The title of this post is really a famous one,thanks to facebook. But then i really couldnt help but implement it as a title since it is so very apt to the experience i encountered.So i just finished a long vacation and with the effect lingering around i thought of sharing a funny incident that happend to me.
Most of us know the cultural differences between that of our country and the others. Although globalization has changed most of the practises there are quite a few which has remaind the same.Well let me stop this boring rationalism.This post is about my travel to Singapore.Now i mentioned about globalisation since the airway in which we commuted offered people complimentary drinks.Not the h2o but the hydroxyl - CH3CH2OH (thanks to organic chemistry).Ahh yes this is such a common thing,especially these days but still it was quite unusual for us(since it was our first trip abroad).
So when the air hostess announced that the passengers would be offered complimentary drinks jubliation arose from most parts of the cabin.Me being busy shooting pics (well yeah even in the cabin too) kept my listening skills at bay and wondered the reason for the hushes that appeared suddenly.The realisation stuck when i saw the air hostess bringing the trolley with peculiar bottles in it.
Being a non alcoholic person i didnt show much interest to the stuff that was being brought and i continued with my photo shooting process.Since i was sitting farthest (near the window) i was engrossed in cloud viewing. The air hostess brought the trolley newar our seat and my father who was sitting near the corridor mistook a green coloured Carlsberg tin as sprite and i was explaining him what it actually was and we were having a chat. Suddenly the air hostess asked me if i would like to have a whisky,when i refused her offer she asked me if i needed a Carlsberg and when i refused again she just gave me a smile and moved forward without paying attention to my parents ( not even a glance in their direction) which was when my mum pointed out that i was the only person who was asked the question among the three of us (myself,mum and dad).
History repeated itself on my way back to India..since my parents had already encountered the scene all the three of us ended up laughing after the air hostess left. Well that was one memorable flight journey alright !!!!!
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