Good day, all! It is another long one in which the jet lag is kicking my booty. Hoping that gets better soon.
It's another lovely day here in Noida. Average daytime temp here right now is 94*.
We got out late to work this morning, so it was quite a haul. I think the hotel is only about 5 miles from the office, but it took us 45 minutes to get here this morning. I took some pictures of the traffic. A video would really be better... then you could see just how crazy it really is.
Tonight after work one of the guys is going to take us to a different market. Should be interesting listening to his negotiating style.
Hope everybody has a great day!
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That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
Mema, you're listing the reasons I'm intimidated by India. Between traffic and having to negotiate the price for everything, it would just stress me out.
Hey Dan! Don't forget to try and sneak some sleep in there.
I'm in full on preparing for NaNoWriMo mode. I need more hours in a day too.
I'm so tired of whiny people. Where is my print out? Well, since someone is obviously printing before you because the copier is currently running, my guess is that it will be out right after the person's print is finished. Is five minutes going to kill you? Why don't you go away and come back then? You are useless anyway. Waste of space and money.
Grrrrrrrrr.
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Fuzzy - When a certain person in my office starts to complain and whine I always find myself humming the lyrics to Basketcase, by Green Day Sometimes I have to be really careful not to sing it out loud
Do you have the time to listen to me whine about nothing and everything all at once I am one of those melodramatic fools neurotic to the bone no doubt about it
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You should fear anything that can bleed for seven days without dying... (as told to Mr. DS on 3-12-10)
I was already in a grumpy mood. These pain in the butt people didn't help. The one women even called IT. I found this out later because she was telling me. They got all feaked out because their stuff wasn't showing up in the mailboxes on the copier but it was (at the time) printing. They didn't know whose stuff it was and that threw them off too. It was my boss that was printing things for for me for an OH CAT audit we have next week. He is offsite so he doesn't have a mailbox on the copier. Him being able to be on the network and print directly to the printer is good. It saved so much time. He would have had to print files, scan them and then email them to me to print. He'd probably still be working on that.
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I thought it may have been full last night. I couldn't tell though because we had a lot of thin to medium clouds. The moon was out and bright, but the clouds obscured my true view.
But I'm feeling much better now.
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Stop trying to be what you see. Be what you ought to be.
I'm annoyed because I seem to have taken a step backwards today.
I don't remember if I mentioned it here but I fell on Friday. Just walking along, minding my own business, then BOOM I was on the ground. I didn't see that the pavement had some decorative area that was about 2 inches higher than the rest so I tripped on it. Cut up my knees and my elbow pretty bad and then the next day my entire arm was sore so I guess that's what took the brunt of the impact.
It was slowly getting better but today I woke up achier than any day since it happened.
Sucks getting old. 20 years ago this would have been better in four hours!
Mz... the good news is that most people who aren't from here don't drive here. Most people have drivers. It takes a lot of the stress out of the traffic situation. This morning, there was a herd of cows wandering down the road.
As for the negotiating, it is not always necessary. Largely it depends on where you are shopping. The stores at the market we went to last night were all marked "fixed price" which means that they don't expect to negotiate. Our host last night did some negotiating, but it didn't get us far. The stated price for the shawls we were buying was 100 rupees per shawl. That is roughly $2 in US currency. We bought a total of 25 shawls and paid 2400 rupees. Effectively we got a 100 rupee discount.
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That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
A nap sounds good.
I found this out later because she was telling me. They got all feaked out because their stuff wasn't showing up in the mailboxes on the copier but it was (at the time) printing. They didn't know whose stuff it was and that threw them off too. It was my boss that was printing things for for me for an OH CAT audit we have next week. He is offsite so he doesn't have a mailbox on the copier. Him being able to be on the network and print directly to the printer is good. It saved so much time. He would have had to print files, scan them and then email them to me to print. He'd probably still be working on that.
