I once knew a senior tech lead at an American HQ of an Indian telecom firm. I guess Indians and Pakistanis have wars like we have soap operas, but business back then was brisk and things hadn't gotten tense yet, so there were still Pakistani employees working there. My friend was asked by one of them, in passing, how much those New Balances had cost, and made the mistake of saying. One of the things that got the tension building? Apparently, compared to what that Pakistani employee made in a month, the shoes were an extravagant luxury item. So it burns every which way.
I once knew a senior tech lead at an American HQ of an Indian telecom firm. I guess Indians and Pakistanis have wars like we have soap operas, but business back then was brisk and things hadn't gotten tense yet, so there were still Pakistani employees working there. My friend was asked by one of them, in passing, how much those New Balances had cost, and made the mistake of saying. One of the things that got the tension building? Apparently, compared to what that Pakistani employee made in a month, the shoes were an extravagant luxury item. So it burns every which way.
When you said "American HQ of an Indian telecom firm" does that mean the office is in the US or India?
U.S.
And is your friend Indian?
U.S.-ian.
I mean their heritage; not nationality.
Yes.
Uh? So heritage isn't the word I meant. Ancestry was the word I was looking for. But either way American is not an ancestry.
Oh, I don't know about all that, but bless your heart...
I have no idea why you're avoiding the question. Not sure where you think I was going with it, but oh well.