Originally Posted by
luvtotravel007
Happy to report that the tickets were issued today. My parents were made to fill out few forms, but otherwise it was a quick process. Phew.
I noticed the general commentary in the thread that "all this happens in India". I work with Indian clients every day and yes, I probably should not have had high expectations from an Air India office. People would argue that it should not be compared to other private airlines or US airlines/systems. I agree to that, but my only
harrowing aspect of this whole thing was with regard to senior citizens. We claim to be a country with strong values and sense of family, but we don't seem to give due respect to people. I will stop here before going on a rant
Thanks everyone for your words of encouragement and support.
Strong values verbalised in our ancient literature, which has very little to do with the reality of today. I chuckle when Indians say, "We are not materialistic. We are spiritual" I think India forum is the only forum in which questions about customs duty on material goods bought abroad, in order to save duty, are asked regularly.
In am glad that it all worked out for you in the end. In general I don't count on people, anywhere, to do their job properly and completely. This is more true for some places than others. Unfortunately, India is in the former category. Often this incompetence slides through without impacting whatever you are trying to do.
The moment you walk into a govt office in the U.S. such as the DMV Or a City Hall, you smell Indian bureaucracy.
The license plate on my motorcycle well off as the nuts securing it to the bike became loose due to vibration. In order to get a new license plate, I had to file a "lost report". I was asked to provide, the date of loss, the time of loss and the "exact" place of loss, down to the intersection where the loss occurred.
I should have just stopped and picked it up when the loss occurred.