Monday, September 22, 2008

A/C

A/C - This stands for Air Conditioning in India (and many other places as well).

A/C is pretty much important when in the hot season in Delhi (particularily between April 2 August + ).

I once stopped a cab driver and before entering the car I asked: "Do you have A/C?" his answer: "Yes, here is A/C" while pointing at the A/C knob in the dashboard. I happily jumped in the car, and taxid away.
After 2 minutes, while the A/C was off, I asked the driver to open the A/C. He nodded with the standard "ok" head motion (if you don't know what I mean, just try to move your head sideways, while shaking it horizontally - or something like that).
Another minute passed - nothing. The air inside the car was worse than the air outside. I told the driver: "Where is the A/C?" - he pointed at the knob: "A/C not working".

I reached my destination totally soaked.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

so funny:) although i like it much better to see you when you tell the story you and small sis crack my up with the stories about india . . . . you know what i mean ??? yes??? no??? coffee??? tea???
love ya