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		<title>By: pree</title>
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		<dc:creator>pree</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>this is quite the predicament for us non-white folk. we may never know if the person is perhaps rude or racist. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>this is quite the predicament for us non-white folk. we may never know if the person is perhaps rude or racist.</p>
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		<title>By: Rhegde</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rhegde</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 06:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I experienced some rudeness the last time i was in germany ..The older folk are nice but the younger folk are purposefully rude and it is completely racist ..They don&#039;t have to be polite but they have to be at least civil. I was very uncomfortable and will not visit there again. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I experienced some rudeness the last time i was in germany ..The older folk are nice but the younger folk are purposefully rude and it is completely racist ..They don&#8217;t have to be polite but they have to be at least civil. I was very uncomfortable and will not visit there again.</p>
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		<title>By: RM</title>
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		<dc:creator>RM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmm interesting ; Having lived and working in Germany for a brief time;  I think what you encountered was &quot;German Humor&quot; a most difficult thing even when expressed in it simplest forms.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If the uniform was brown or yellow shirt then gentleman was definitely German security.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmm interesting ; Having lived and working in Germany for a brief time;  I think what you encountered was &#8220;German Humor&#8221; a most difficult thing even when expressed in it simplest forms.  </p>
<p>If the uniform was brown or yellow shirt then gentleman was definitely German security.</p>
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		<title>By: RM</title>
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		<dc:creator>RM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmm interesting ; Having lived and working in Germany for a brief time;  I think what you encountered was &quot;German Humor&quot; a most difficult thing even when expressed in it simplest forms.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If the uniform was brown or yellow shirt then gentleman was definitely German security.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmm interesting ; Having lived and working in Germany for a brief time;  I think what you encountered was &#8220;German Humor&#8221; a most difficult thing even when expressed in it simplest forms.  </p>
<p>If the uniform was brown or yellow shirt then gentleman was definitely German security.</p>
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		<title>By: Arvind</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for sharing your story.

The incident could be termed as racial or rude but it could be termed as how they see India (technologically not advanced) so it depends upon
The perception of that gentleman and to some extent you are also responsible giving him the privileged of not to scan your passport :)
and in general Germans don&#039;t like foreigner’s not even Europeans actually nobody likes although it is an individual choice.

Nobody likes the foreigners on their soil this is the global truth.
Even Marathi&#039;s don&#039;t tolerate Bihari’s and if you ever travel to Delhi north Indian people don&#039;t like them there too due to certain characteristic but again I had met good and bad both kind of people from these same states and these few good people made me wonder how different and why they are so may be economic factor but not sure.

The Punjabis had migrated to all over the world specially Canada but no problem from them. Why?

It is hard to accept but most of Indian&#039;s don&#039;t have civic sense and especially people in general are not law abiding and it is lowest in 
Bihar, Jharkhand and UP although this is my personal perception from the experiences I had and some states are too honest too believe where I got my belongings (wallet &amp; mobile etc...) back even after completely losing them.

It is life all good and bad mixed together but let us make the world a better place to live.

And u could have asked that gentleman how old he is?? ...but still he is working.
(They don’t change him for a new machine at his place after all they always prefer the brand new Right ? )  :)

!!And u r passion for java is quiet inspiring and i envy you for that !!
!!Good day!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for sharing your story.</p>
<p>The incident could be termed as racial or rude but it could be termed as how they see India (technologically not advanced) so it depends upon<br />
The perception of that gentleman and to some extent you are also responsible giving him the privileged of not to scan your passport <img src='http://www.harshadoak.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
and in general Germans don&#8217;t like foreigner’s not even Europeans actually nobody likes although it is an individual choice.</p>
<p>Nobody likes the foreigners on their soil this is the global truth.<br />
Even Marathi&#8217;s don&#8217;t tolerate Bihari’s and if you ever travel to Delhi north Indian people don&#8217;t like them there too due to certain characteristic but again I had met good and bad both kind of people from these same states and these few good people made me wonder how different and why they are so may be economic factor but not sure.</p>
<p>The Punjabis had migrated to all over the world specially Canada but no problem from them. Why?</p>
<p>It is hard to accept but most of Indian&#8217;s don&#8217;t have civic sense and especially people in general are not law abiding and it is lowest in<br />
Bihar, Jharkhand and UP although this is my personal perception from the experiences I had and some states are too honest too believe where I got my belongings (wallet &amp; mobile etc&#8230;) back even after completely losing them.</p>
<p>It is life all good and bad mixed together but let us make the world a better place to live.</p>
<p>And u could have asked that gentleman how old he is?? &#8230;but still he is working.<br />
(They don’t change him for a new machine at his place after all they always prefer the brand new Right ? )  <img src='http://www.harshadoak.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>!!And u r passion for java is quiet inspiring and i envy you for that !!<br />
!!Good day!!</p>
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		<title>By: Arvind</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for sharing your story.

