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i've heard it many times that indian folks are really into this whole Amway/Quixtar pyramid scheme. I even know a few that tried to recruit me, but i didnt fall for their pyramid scheme trap 
anyone else run into people trying to sell a 'business opportunity' or someone who wanted to talk about 'residual income'?
http://blog.seattlepi.com/mons...74.asp?from=blog_last3
Have You Been Quixtar'd yet?
Yup, like a virus, "Amway/Quixtar" is everywhere. It's in the air that you breathe as you walk into a mall, in the water you wade in as you visit the beach- Quixtar zealots just waiting to pounce on you. Hell, I just got "quixtarred" on Facebook! Imagine that! It's gone viral now! To quote Joe Biden on swine flu: "Run for your lives!"
Nah, I'm just kidding. But it is annoying beyond words to get relentlessly 'Amway'd'.
At public places, Indian people have a weird tendency to stay away from other Indian people who they don't know. Indians don't make eye contact with other Indians. If you're lucky, you'll get a polite "excuse me" if found crammed in the same aisle at the grocery store with them and when I first got here 10 yrs ago, I found it very very strange. I mean, imagine how an American would feel if he/she found another American in the heart of Delhi, shopping for bangles. Great! Right? So, because I love India and its people, and I'm a warm, friendly person, I would go sometimes a little out of my way to talk to other Indians, trying to get them to come out of their shells. So, I was pleasantly surprised when recently, after a kids b'day party, we got ambushed by a slightly over friendly Indian family, going gaga over our kid. Now, hubby darling is the friendliest man in town, but I did think, "hmm, they really don't look our type..." But the fact that they were Indian, and I wanted to appreciate the fact that they took the initiative to meet another Indian family, I gave them our number. The very next phone call we received was a request for a meeting, to do what? Yup, you guessed it! To do Quixtar with them! So much for communal bonding! They didn't care for us as individuals, not for our kid's long eye lashes (liars!), but only for an added boost in their pay checks. The guy worked for Microsoft, the woman was a teacher. Solid middle class. Not enough money for them, I guess.
Poor hubby dear often gets cornered on his morning bus to work by these Indian men, who brag about the fact that they're retiring next year (and then go on to change the third bus to work), who want him to join their Amway "empire". When he politely declines, sometimes humoring himself by asking them pointed questions about their empire, they pretend to not recognize him next time on the bus! Haha! What a charade.
We now have a "zero tolerance" rule in our family. Any time someone new leaves us a voicemail, asking if we want to join "a global business opportunity with a team of enterprising professionals. If you are interested in extra Income/parallel source of ongoing residual income (FINANCIAL SECURITY) without disturbing your current profession, call me", you know what we do? We instantly block that number.
Posted by at May 8, 2009 9:45 a.m.
anyone else run into people trying to sell a 'business opportunity' or someone who wanted to talk about 'residual income'?http://blog.seattlepi.com/mons...74.asp?from=blog_last3
Have You Been Quixtar'd yet?
Yup, like a virus, "Amway/Quixtar" is everywhere. It's in the air that you breathe as you walk into a mall, in the water you wade in as you visit the beach- Quixtar zealots just waiting to pounce on you. Hell, I just got "quixtarred" on Facebook! Imagine that! It's gone viral now! To quote Joe Biden on swine flu: "Run for your lives!"
Nah, I'm just kidding. But it is annoying beyond words to get relentlessly 'Amway'd'.
At public places, Indian people have a weird tendency to stay away from other Indian people who they don't know. Indians don't make eye contact with other Indians. If you're lucky, you'll get a polite "excuse me" if found crammed in the same aisle at the grocery store with them and when I first got here 10 yrs ago, I found it very very strange. I mean, imagine how an American would feel if he/she found another American in the heart of Delhi, shopping for bangles. Great! Right? So, because I love India and its people, and I'm a warm, friendly person, I would go sometimes a little out of my way to talk to other Indians, trying to get them to come out of their shells. So, I was pleasantly surprised when recently, after a kids b'day party, we got ambushed by a slightly over friendly Indian family, going gaga over our kid. Now, hubby darling is the friendliest man in town, but I did think, "hmm, they really don't look our type..." But the fact that they were Indian, and I wanted to appreciate the fact that they took the initiative to meet another Indian family, I gave them our number. The very next phone call we received was a request for a meeting, to do what? Yup, you guessed it! To do Quixtar with them! So much for communal bonding! They didn't care for us as individuals, not for our kid's long eye lashes (liars!), but only for an added boost in their pay checks. The guy worked for Microsoft, the woman was a teacher. Solid middle class. Not enough money for them, I guess.
Poor hubby dear often gets cornered on his morning bus to work by these Indian men, who brag about the fact that they're retiring next year (and then go on to change the third bus to work), who want him to join their Amway "empire". When he politely declines, sometimes humoring himself by asking them pointed questions about their empire, they pretend to not recognize him next time on the bus! Haha! What a charade.
We now have a "zero tolerance" rule in our family. Any time someone new leaves us a voicemail, asking if we want to join "a global business opportunity with a team of enterprising professionals. If you are interested in extra Income/parallel source of ongoing residual income (FINANCIAL SECURITY) without disturbing your current profession, call me", you know what we do? We instantly block that number.
Posted by at May 8, 2009 9:45 a.m.
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