Weird cultural customs (upper-class, for sale, house)
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What are some cultural customs you consider weird?
Indians: I live in an university town here in Iowa and the population of this town is at least 10% Indian. I have dealt with Indian people for a long time. One thing I find really bizarre about Indians is how incredibly petty they can be.
One time I took a trip to Chicago with this Indian dude and he kept track of everything we spent down to the penny. At the end of the trip, he said I owed him 53.67. I was like WTF! Who does that?
Anyways, a few weeks ago, one student posted a book for sale on our Facebook page for 5 dollars. Indian guy posts a comment asking if he would sell it for 3 dollars because that's all he had Lol. I took a screenshot of it and sent it to some friends. Unbelievable!
Indians as in people from India or Native Americans?
Indians from India. One time I worked with a girl from Pakistan and she told the manager that she was willing to do anything but she would never clean. Apparently in their culture, cleaning or manual labor is considered degrading.
Very interesting environment. A bunch of American people working hard, cleaning and carrying heavy stuff and some foreigner who thinks of herself as "too good" for that type of work. She didnt last.
Indians from India. One time I worked with a girl from Pakistan and she told the manager that she was willing to do anything but she would never clean. Apparently in their culture, cleaning or manual labor is considered degrading.
Very interesting environment. A bunch of American people working hard, cleaning and carrying heavy stuff and some foreigner who thinks of herself as "too good" for that type of work. She didnt last.
Upper-class Latin Americans have this type of attitude too. It is annoying.
Upper-class Latin Americans have this type of attitude too. It is annoying.
I have seen it with Brazilians and Mexicans.
There was a Chaldean guy I once had the pleasure of working over. His main job was to clean which he did an ok job at. the thing is, he told us that his parents could never found out that he cleaned up after others because they themselves had people do that for them and they would make him quit.
I have also seen this with the more upper class Mexicans you speak of.
I've been fascinated over the past few months with the Christian pop music scene in the USA. It's something alien to me, rather than weird, as someone only familiar with local music, imported big brands from the USA and some selective ethnic music.
There are many surprise gems among them, from the quirky, to standard pop fare.
Last edited by MissionIMPOSSIBRU; 09-01-2014 at 12:58 PM..
There was a Chaldean guy I once had the pleasure of working over. His main job was to clean which he did an ok job at. the thing is, he told us that his parents could never found out that he cleaned up after others because they themselves had people do that for them and they would make him quit.
I have also seen this with the more upper class Mexicans you speak of.
Oh yeah, I know Chaldeans very well. Their culture is very class conscious. They want jobs with prestige and are very show-offy with cars, brands etc...the women especially wouldn't be caught dead doing a cleaning job, even though they need it. They would prefer to be on perennial food stamps.
The Brazilians I personally know come from upper class families. They don't know how to work, don't know how to do anything because mommy and daddy keep sending them money and there is no need. When they have tried to become independent and work in manual labor/service sector like alot of the other Brazilians in the area (nannies, taxi drivers, retail, etc...) their parents flip out. I've seen it quite a few times.
It is kind of sad actually, because they don't know how to fend for themselves, they are adults, and their parents won't let them.
The upper-class Mexicans are really bad, they have a poor reputation in the SD food scene, no one wants to help them. lol When I worked in food service while putting myself through college, I would pretend I didn't speak Spanish with them. Once they know you speak Spanish, they keep you as their personal slave and want you to wait on them hand and foot. Then they complain about everything and don't tip! Their children are rude little spoiled brats too.
Last edited by rosa surf; 09-01-2014 at 10:02 PM..
The Brazilians I personally know come from upper class families. They don't know how to work, don't know how to do anything because mommy and daddy keep sending them money and there is no need. When they have tried to become independent and work in manual labor/service sector like alot of the other Brazilians in the area (nannies, taxi drivers, retail, etc...) their parents flip out. I've seen it quite a few times.
I lived in Brazil until I was 14 and many of my childhood friends who are now 36 and older still live with their parents.
My parents raised us like American teenagers, so I was kicked out of my house at 18- best thing ever!
So many of these people have no established careers, don't work and would not be able to survive without their parents- even though it is something "cultural", I can see that this type of culture can do a lot of damage to the individual-many of these people are unhappy and have no direction in life.
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