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Posted: 5/7/2024 4:41:46 PM EDT
[Last Edit: California_Kid]
However, I assume that anyone who calls me on the phone unsolicited, who has an Indian (or Paki, etc.) accent, is a scammer, and I have started telling them so.
Today I got a cold sales call from a man who may have been working for a legitimate replacement window contractor. But I told him that because he had an Indian accent I had to assume that he was a criminal. He got very upset, almost started crying, and I ended the call with my favorite quote from the movie Blazing Saddles, which starts with the word "Up". I know that's probably not a nice thing to do, but maybe if everyone starts reflexively reacting negatively to Indian-sounding people they might go away. Or maybe they'll start teaching their children to sound like Americans. Opinions? |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 4:43:18 PM EDT
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Ouch, but I get it. And, sadly, legit immigrants (and they do exist
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Posted: 5/7/2024 4:44:21 PM EDT
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How many family members are engineers?
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Posted: 5/7/2024 4:45:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Evil_Ed: Ouch, but I get it. And, sadly, legit immigrants (and they do exist ) probably aren't going to get a higher level job than cold calling people in the first place...Then again, if they farmed that out to an Indian call center...well, "oh well". Yes, almost every H1b of whatever visa Indian I've ever worked with was a well-educated IT techie, though a few of them have been jackasses. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 4:45:55 PM EDT
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I assume ANYONE that cold calls me is a scammer
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Posted: 5/7/2024 4:46:48 PM EDT
[Last Edit: California_Kid]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By m200maker: How many family members are engineers? I have a first cousin who is half Indian, who is retired but was literally a rocket scientist working for NASA. His father (100% Indian) was a chemical engineer. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 4:47:19 PM EDT
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I've known and worked with dozens and dozens of Indians.
I've liked about three of them.  |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 4:48:17 PM EDT
[Last Edit: California_Kid]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By thorm001: I assume ANYONE that cold calls me is a scammer Sure, but fake caller ID and an OCM system, combined with an Indian accent, is like 1000% proof that they are a scammer. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 4:49:20 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By California_Kid: However, I assume that anyone who calls me on the phone unsolicited, who has an Indian (or Paki, etc.) accent, is a scammer, and I have started telling them so. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 4:50:17 PM EDT
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Why would you answer that call?
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VA, USA
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Posted: 5/7/2024 5:05:11 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Ibn_Huq]
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Originally Posted By California_Kid:He got very upset, almost started crying, and I ended the call with my favorite quote from the movie Blazing Saddles, which starts with the word "Up" Opinions? Up your’s Nag Champa? If so, I can understand that, often the accent is overwhelming; it’s almost as if you can smell them through the phone. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 5:10:57 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Twisted10]
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wheres my slurpee
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/7/2024 5:14:59 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By California_Kid: However, I assume that anyone who calls me on the phone unsolicited, who has an Indian (or Paki, etc.) accent, is a scammer, and I have started telling them so. Today I got a cold sales call from a man who may have been working for a legitimate replacement window contractor. But I told him that because he had an Indian accent I had to assume that he was a criminal. He got very upset, almost started crying, and I ended the call with my favorite quote from the movie Blazing Saddles, which starts with the word "Up". I know that's probably not a nice thing to do, but maybe if everyone starts reflexively reacting negatively to Indian-sounding people they might go away. Or maybe they'll start teaching their children to sound like Americans. Opinions? Get a call screening app. And "Bene chode!" Really pisses them off. Pronounced like the Batman villain then choad, like toad. Means something like sister-fucker or the like. I am sympathetic to those who've suggested region-blocking India and China from the Internet as a whole, and I think the US is going to have a bad time with taking on a bunch of immigrants from South Asia who have zero desire to assimilate. |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 5/7/2024 5:15:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By thorm001: I assume ANYONE that cold calls me is a scammer |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 5:16:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By California_Kid: I have a first cousin who is half Indian, who is retired but was literally a rocket scientist working for NASA. His father (100% Indian) was a chemical engineer. My roommate years ago was a quarter Indian and his grandfather was a rocket scientist for nasa. He was a feather Indian though so pretty surprising. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 5:21:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheWhiteHorse: Why would you answer that call?  Attached FileAnd, what's worse is when you're calling for support about something and have no choice but to deal with them. |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 5/7/2024 5:23:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cpt_Kirks: I've known and worked with dozens and dozens of Indians. I've liked about three of them. 
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Posted: 5/7/2024 6:04:15 PM EDT
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Jains= top notch. Honest, good folk.
