It's Because I'm Brown...
How could I have known that my own blog would come back to bite me in the arse?
After my rant on wednesday night, I really had no clue as to how to approach the situation come friday at work, and hence kept mum. I suppose keeping mum is not one of my specialties, hence the obvious looks of surprise by other co-workers who kept coming up to me with the famed "How's it going? Are you OK?" line. Let's just say I was not amused. Seeing as how I had time to kill before opening up, instead of socializing as I usually do, I decided to prop on the earbuds and chill with my nano for the time being. That might have been mistake number one.
Anticipating the eventual rencontre with the buddies in question from the previous rant, I felt I should wait for their version of events that had transpired. Of course, what I received was that trademark line mentioned above! I might have been a bit harsh while listening to the ipod and when one of those in question gave me a nudge from behind, I gave one of those silent "hey" nods. When they did it again, I repeated without saying a word. Supposedly my life as a mute aroused suspicion amongst others.
So I kept to my business, quiet in the corner, only moving to the other side unless absolutely necessary (to avoid the obvious lines, and "tether" comments). Finally at about 6, I was told by one of the buddies that they needed to talk with me later. I envisaged a blazing row with a supervisor refereeing!
7:00PM - I get a text from party #2 who I'm sure is a bit ticked over my "cold shoulder".
7:01PM - Not sure what to say, I decide to stay in my corner
9:00PM - I get "called" over to the other end to talk
Now I tried playing it off cool talking of my personal strife to help cover for my atypical mood. Of course I somehow stumbled into asking what happened with regards to my ditching. Subsequently the wounds were re-opened and the fire rumbled. It was doused shortly thereafter. Here are their stories:
For Banana #1, they apparently didn't receive the first e-mail, somewhat exonerating themselves from the first ditch. And they pled guilty to the second lack of reply, admitting to just being busy. Though I'm not enamoured over the fact that I was left hung to dry, I accepted the reasoning and somewhat opened up to my normal self. Having Scooter there didn't hurt when it came to lightening the mood.
Now for Banana #2, As written before, they did write an e-mail after the first apparent ditching, explaining their situation. Now as for the second time, it was more a case of family matters getting in the way, which I can totally understand and would never be upset about had I known.
Hence, both parties exonerated by the Naveed Kangaroo court!!!
I suppose it goes back to my whole clash of cultures theory that I bring up all the time, with my colloquial reference to being "brown". Growing up in a Pakistani based home, neglecting to contact someone who's tried to touch base with you is seen as a form of disrespect. It exemplifies the lack of care, oozing arrogance. Now growing up in a home where neglect was a sign of cutting ties, I quicly got irked at the fact that I was being cut off despite what I thought were very amicable relations with these people. Little did I know of the situations at hand, though I must say if something like this happens again, I may have to start hanging out with FOB's!
Being desi is a part of who I am. A badge of honour distingushing me from the many other lame ass offspring of East Indian parents who delineate from their very roots. I accept that there are different cultural norms, hopefully having some "Canadian" friends will help smoothly blend the two cultures.
*NOTE* Despite being desi, I must admit that I was born and raised in Scarborough and have only left the Boro for approxiamately 6 months of my whole life!
Anyhow, tonight was a deep entry compared even to my normal standards, let's hope I get as many hits this time as I did last! I should let that damn butterfly know that I KNOW it was they who spread news of my dismay to the parties involved (*shaking fist*). Well, it's now off to the cell phone to decide what to write back to my text-friendly Banana#2 !!!!
After my rant on wednesday night, I really had no clue as to how to approach the situation come friday at work, and hence kept mum. I suppose keeping mum is not one of my specialties, hence the obvious looks of surprise by other co-workers who kept coming up to me with the famed "How's it going? Are you OK?" line. Let's just say I was not amused. Seeing as how I had time to kill before opening up, instead of socializing as I usually do, I decided to prop on the earbuds and chill with my nano for the time being. That might have been mistake number one.
Anticipating the eventual rencontre with the buddies in question from the previous rant, I felt I should wait for their version of events that had transpired. Of course, what I received was that trademark line mentioned above! I might have been a bit harsh while listening to the ipod and when one of those in question gave me a nudge from behind, I gave one of those silent "hey" nods. When they did it again, I repeated without saying a word. Supposedly my life as a mute aroused suspicion amongst others.
So I kept to my business, quiet in the corner, only moving to the other side unless absolutely necessary (to avoid the obvious lines, and "tether" comments). Finally at about 6, I was told by one of the buddies that they needed to talk with me later. I envisaged a blazing row with a supervisor refereeing!
7:00PM - I get a text from party #2 who I'm sure is a bit ticked over my "cold shoulder".
7:01PM - Not sure what to say, I decide to stay in my corner
9:00PM - I get "called" over to the other end to talk
Now I tried playing it off cool talking of my personal strife to help cover for my atypical mood. Of course I somehow stumbled into asking what happened with regards to my ditching. Subsequently the wounds were re-opened and the fire rumbled. It was doused shortly thereafter. Here are their stories:
For Banana #1, they apparently didn't receive the first e-mail, somewhat exonerating themselves from the first ditch. And they pled guilty to the second lack of reply, admitting to just being busy. Though I'm not enamoured over the fact that I was left hung to dry, I accepted the reasoning and somewhat opened up to my normal self. Having Scooter there didn't hurt when it came to lightening the mood.
Now for Banana #2, As written before, they did write an e-mail after the first apparent ditching, explaining their situation. Now as for the second time, it was more a case of family matters getting in the way, which I can totally understand and would never be upset about had I known.
Hence, both parties exonerated by the Naveed Kangaroo court!!!
I suppose it goes back to my whole clash of cultures theory that I bring up all the time, with my colloquial reference to being "brown". Growing up in a Pakistani based home, neglecting to contact someone who's tried to touch base with you is seen as a form of disrespect. It exemplifies the lack of care, oozing arrogance. Now growing up in a home where neglect was a sign of cutting ties, I quicly got irked at the fact that I was being cut off despite what I thought were very amicable relations with these people. Little did I know of the situations at hand, though I must say if something like this happens again, I may have to start hanging out with FOB's!
Being desi is a part of who I am. A badge of honour distingushing me from the many other lame ass offspring of East Indian parents who delineate from their very roots. I accept that there are different cultural norms, hopefully having some "Canadian" friends will help smoothly blend the two cultures.
*NOTE* Despite being desi, I must admit that I was born and raised in Scarborough and have only left the Boro for approxiamately 6 months of my whole life!
Anyhow, tonight was a deep entry compared even to my normal standards, let's hope I get as many hits this time as I did last! I should let that damn butterfly know that I KNOW it was they who spread news of my dismay to the parties involved (*shaking fist*). Well, it's now off to the cell phone to decide what to write back to my text-friendly Banana#2 !!!!
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