The incident could be termed as racial or rude but it could be termed as how they see India (technologically not advanced) so it depends upon
The perception of that gentleman and to some extent you are also responsible giving him the privileged of not to scan your passport :)
and in general Germans don&#039;t like foreigner’s not even Europeans actually nobody likes although it is an individual choice.

Nobody likes the foreigners on their soil this is the global truth.
Even Marathi&#039;s don&#039;t tolerate Bihari’s and if you ever travel to Delhi north Indian people don&#039;t like them there too due to certain characteristic but again I had met good and bad both kind of people from these same states and these few good people made me wonder how different and why they are so may be economic factor but not sure.

The Punjabis had migrated to all over the world specially Canada but no problem from them. Why?

It is hard to accept but most of Indian&#039;s don&#039;t have civic sense and especially people in general are not law abiding and it is lowest in 
Bihar, Jharkhand and UP although this is my personal perception from the experiences I had and some states are too honest too believe where I got my belongings (wallet &amp; mobile etc...) back even after completely losing them.

It is life all good and bad mixed together but let us make the world a better place to live.

And u could have asked that gentleman how old he is?? ...but still he is working.
(They don’t change him for a new machine at his place after all they always prefer the brand new Right ? )  :)

!!And u r passion for java is quiet inspiring and i envy you for that !!
!!Good day!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for sharing your story.</p>
<p>The incident could be termed as racial or rude but it could be termed as how they see India (technologically not advanced) so it depends upon<br />
The perception of that gentleman and to some extent you are also responsible giving him the privileged of not to scan your passport <img src='http://www.harshadoak.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
and in general Germans don&#8217;t like foreigner’s not even Europeans actually nobody likes although it is an individual choice.</p>
<p>Nobody likes the foreigners on their soil this is the global truth.<br />
Even Marathi&#8217;s don&#8217;t tolerate Bihari’s and if you ever travel to Delhi north Indian people don&#8217;t like them there too due to certain characteristic but again I had met good and bad both kind of people from these same states and these few good people made me wonder how different and why they are so may be economic factor but not sure.</p>
<p>The Punjabis had migrated to all over the world specially Canada but no problem from them. Why?</p>
<p>It is hard to accept but most of Indian&#8217;s don&#8217;t have civic sense and especially people in general are not law abiding and it is lowest in<br />
Bihar, Jharkhand and UP although this is my personal perception from the experiences I had and some states are too honest too believe where I got my belongings (wallet &amp; mobile etc&#8230;) back even after completely losing them.</p>
<p>It is life all good and bad mixed together but let us make the world a better place to live.</p>
<p>And u could have asked that gentleman how old he is?? &#8230;but still he is working.<br />
(They don’t change him for a new machine at his place after all they always prefer the brand new Right ? )  <img src='http://www.harshadoak.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>!!And u r passion for java is quiet inspiring and i envy you for that !!<br />
!!Good day!!</p>
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		<title>By: Marc</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for sharing your strory.

I too had encountered very rude immigration and airport officials at the Frankfurt airport in Germany. When I had a stopover flight with my mom in 1999, ww went up to a desk where the officer was working on his computer. We wanted to ask a question regarding our gate.

Me and my mom stood stood there for several minutes right in front of his desk but he was so sternly bend low working on his computer. lol it was as if he was forcing himself to not look up. But the desk clearly said that this was the place to ask questions!