Hindus? Not. And they both hate muslims |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 6:10:17 PM EDT
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When I have a few minutes, I respond by telling those guys I work in their business.
"You replace windows? Well, what do you know? I replace windows too!!!" Some local woman called and said she was selling $99 HVAC checkups. I told her that I was doing them for $49, and asked what part of town she lived in. I was surprise that she seemed interested... |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 6:12:57 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/7/2024 6:23:19 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By California_Kid:I don't have a negative opinion of Indian (dot) people Give it time |
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USA
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Posted: 5/7/2024 6:28:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By runcible: I assume any unsolicited call is a scammer, though I wouldn't know what accent, if any, they may have because I don't answer. Exactly. I never reach the question of whether to ridicule and make assumptions based upon the accent, because no conversation ever ensues. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 6:29:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dogsplat: Jains= top notch. Honest, good folk. Hindus? Not. And they both hate muslims My uncle is Deravali. He hates everyone. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 6:32:10 PM EDT
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I have an Indian co-worker that is one of our lead engineers, he's been here a long time and has a son that is getting ready to graduate from Texas A&M medical school. He absolutely hates getting calls from Indian telemarketers (scammers) and will go off on them in both English and Hindi.
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Posted: 5/7/2024 6:48:04 PM EDT
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Cultural insults are best. On several occasions, I've had the scammer call me back because I've gotten them so riled up. I won't repeat them here, lest I earn a timeout, but use your imagination.
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 5/7/2024 6:52:48 PM EDT
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Why do almost everyone of them vote Democrat? We bring in tons of uneducated people to vote Democrat but the dot Indians are supposed to be so effing smart yet I read somewhere 92% of them vote Democrat. Can they not figure out why THEIR country was such a shithole and they had to move from it?
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Posted: 5/7/2024 6:54:03 PM EDT
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Was the window contractor Renewal by Anderson? I fucking hate that company. I can't believe anyone is still stupid enough to buy from them. Or vote Democrat.
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Posted: 5/7/2024 6:54:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BombCrater: Why do almost everyone of them vote Democrat? We bring in tons of uneducated people to vote Democrat but the dot Indians are supposed to be so effing smart yet I read somewhere 92% of them vote Democrat. Can they not figure out why THEIR country was such a shithole and they had to move from it? |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 7:06:17 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Ibn_Huq]
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Microsoft update needed
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Posted: 5/7/2024 7:08:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By thorm001: I assume ANYONE that cold calls me is a scammer |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 7:30:23 PM EDT
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If a face or expectant call I do not recognize on my phone, ignore. I have a hard enough time dealing with junk email and texts. If I need to make a call it is important. If we need to talk, it is important and usually involves email/text.
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Posted: 5/7/2024 7:38:55 PM EDT
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I don't know, man. I think Jesus said to let my brother actually be a dipshit before I dismiss him as a dipshit. Or maybe I have to cook a bunch of veal when my brother the dipshit stops being a dipshit.
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Posted: 5/7/2024 7:48:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By intheburbs: Cultural insults are best. On several occasions, I've had the scammer call me back because I've gotten them so riled up. I won't repeat them here, lest I earn a timeout, but use your imagination. Let me guess, mistaking them for people from a neighboring country which became our ally by keeping Osama Bin Laden there for us to find him... After eleven years of looking. Or is it comparing them to someone who does things with his sister which ought not be done within the family at all? |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 8:11:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By runcible: I assume any unsolicited call is a scammer, though I wouldn't know what accent, if any, they may have because I don't answer. Then how will they shriek most horribly at you? |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 8:14:20 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Extorris: Originally Posted By runcible: I assume any unsolicited call is a scammer, though I wouldn't know what accent, if any, they may have because I don't answer. Then how will they shriek most horribly at you? |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 5/7/2024 8:16:25 PM EDT
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Sometimes OP, you’ve gotta do the needful. May be painful but you must revert.
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USA
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Posted: 5/7/2024 8:20:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BombCrater: Why do almost everyone of them vote Democrat? We bring in tons of uneducated people to vote Democrat but the dot Indians are supposed to be so effing smart yet I read somewhere 92% of them vote Democrat. Can they not figure out why THEIR country was such a shithole and they had to move from it? They’re a weird lot. They place a high value on education, competition, and meritocracy. Many of them are culturally conservative and the men are misogynistic by American standards. But they also love big government and bureaucracy. Like worship it. It’s like a warm blanket for them. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 8:22:41 PM EDT
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The rampant in-group preference evident in many of their behaviors in the workplace and elsewhere, however...
