Posted by Adam on March 20th 2007
Casual Observations
The office is about a twenty minute cab ride from the Deccan Rendevous, the hotel we are staying at. The office buildingitself is pretty typical. That first morning we all enjoyed a nice breakfast and made it in to the office around 9. Its interesting because things get going here so much later, I mean people just don’t get moving until 9:30 or 10.
The Elevators
Whether you are going up or down, you can be guaranteed that the elevator will be full. Like the rest of the landscape in Pune real estate is a premium. People seem to be a lot more comfortable with being close. Sholder to sholder we ride to the fifth floor.
The Cafeteria
Lunch is also a pretty unique experience. The cafeteria on the first floor. The first day I was there I had to go with the easiest thing to order which ended up being a premade sandwich. After we sat down, I looked over and saw a man, a well dressed professional eating what looked to be a traditional Indian dish, rice with some type of curry, with his bare hands. I mean scooping up big globs of food and it into his mouth. I also noticed that he was only using his right hand, which is another custom. Luckily, I am right handed and discovered that I also eat with my right hand. Fitting in here will be a snap. You won’t see a knife anywhere is another thing I noticed.