And then when my mom said &quot;excuse me officer...&quot; before she could even complete the sentence, the guy pointed both his index fingers at the computer monitor and went back to work! LOL...I thought it was a bit rude. anyway, after almost 5 mins later, he then answered our question.

Geeeeez this would never happen in an American airport! I wonder how this guy would have reacted if we were tall white blonde blue eyed people. I would bet my whole bank account he would not have pulled this stunt...

ah humans!

I have to go back to Frankfurt tommorrow in a stopover flight...so I hope since it&#039;s been 10 years since that incident, things have changed. But sadly, I have one of those old Indian passports! AW DAMN!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for sharing your strory.</p>
<p>I too had encountered very rude immigration and airport officials at the Frankfurt airport in Germany. When I had a stopover flight with my mom in 1999, ww went up to a desk where the officer was working on his computer. We wanted to ask a question regarding our gate.</p>
<p>Me and my mom stood stood there for several minutes right in front of his desk but he was so sternly bend low working on his computer. lol it was as if he was forcing himself to not look up. But the desk clearly said that this was the place to ask questions!</p>
<p>And then when my mom said &#8220;excuse me officer&#8230;&#8221; before she could even complete the sentence, the guy pointed both his index fingers at the computer monitor and went back to work! LOL&#8230;I thought it was a bit rude. anyway, after almost 5 mins later, he then answered our question.</p>
<p>Geeeeez this would never happen in an American airport! I wonder how this guy would have reacted if we were tall white blonde blue eyed people. I would bet my whole bank account he would not have pulled this stunt&#8230;</p>
<p>ah humans!</p>
<p>I have to go back to Frankfurt tommorrow in a stopover flight&#8230;so I hope since it&#8217;s been 10 years since that incident, things have changed. But sadly, I have one of those old Indian passports! AW DAMN!</p>
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		<title>By: Marc</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for sharing your strory.

I too had encountered very rude immigration and airport officials at the Frankfurt airport in Germany. When I had a stopover flight with my mom in 1999, ww went up to a desk where the officer was working on his computer. We wanted to ask a question regarding our gate.

Me and my mom stood stood there for several minutes right in front of his desk but he was so sternly bend low working on his computer. lol it was as if he was forcing himself to not look up. But the desk clearly said that this was the place to ask questions!

And then when my mom said &quot;excuse me officer...&quot; before she could even complete the sentence, the guy pointed both his index fingers at the computer monitor and went back to work! LOL...I thought it was a bit rude. anyway, after almost 5 mins later, he then answered our question.

Geeeeez this would never happen in an American airport! I wonder how this guy would have reacted if we were tall white blonde blue eyed people. I would bet my whole bank account he would not have pulled this stunt...

ah humans!

I have to go back to Frankfurt tommorrow in a stopover flight...so I hope since it&#039;s been 10 years since that incident, things have changed. But sadly, I have one of those old Indian passports! AW DAMN!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for sharing your strory.</p>
<p>I too had encountered very rude immigration and airport officials at the Frankfurt airport in Germany. When I had a stopover flight with my mom in 1999, ww went up to a desk where the officer was working on his computer. We wanted to ask a question regarding our gate.</p>
<p>Me and my mom stood stood there for several minutes right in front of his desk but he was so sternly bend low working on his computer. lol it was as if he was forcing himself to not look up. But the desk clearly said that this was the place to ask questions!</p>
<p>And then when my mom said &#8220;excuse me officer&#8230;&#8221; before she could even complete the sentence, the guy pointed both his index fingers at the computer monitor and went back to work! LOL&#8230;I thought it was a bit rude. anyway, after almost 5 mins later, he then answered our question.</p>
<p>Geeeeez this would never happen in an American airport! I wonder how this guy would have reacted if we were tall white blonde blue eyed people. I would bet my whole bank account he would not have pulled this stunt&#8230;</p>
<p>ah humans!</p>
<p>I have to go back to Frankfurt tommorrow in a stopover flight&#8230;so I hope since it&#8217;s been 10 years since that incident, things have changed. But sadly, I have one of those old Indian passports! AW DAMN!</p>
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