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Justin Perez wrote:
When I see this types of questions, it is definatley a WTF moment for me


It has gone way past WTF moments for me. I will still moan and bitch about it on my blog (which I'd link to if the server wasn't currently waterlogged and awaiting replacement - later this week hopefully) and I have a good few posts about it when the situation really gets me down.


Justin Perez wrote:
Maybe it's an India thing...


Not exclusively, but there are an increasing number of people from India making this type of post which does make it look like they are lazy workshy slackers who want everyone to do their work. But you've also got to look around and see how many Indians are on this site helping out too - those numbers are also increasing.

Some of it does appear to be cultural. I once stopped by a McDonalds in Edinburgh on my way home. It was about 23:30 and they were winding down for the night (they shut at midnight). I went through the drive-thru and as I wasn't caring what I ate (I was just hungry and had a one-hour drive ahead of me) I asked what was available now.

The Indian chap at the window persuaded me that he would personally make me what ever I wanted from the menu as all the remaining food that was already prepared was going stale and I wouldn't want it. He took my order and made a small mistake when typing it into the till - nothing serious he'd just doubled up the entry for something, he realised it and called his colleague over to help correct it.

Now, instead of allowing his colleague to come over and talk him through the correction he tried to dash off to make my burger. His colleague, who, by the looks of it, had been through this many times with him, called him back to learn. He stood there watching the process of correcting the double entry as if he was bursting for the toilet. As soon as the entry was corrected he dashed off again, leaving his colleague to collect the money from me and issue my change.

When I drove upto the next windows I could see the Indian guy dash maddly round parts of the kitchen putting everything together. He eventually, and very proudly, presented me with my meal - but I couldn't help thinking that if he'd just done his job and let everyone else do their job it would have arrived a lot faster (remember I told him at the start I was in a hurry) and he wouldn't have irritated his colleagues who were trying to help and show him how to correct his mistakes.



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