Its almost the end of my stint in San Diego. One thing noticeable about this place, apart from scenic beauty and theme parks, is its desi population ( this mite be true with the bay area also). People might have heard about little India, but I feel that the term "little" is a misnomer. It should be little America in Big India. :-)
The places I have stayed in US have always been small places with very little desi population and we could easily count all the desis in town and we knew each other very well. When I first came to San Diego I was amazed by the desis roaming around ( even desis in loongis with their bluetooths, as my friend, Ajay, would say it). So I was keen on meeting the desis around in San Diego. So, on my first visit to the Walmart ( someone would say "cheap walmarters", but I dont care, I'am not rich either) I bumped across a desi couple. Viju and myself smiled at them and introduced ourself. To our surprise, the desi couple gave one hard look at us and just walked by. We were like "dude, are we fugitives or what". Anyways we said may be they were not in the mood. On the same day, we met the same couple in the movie theatre and again the same reaction. We were wandering " whatz going on. Have we been banned by the desi community in San Diego".
The next day we went to a grocery store and to our surprise a desi couple came to us smiling and introduced themselves to us and after 10 mins of exchanging info and phone numbers we were happy that we got to meet some nice desis. We forgot the walmart and the theatre incident.
After 2 days we got a call from the desi couples ( the one from the grocery store). After 5 mins of exchanging good will words, the desi dude started talking about Amway ( its some kind of marketing thing). I showed my disinterest in it and cut short the conversation. After that day I never got a call from that dude.
This made me think, probably the desi from walmart might have faced the similar situation like me and he might have become skeptical about anybody approaching him with a smile.
Anyways, I believe in making friends and my smile will be ON. Take it or leave it :)
PS: Smiling, exercises around 200 facial muscles. So please Keep Smiling
The places I have stayed in US have always been small places with very little desi population and we could easily count all the desis in town and we knew each other very well. When I first came to San Diego I was amazed by the desis roaming around ( even desis in loongis with their bluetooths, as my friend, Ajay, would say it). So I was keen on meeting the desis around in San Diego. So, on my first visit to the Walmart ( someone would say "cheap walmarters", but I dont care, I'am not rich either) I bumped across a desi couple. Viju and myself smiled at them and introduced ourself. To our surprise, the desi couple gave one hard look at us and just walked by. We were like "dude, are we fugitives or what". Anyways we said may be they were not in the mood. On the same day, we met the same couple in the movie theatre and again the same reaction. We were wandering " whatz going on. Have we been banned by the desi community in San Diego".
The next day we went to a grocery store and to our surprise a desi couple came to us smiling and introduced themselves to us and after 10 mins of exchanging info and phone numbers we were happy that we got to meet some nice desis. We forgot the walmart and the theatre incident.
After 2 days we got a call from the desi couples ( the one from the grocery store). After 5 mins of exchanging good will words, the desi dude started talking about Amway ( its some kind of marketing thing). I showed my disinterest in it and cut short the conversation. After that day I never got a call from that dude.
This made me think, probably the desi from walmart might have faced the similar situation like me and he might have become skeptical about anybody approaching him with a smile.
Anyways, I believe in making friends and my smile will be ON. Take it or leave it :)
PS: Smiling, exercises around 200 facial muscles. So please Keep Smiling
2 comments:
Haha..I had many Amway incidents..They always start with "Are you interested in making additional income?" :)
A nice post.... And a nice conclusion.
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