dated : 12-jan-2000

i realize coming 2 america made me richer (or lazier???) when:

1) the street hawkers sell ice creams in vans playing jingle bells music (& i inevitably compare 'em with the kulfi-wallahs selling icecreams on their bicycles with the ringing bells, bak in india)

2) a home-less man steps down from his car 2 beg 4 a quarter

3) i get a haircut 4 12$(about 500Rs) and boast it 2 b dirt cheap

4) i c aisles and aisles of cat litter and dog food in walmart

5) i have 2 tip the server even wen i eat buffet in a restaurant

6) i c people make 1000-1500$(50000-60000Rs) a month & complain 'bout sustenace

7) i watch lazy people (incl. me) who can't even get their asses off the cars & so go 2 the drive-thru window 2 buy a quick(???) lunch or get cash from bank

8) i order a pizza home-delivered even thou pizza hut is just a block away

9) wen i strategically park my car in a spot nearest 2 both the entrance & the cart stand in the walmart parking lot

10) i control my AC, music system, TV/cable, fone, lights, oven, height&flush of shit pod with remotes

11) the computer prefills my chek wen i buy (stuff wich i don't need) at walmart

12) i postpone laundry chores 4 months as if it wer the most painful job on earth

13) i curse teknology if i've 2 walk up & pay at the counter b4 i can fill gas in my car

14) our office staff celebrate 'coz our company is gonna do direct deposit of our paycheks from next week (saving us 2-minutes walk every friday aftnoon 2 the bank)