Cultural differences
When some of the team left on Sunday to go back to the states, I inherited a lot of uneaten American food. One of the items was a bag of Act II microwave popcorn (and not even the low-fat kind!). So I took it in to work today, since there is nowhere to pop it in the hotel. I took it back to the little cafe and asked if I could use the microwave. Now, microwaves are not that common in India, and the guys in the cafe treat it as a delicate piece of equipment. So finally someone told me I could use it, and I put it in to pop. After about two and a half minutes, it started popping, as microwave popcorn does. The little guy that mans the microwave got all scared looking. I guess he thought the microwave was self-destructing or something, because he turned it off at the outlet!!! I said "No no no! Turn it back on! It's popcorn! It pops!" I think I scared him. Everyone in the cafe got kind of quiet, then laughed a bit. I got them to turn the microwave back on, and I let it pop for a while. A several of the cafe workers gathered to watch the mysterious inflating, popping bag.

It came out a little tough, but you can't beat microwave popcorn and a coke.