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nicely done. you only need amway or quixtar sprung...

2009-02-18T03:21:00.000-08:00

nicely done. you only need amway or quixtar sprung on you once before you get wise to the tactic.
hope the headphones work.

actually Amway desis are the only smiling desis on...

2008-06-03T16:03:00.000-07:00

actually Amway desis are the only smiling desis one gets to see here, all else look at you as if you were assaulting them.

Try this tshirt : http://www.merifiles.com/uploads...

2007-06-25T13:44:00.000-07:00

Try this tshirt : http://www.merifiles.com/uploads/FuckWithMeUnamericanTshirt-Lrg_1.gif

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Amway...God... here too the people try to talk the...

2006-11-26T20:46:00.000-08:00

Amway...God... here too the people try to talk the same way so fast to get u into it. N 4 sure, u need to be safe.

hehehehe... rofl

2006-11-23T14:54:00.000-08:00

hehehehe... rofl

Screw Amway.....there really is an Indian wife-swa...

2006-11-23T02:48:00.000-08:00

Screw Amway.....there really is an Indian wife-swapping club!!!Whoa!

Oh PLease God help me!! My boy friend caught this ...

2006-11-22T05:18:00.000-08:00

Oh PLease God help me!! My boy friend caught this bug, and that is soooo severe that he just waits for someone to cough to prescribe one of Amway's products. Now he is telling me too to take this up. I said that I will take it from Jan just to run away and now he is counting down the days.. He says things like "I am waiting for you to enter the new phase in life blah blah in Jan" .All our romantic talk is only around that. I have stopped listenting to him. I think i will break up with him soon, if he doesn't get my subtle hints. OH GOD PLEASE HELP ME!!

Oh gosh... this was one of the first things I hear...

2006-11-20T17:54:00.000-08:00

Oh gosh... this was one of the first things I heard when I first moved to the bay area - about people coming up (mostly couples) and talking like this ... I've never experienced it personally - I'm not married and apparently, they only do that to married couples.

yeah I was pretty serious but not angry. I told he...

2006-11-19T19:51:00.000-08:00

yeah I was pretty serious but not angry. I told her that it's all bull shit and for her to dump it. hehehehe.

**Well, if the girl is THAT pretty, I might just join Amway ;)

o cmon b serious! :):) One thing for sure, u will never find me among the Amways ppl LOL!

Keshi.

artnavy:When I was visiting India some time ago, t...

2006-11-19T15:49:00.000-08:00

artnavy:
When I was visiting India some time ago, there was this uncle. Whenever we met him he used to pop this Herbalife pill and tell us how great that medicine was. He never really asked us to buy it but he tried all indirect hints. I played dumb :)

mommyof2:
or u thought that it was the colonge you were wearing,was attracting everybody:-)
It's not the cologne it's my personal charm.. oh wait.. it's neither :)

I actually let the Amways hit on me and get my phone number. When they call, I give them a very long lecture. I don't think it is use but if more people waste their time, they might stop hitting on random people.

start telling you aout a vacation place
I heard about this too!

video:
"Give me your card and I'll think about it"
Must be a novice Amway :) They generally won't let you go until you give them your number! But good for you, you narrowly escaped it!

Saffron:
a Ha! and you thought it was your wit and charm!!
Absolutely not! Just the charm ;)

the "A" word
LOL

gauri:
We even give each other the "amway look" when we smell an amway rat
Your whole "amway treatment" is just hilarious! You guys are wicked and it serves them right!

you really have an awesome blog going here
Thank you very much! You are so kind. Or, are you just trying to sell me the Amway :D

I'd love to talk about this little business I have.... :-|
LOL. We should do a blog version of Amway... BlogWay. You need to get 3 people to read somebody else's blog and so on :D

Di:
i never realised they actually operate that way
They are actually sneakier than that. What I described is the most simplistic scenario. People got tricked by them pretty badly and lost several hours hearing their nonsense. Ya, we gotta watch out for these guys.

Vin:
Welcome to the blog! Thanks for the compliments

Lera:
Thank you. I am glad you enjoyed the reading. Happy holidays to you too!

Orchid:
I was contemplating on starting an awareness campaign
I seriously thought about it. I thought we should wear "No Amway" badges so that 1. We deter these Amway scum 2. We show to other desis that we are not amway and safe to say hello to.

I am glad that Dallas is seeing less and less of them. Just like locusts, they probably go where there is fresh meat.

Don't even get me started on the Amway thing.........

2006-11-19T12:16:00.000-08:00

Don't even get me started on the Amway thing.......they are like locusts!! at least here in Dallas they have come, seen and conquered....no place is safe anymore ofcourse supermarkets, electronic stores and children's play areas at the mall still remain their fav spots to rope in innocent victims..but really some months ago I was contemplating on starting an awareness campaign or something because even going to the grocery store had become such an uncomfortable experience..but of late it has died down a bit...maybe someone did start an awareness campaign and tipped them off or something...anyway

T-DNA, As usual it's a humourous post about your e...

