Total Pageviews  Saturday, October 13, 2012  Beware of my tongue
My tongue gets me in trouble often. Having never learned to be
diplomatic (or what to say when and where), I will often say
something totally inappropriate. And combined with my bald head
and bespectacled serious face that is often construed as an
insult or disrespect.  However my flaws can wait. Here goes the
story:  While returning from office late one day I found a
blonde lady with a huge luggage looking around in a confused
way. I went to her and asked if she needed any help. She said in
broken and highly accented English that she had called for a
cab. But it still hadn't arrived and now she is unable to
contact the driver on his cellphone. I offered to call on her
behalf. She accepted with gratitude. Now I hardly know a few
words of Tamil. When I called the driver, he went on and on in
barely understandable Tamil. But I somehow gathered that he got
confused with the address given by her and went someplace else
which was 30 kms from there.