I’m in Australia and I dislike or atleast have to think twice when I’m meeting an Indian for any sort of conversation or business transaction.

The rudest aspect is they assume you know Hindi because you’re from India. Had a gardner call me the other day immidiately starts talking in Hindi till I tell him I can’t understand a word he says cause I’m from the south. Right, ok he swings by my place looks at all the weeds and quotes a $150 for weeding as hes doing it suddenly looks up at me..sir its taking too long give me $200 now? I’m sorry you quoted your job after inspection of my lawn! if he actually stopped talking over the phone throughout the job and focused on the task at hand I’m sure he would have finished the job earlier!

Here is another example speaking loudly in your mother tounge in a public spot. C’mon guys we are better than that! The others actually think this is rude firstly cause you are talking so loudly and secondly, to them, you’re talking gibberish. Unfortunately I see this while going to office, a time when usually people like to be left alone in silence or when coming back from office just when people want to relax. Its quiet irritating!

Somehow Indian people need to understand one thing manners. Had a lady approach my wife and kid the other day in the park. No hi no how are you no may I ask you a question, nothing ..but right away asks rudely albeit “how much rent are you paying” then follows up with “how much do you earn” what what what? Sorry are you my accountant or property agent for me to disclose that to you? We just met so please back off! Havent visited that park ever since!

Bringing indian work culture to Australia. Had an indian manager bitch about me to my white aussie friends. Some people are offended that I dont ‘sir’ them in the work place. Again talking loudly in hindi to fellow indians in a work setting! Nah

Wen to a try and volunteer for a charity yesterday..hardly any indians butttt somehow we take advantage of those food stalls and get cheap groceries! Disgusting.

The list goes on..use a dryer no one wants to see your baniyan and chaddi hanging outside and user a fabric softner that will stop your clothes from smelling of garam masala. Dress well for formal events.

Get a life outside of where do you work? How much you earn? How much you paid for your house? How much savings?

I live among many tech immigrant Indians and consider some as friends whom I had over for dinner – they are well educated, gainfully employed and easy to speak with.

I do find it annoying, almost humorous, at how many of them find it impossible to admit they really don’t know how something works. We know how labor in India can come incredibly cheap and they depend on others to do things like house cleaning, yard work and simple repairs around the house. Even though they might have a household income over $400k a year, their house cleaner (We use the same one), will tell me how cheap they are and haggle over the cost as if they were still in India.

They might ask for help with fixing a broken irrigation system and I will offer to help but quickly see it’s a huge task, they have no interest in learning how to Do It Yourself. Meanwhile they can’t understand why the water bill was $400 for the month.

As a retired tech salesman, turned contractor, I have dealt with Indians who own rental property. I can see their properties are poorly maintained and even though my hourly rate is very competitive, I will hear them say “You should know that we have other properties that require work and if you can give us your best rate we can offer you more work”. LOL I did laugh out loud replying; ‘Maybe I can cut my rate in half and you can give me twice the work? something like that?’.

When I was selling hardware verification software that was best in class – where I rarely had to discount anything I answered a call from the CEO of a startup – he was Indian. He went on to tell me how great his start up was, while short on cash. If I would allow him copies of my software for free, he would be willing to give us an endorsement from his little known start up as well as some of his investors. I politely told him, I couldn’t seriously present that to my manager, but if he should ever come up with additional funding we would be happy to help.

I find that Indians can be bold, really bold – on the brink of obnoxious with their level of pride. I get it, they came from an incredibly competitive environment and beat out others for the golden ring. The best way to deal with it is hold up a mirror and let them see what I see.