2006-11-18T18:12:00.000-08:00

T-DNA, As usual it's a humourous post about your experiences ,which is something that I do get to enjoy reading them :) happy holidays to you !

Dropped here first time.... too gud a blog you hav...

2006-11-17T23:24:00.000-08:00

Dropped here first time.... too gud a blog you have out here....

LOL..i never realised they actually operate that w...

2006-11-17T20:20:00.000-08:00

LOL..i never realised they actually operate that way!!gotta be cautious now.. :O

Hahaha...my husband and I have made a hobby out of...

2006-11-17T16:37:00.000-08:00

Hahaha...my husband and I have made a hobby out of spotting amway-ites. We even give each other the "amway look" when we smell an amway rat (it's a very distinct and exclusive look, mind you)....in fact there was a time we'd (very deliberately) "ignorantly" play along, and then my husband would come up with this amway-math and get kicks out of convincing him (the 'he' did most of the talking/explaining/conning) how you'd soon run out of ppl in the world with that kind of a scheme :-D After that we'd let them talk for a while and then say "so what do you do? we have this e-commerce business..." rofl. Now that we're REALLY old we just sniff/sight one from a 100 miles and walk in the other direction :-D

But hey nda, you really have an awesome blog going here...and I love the colors, and you're so humorous & popular...

...so what do you do? If you're interested, I'd love to talk about this little business I have.... :-|

-g

Ha Ha! and you thought it was your wit and charm!!...

2006-11-17T09:32:00.000-08:00

Ha Ha! and you thought it was your wit and charm!!

This happened to hubby and me a loong time ago. In our case, it was a mixed couple (american guy married to a chinese woman). We got invited to a movie, a picnic and a potluck before we got invited to a mysterious "Meeting". This was 12 years ago and they didn't just blurt out the "A" word in the very first meeting in those days. Even sleazeball organizations did things with a little finesse back then, sigh!

cheers!

Hehe...Actually I do have some experience. I know ...

2006-11-17T07:55:00.000-08:00

Hehe...
Actually I do have some experience. I know someone who got caught up in one of these pyramid schemes. Luckily for him, the stakes were low ($500). Also, I've been harrased by one guy who approached me in Barnes and Nobles. He wouldn't let go of the issue. In the end I said "Give me your card and I'll think about it" Of-course I threw it away after that.

LOL!! “Is he trying to flirt with me?” lol The sec...

2006-11-17T07:26:00.000-08:00

LOL!!

“Is he trying to flirt with me?” lol

The second I read this line I knew it was an Anway couple who were looking for a Bakra and they found u qualified candidate who thinks the whole gharana is flirting with him:-) or u thought that it was the colonge you were wearing,was attracting everybody:-)

We met couple of people here who acted the same way and now the minute I see a desi couple I try not to look at them;-) Just yesterday hubby & I were talking about this Amway scheme… According to him Amway is old & now people will start bugging you with time share scheme.. so next time when somebody out of the blue try to feed your ego or start telling you aout a vacation place, just run like hell:-))

"herbalife "When I was visiting India some time ag...

2006-11-17T02:10:00.000-08:00

"herbalife "
When I was visiting India some time ago, there was this uncle. Whenever we met him he used to pop this Herbalife pill and tell us how great that medicine was. He never really asked us to buy it but he tried all indirect hints. I played dumb :)

Pallavi:Good luck with those idiots! It's almost i...

2006-11-17T02:08:00.000-08:00

Pallavi:
Good luck with those idiots!
It's almost impossible to escape from them. I just have fun with them these days.

Life Lover:
i can smell an amway type creature from a safe distance ;)
Lol. Quite a useful sense to have :)

itchingtowrite:
a colleauge in office always praises amway products
Man, if people do this kind of stuff at work place, it will really be bad. I hope there will be some disciplinary action against him!

Alan:
Thinking party and girls, I
ROFL

Amway presentation!
I heard about these presentations! They are apparently like a cult meeting

Interesting that Amway is suddenly prevalent in the Desi community
I hope somebody does a sociological study of Amway. I think it does well in a community until it exhausts all stupid people in teh community

Neha:
Why did u give him ur phone number??
I gave him my work number so I can give him a lecture when he calls. I give these lectures routinely.

but why to take a chance?
But you are right. We need to watch out for dangerous people!

Diligent Candy:glad u r nt an "amway type" I do sm...

2006-11-17T02:02:00.000-08:00

Diligent Candy:
glad u r nt an "amway type"
I do smile at people unnecessarily but I am not an amway type :)

very impressed with u being an engineer...damn cool ya
:) Thank you. Some aspects of my job are actually quite cool. But majority of them are pretty mundane

Nee:
the whole thing died a natural death.
It kind of did. Then it resurrected as QuickStar and Brit World Wide. These things don't die that easily. As long as stupidity can be found in humans, these schemes will prevail

Sush:
I read so many jokes about the LIC guys, but never was approached by them. They probably thought my life is not insurable :)

Ilaiy:
Ya, it is very annoying to find out that the guy who's very nice so far has been so only for a reason!

sharda:
ven though at that moment it seems very rude.
I don't think you can be rude to them even if you try. They are immune to these kinds of things! No need to feel sorry for them.

