mini AP in sydney
i am quite dismayed to learn that certain people seem to think that i whine more than enough as it is. anyways since i'm on easter hols this week, i decided that i'd apply for this 2 day traffic survey job. when i get the call asking me what day i'm free for and which briefing time i can attend, the guy inserts some indian sounding phrases (i thought it was hindi) here and there. forgive me for not figuring out WHICH language, since his phonecall woke me up from a nice nap. so yes, i must have figured something was up from that hard-core FOB yack-cent. anyways i turn up on tuesday for the briefing. out of about 40 odd people who were there, at least 12-15 were machine gunning away in telugu. that's when i see the co-ordinators of the survey. 1 is a laid back white old man who briefs people. the other, was the guy who called me. anyways all those who spoke telugu (inevitably), ended up in the hyderabadian's group. he was about to give me the briefing sheet for is group before he went "telugu accha?" which i took to mean "telugu, yes?", to which i replied "no.. tamil", (even though i am telugu, i figured the language i speak was more important) and i practically became persona non grata. he yanked back the sheet and told me to see the white guy. oh well, at least it's better to be hearing english which i DO understand rather than be stuck with the biggest bunch of telugu speakers out of andhra pradesh (or AP for the cognoscenti).
yesterday was the first day of the job. when i turned up, i found that there were sooo many goltees ( in tamil if you switch around the spelling of telugu around, you end up with goltee, and dersh, let's just forget that you used to keep referring to me as 1). anyways getting back, there were so many (i.e. more than half) that some had to join the other group. so basically more than 1/2 of the required 140 surveyors was a goltee. never knew that the goltee population of sydney was that big. oh ya.. the work itself was quite boring, but it was easy money, so i ain't complaining.
yesterday was the first day of the job. when i turned up, i found that there were sooo many goltees ( in tamil if you switch around the spelling of telugu around, you end up with goltee, and dersh, let's just forget that you used to keep referring to me as 1). anyways getting back, there were so many (i.e. more than half) that some had to join the other group. so basically more than 1/2 of the required 140 surveyors was a goltee. never knew that the goltee population of sydney was that big. oh ya.. the work itself was quite boring, but it was easy money, so i ain't complaining.