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Posted: 5/7/2024 8:39:18 PM EDT
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I worked part time at the 911 center for 10 years, (1998-2008) while on shift at the FD. You would not believe how many alarm companies farmed out their call centers at that time to India.
ADT, Safeguard, Sentry Watch…. They would all call in with the alarm info and we would have to wade through that accent to try and figure out where we were sending FD, EMS, SD, or PD on fire alarms, burglar alarms, hold-up alarms, I’ve fallen and can’t get up alarms, ect…. Funny listening to an Indian guy try and pronounce Osceola-Ossipee Road. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 9:10:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By California_Kid: Yes, almost every H1b of whatever visa Indian I've ever worked with was a well-educated IT techie, though a few of them have been jackasses. Yes, almost every H1b of whatever visa Indian I've ever worked with was a well-educated IT techie jackass, though a few of them have been decent. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 9:13:25 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By California_Kid: However, I assume that anyone who calls me on the phone unsolicited, who has an Indian (or Paki, etc.) accent, is a scammer, and I have started telling them so. Today I got a cold sales call from a man who may have been working for a legitimate replacement window contractor. But I told him that because he had an Indian accent I had to assume that he was a criminal. He got very upset, almost started crying, and I ended the call with my favorite quote from the movie Blazing Saddles, which starts with the word "Up". I know that's probably not a nice thing to do, but maybe if everyone starts reflexively reacting negatively to Indian-sounding people they might go away. Or maybe they'll start teaching their children to sound like Americans. Opinions? We still have a landline because it is almost free. We let a man in a little box talk to the " unknown " callers. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 9:14:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By thorm001: I assume ANYONE that cold calls me is a scammer Since my number is on the do not call registry I know without a doubt that they are not law abiding the minute my phone rings. |
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Posted: 5/7/2024 9:14:56 PM EDT
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Not what I expected from the OP based on his past postings but we all have a right to feel a certain way and express those feelings.
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Posted: 5/7/2024 9:15:33 PM EDT
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I don't care either, if they had stayed in India.
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Posted: 5/7/2024 9:37:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By California_Kid: My uncle is Deravali. He hates everyone. So he’s one of us?
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Posted: 5/7/2024 10:03:06 PM EDT
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I treat all the NRA calls the same way.
Fuckers keep calling me asking for donations. Last one sounded indian lol 
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Posted: 5/7/2024 10:43:03 PM EDT
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Go to Google and type: "Pollution in the Ganges River" or "Dead bodies in the Ganges River" then click on Images. It is horrific. I don't understand their society at all and 87% (not kidding) of my neighbors are Indian. They never speak to me for some reason so I just mind my own business.
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Posted: 5/7/2024 10:53:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Southrnshooter: I worked part time at the 911 center for 10 years, (1998-2008) while on shift at the FD. You would not believe how many alarm companies farmed out their call centers at that time to India. ADT, Safeguard, Sentry Watch…. They would all call in with the alarm info and we would have to wade through that accent to try and figure out where we were sending FD, EMS, SD, or PD on fire alarms, burglar alarms, hold-up alarms, I’ve fallen and can’t get up alarms, ect…. Funny listening to an Indian guy try and pronounce Osceola-Ossipee Road.  |
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AR, USA
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Posted: 5/7/2024 10:56:02 PM EDT
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I think this is an odd post. People are made, not born. I don't answer unknown phone calls or automatically assume anything based on a skin color, or accent. I've known lots of good people regardless of geographic birth, and lineage. Three of the absolute kindest, brightest and selfless people I've ever had the pleasure of encountering were from Ghana. I gave them a chance, and was rewarded with incredible work. I've also known some shitty ones, regardless of individual geographic location, or DNA. If one cannot derive intent based upon actions or speech, then I feel as Darwin adds another to his stable.
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Posted: 5/7/2024 10:57:36 PM EDT
[#49]
You answer the phone?
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Posted: 5/8/2024 12:39:13 AM EDT
[Last Edit: wildearp]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By California_Kid: Yes, almost every H1b of whatever visa Indian I've ever worked with was a well-educated IT techie, though a few of them have been jackasses. Wake up. I worked in engineering and did studies for an H1b "dual doctorate" hire, and not recently. I had keys to the lab. He didn't contribute one thing to the organization. I hope he is washing himself back in India in shit river. I have also been to India. I will say no more. |
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