over phone – There is a crash Montessori course. It would be very helpful to teach kindergarten. Would you like to take it up?
My mind inside, as I answer her calmly that it’s okay, I am not interested - Make up your mind people! If our educators are going to be like this I can’t imagine the plight of our poor children!
2. When you need to go up, press the upward arrow on the lift and vice versa. Pressing it in both directions is only going to make its arrival slower. Also, hitting the button constantly is not going to increase its speed. It will still arrive only when it does.
3. When I am walking right behind you at almost your pace, I am NOT admiring your beautiful behind. I just need to go to the restroom (really soon) and your obstructive jaywalk is not helping my situation. So do not give me that weird look every time you turn behind.
4. This is for all the aunties I have known in my life – yes, I am ‘so and so’s’ daughter and yes I have grown up so much so fast. The next time you see me at a wedding, please do not exclaim ‘Bhavani ponna idhu?! Ennamaa valandhutaa!’ (Is this Bhavani’s daughter? God how she has grown!), although you might have seen me just a few months ago at another wedding. I would really like to see any one of your sons or daughters who hasn’t grown five feet tall in twenty years.
5. When I am entering through the office doors with my bags, yes I have just come to office. Please do not waste your energy by saying ‘Oh you’re just coming to office!’ Instead, you can utilize your energy well by, say, commenting on how good I look that day. ;)
6. It is raining outside. I am entering home wet. Of course I got drenched in the rain. I did not suddenly decide to take a shower with my clothes on, on the way. Asking ‘Mazhaila nananjiya?!’ (Got wet in the rain?!), is not exactly the wisest thing to do when I am already fuming at my luck that it starts raining exactly halfway down my drive home.
7. Me to my mom – Can you tell me the directions to this Kalyana madapam? Please give me some landmarks ‘cos I don’t know the road names for most places.
My mom – Okay. Do you know Chamiers road?
8. When I applied for work as a school teacher, the principal over the phone (in impeccable English) – You will be handling the second and third grade math and English. Please be prepared for a demo class when you come here for the interview.
When I went there, after looking through my resume – Hmm… so a software engineer wants to become a teacher. Would you be interested in ninth and tenth physics or chemistry?
Me – But I was told I would be handling second and third math and English. Besides, since I do not have teaching experience I would prefer to start with the smaller grades.
At the demo – You will be teaching fourth grade math. Good luck!
A week later over phone – There is a crash Montessori course. It would be very helpful to teach kindergarten. Would you like to take it up?
My mind inside, as I answer her calmly that it’s okay, I am not interested - Make up your mind people! If our educators are going to be like this I can’t imagine the plight of our poor children!
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