Friday, October 10, 2008


"నా దాన్లో పుల్లగా ఉన్నవి ఏమి వెయ్యొద్దు"
(don't put anything sour in food that i ordered)

Among the many fine things of Jaggu,  i was particularly
impressed by one that i wanted to blog about.  When we
go to a restaurant or international fast-food joints, before 
anything, Jaggu asks the person who takes the order 
whether he is fluent in Telugu. Most of them give a faint
smile and say they are.  We then start giving our order 
in Telugu and the bearer also interacts extremely 
comfortably.

Most of the waiters in these restaurants (in the metros) try 
to speak English with great difficulty while taking orders, 
and speak out only the phrases that they are probably 
trained on. This makes the experience somewhat unreal. 
In such circumstances, Jaggu's gesture encourages them (or 
anyone else) to speak  in the language they are comfortable 
in (telugu/hindi) while making sure the opposite person is 
comfortable in that too.

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