Shilpa:
He he he. I can't imagine a place that doesn't have Fry's. That's why I can't move out of Fry's. As animals settle around water, we technophiles settle down around Fry's :)

Something to Say:
Indians United against Amway predators"
At some point I seriously thought about sporting a badge that says "NO AMWAY" so that other Indians can freely say hello to me without fear. We should really think about such club!

o we have a 'hit on me Amway' sign on our face?
LOL. More like a neon sign :)

Shreemoyee:
I gave them a defunct contact phone number.
These days they are getting quite smart. They are asking for your cell phone number and calling immediately saying "This way it will be in my call log" :)

OrangeJammies:diamond members or some crap like th...

2006-11-17T01:48:00.000-08:00

OrangeJammies:
diamond members or some crap like that.
This is news to me! I didn't know they have such levels! Shouldn't those levels be called, "Leech level", "Vampire bat level", "Count Dracula level" etc. :)

Jayashree:
.just kept yelling HELLO real loud over and over again. That put an end to it
LOL! I am glad that it worked. Amway people are not generally know to take subtle hints :)

NZ:
Amway lipstick for $120
Oh my god! I hope that lipstick stays on for a month :)

claiming that these products are inferior in quality to their Amway's ?
Good thing you didn't give into pressure! And these guys know how to put pressure on people!

The Agony Aunt:
At least they weren't flirting!
ROFL!

John:
Pretty Indian woman.. just when you could have had it.. damn life!
Haha. could've had what? A kick in the back from my wife? ;)

Liz:
what time it was.
Damn! Hard to imagine such outcome is possible of its innocent beginning! Glad she left you alone without much damage.

my life...:
is Amway a insurance company ?
In a way, they take money from you to insure their good fortune :) Actually, it's a pyramid scheme that promises to make you rich quickly.

Lol. that was funny- In India I find these herbali...

2006-11-17T01:44:00.000-08:00

Lol. that was funny- In India I find these herbalife guys damn irritating as well

Dr@ma Div@:It is really bad if somebody in the fam...

2006-11-17T01:36:00.000-08:00

Dr@ma Div@:
It is really bad if somebody in the family gets this bug! You can't even escape from them!

Keshi:
So she and he wasnt trying to flirt
I am not happy and happy, respectively, about it :)

I was sooo angry and I couldnt be NICE anymore so I told her that I HAVE A LIFE.
Really? I didn't you know can get serious. I can't even imagine how you look when you are serious

Excuse me Twisted, could u tell me what these headphones do? My name is Keshi, can u call me some time? :):)
Well, if the girl is THAT pretty, I might just join Amway ;)

si:
a friend and her husband became amway dealers for a while. i had to stay away from her
Ya, we had friends like that.
gradually we've all "come back" to being friends
Hopefully they stay that way

t now says i have a blog but not really.
I had to click on the link and see the "Page not found" page anyway :)

Vani:
n hand was an obscure book that no one would have heard of, let alone wait to read!
LOL! These guys look ANY thing to conversation, don't they!

Anyway, great post, as always!
Thank you so much :)

Now even if someone flirts with you, you'll always be wondering if he/she's
A very remote possibility to start with. But if somebody does, I generally if she lost her mind before suspecting Amway. I am not a very flirtable material you know :)

Darshini:
for god sakes make a show already! : )
I am flattered. Thanks for the encouragement.

You probably said that half tongue-in-cheek, but at some point I really considered stand-up. But I realized I don't have the diction for it :)

Jinguchakka:Hey welcome to the blog. I saw you on...

2006-11-17T01:26:00.000-08:00

Jinguchakka:
Hey welcome to the blog. I saw you on other blogs before :) Thanks for the info. I will check them out.

M (tread softly upon):
Is it attack of the amway clones or something?
I really don't know! It's an interesting co-incidence

"you look familiar. where are you from?"
Damn!! That's the line I use to strike conversations with girls! No wonder nobody is talking to me :D Ok, I am kidding. That is the cheesiest line ever.

ve them the card given by one of the previous amway guys
ROFL! This is sheer genius!

Seashells:
That lady had Amway or Quickstar written all over her from the very begining
I typically sense them pretty fast. But I have been out of practice lately :)

SQT:
f they weren't trying to sell you something they were rude as heck
This is interesting... I never had the chance to study their non-selling side! Man they just deserve to be rude to!

noon:
no we are chinese!
Haha!

now we are afraid to give a friendly look to other Indians
Ya, that's the saddest part!

Aashun:
I felt like shooting them.
Promises, promises, promises

They just roam around selling their dignity
That's a very good way to put it!

La vida Loca:
wife-swap club seriously?!
Ya, I read about it. Also, last time I was in India there was a really badly made undercover TV program (a la Dateline) that investigated and showed some couples trying to pick up other couples. The interesting part is, the TV program tried to portray these swapping couples as villains who are trying to spoil the entire country. In my opinion, if two people have open relationship and happy in it, good for them.