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Manish tagged me ... so here go the 20 of the most filthiest kinds I have seen (not in any order)....

  1. Drunkards who drink all night and then drowse in the middle of busy roads early morning.
  2. People who keep on whinening about their job but do little to either change themselves or atleast their jobs!
  3. People who tag along with little known acquaintances for parties etc, just to be a part of free lunches and don't even bother to say a decent 'Thank You' after everything.
  4. People who force you to accompany them to the bar or lounge just because they want you to share the expense irrespective of whether you want to drink or not.
  5. Acquaintances who keep on complaining - 'Beta aap to hamare ghar aate hi nahi ho!' even when they know that you don't anymore reside in their city and come home just for a week or so.
  6. Relatives who ask you the same question - 'Where do you work?' everytime you meet them.
  7. People for whom a ticket to the west is the only proof of intelligence and who keep on asking you 'Why you did not go to UK, while X went?' [As if it is cardinal sin to say 'no' to a call from the west]
  8. People who keep on harping on the same point without facts to support the same.
  9. Neighbors who take their pets in the lift (elevator) and do not bother to clean the mess their pets make.
  10. Politicians who create ruckus on non-issues like castiesm, secularism and labour rights.
  11. 'Reality' Shows which create hype by putting up large hoardings across the city and use their audience to promote 'about-to-flop' movies and 'hungry-for-fame' musicians.
  12. People who never take initiative and are the first to deflate anyone who does; such kind are customarily the first to grab credit for initiatives which are not their own.
  13. People who waste most of their productive time chatting on the mobile and then blame others for delays in work.
  14. People who email a plethora of forwards everyday to millions without thinking of the fate of the recipient who has little time even to delete them.
  15. People who go on adding friends to their Messengers and Orkut accounts recklessly only to show how big their network is.
  16. People who purposefully mention the institutes and companies they are associated with to sound great.
  17. People who never bother to call you up unless when they require help and start with 'Saale! Awwaz to pehchan le!!'
  18. Credit Card agents who ask you to fill their forms laboriously and then never deliver the card.
  19. People who tell you that 'You are a fool to invest in MFs' and then crib for low returns that the PPF gives them.
  20. People who regularly visit this blog [I see the IP addresses daily in the hit-list] but never bother to reveal their identity.

Comments

  1. hmm.. good collection dude..
    my thoughts..
    - it is quite apparent that about 10 of those points come directly from your personal experiences..
    - i too share ur views abt 5 other points u mention
    - and the remaining 5 seem to refer to me !! kya hai yeh??
    :D :D

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  2. He he...
    Good ones..
    Especially the people who ask again and again about you job..
    I am kinda fedup of such people.. Telling everyone that I am into business... And then they start asking why not an MBA and the story goes on and on...

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