As much as it sounds funny,it is really a disgusting truth.
The above survey is representative of all workers in the U.S,but I had a first hand experience on this issue with a guy who had come from India on an onsite assignment.
I was the chosen one for this guy(God knows how such people somehow magically emerge out of the blue calling themselves as some friend's sister's husband's coworker etc) to be dropped off at the airport during his return to India and happened to be at the baggage checking area at the airport,when the ugly truth emerged!As he was carrying stuff above the allowed weight,he was asked to discard some stuff and that is when I was shocked to find stationery of all kinds bearing his company logo!As I looked startled at him,he just let out a pathetic smile which seemed to say.."Yeah..I am stealing all those things..So what?Thats nothing when compared to what the company stole from me by paying 10$/hr for the same kind of job the white guy there was getting paid 30$/hr for"
Since I have embarked on this topic of 'short-term assignment desis' let me recount this too.
The same fellow involved in the incident above had a boss who had come to the U.S in a similar fashion as him.This guy went to the height of screwing U.S to the core.When he entered the U.S,he went straight to the walmart and bought a lot of things for his daily needs.He made sure he saved the receipt for every one of those products and when it was time for him return to india after 2 months,he promptly returned all those things and got a full refund,thanks to Walmart's policy of allowing returns upto 3 months from the date of purchase.
In another incident,I was accompanying a friend who was sendind off a friend of his at the airport on his way back to India for good.This guy had come for his masters in business administration at the Univ of Arlington,had got royally screwed in academics and had burnt his pockets due to the fees/living expenses.He had ably juggled his credit card balances to take of his expenses and was leaving the country without much worries with a cumulative balance of around 20000$ spread across 8 different credit cards.He was narrating hos successful he had been in buying 1500$ worth of electronics the previous night and the funny incidents when some of the cashiers tried several of his credit cards and found them all maxed out.At the airport,just minutes before his departure he threw 7 of those cards into the trashbin and held on to the last card,with which he bought several packs of cigarettes and even gifted some of them to his friends who had come to say Bye!
There are so many such things in the U.S,which could be nastily screwed around by those few cunning Desis,if given a chance.
-Raapi
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