It's been a while since we've had these kinds of threads, but I've found a common trait with a specific cultural group: Indians (from India, not Native Americans).
I work in law firm and have calls escalated to me. We have several Indian clients and they are almost universally hard to deal with. I've spoken to friends and family in other industries and they've noticed the same thing. In law, you'd expect that you hire an attorney and then take their advice about things. However, our Indian clients are always wheeling and dealing with us...trying to argue about the minutia of billing or flat out refusing to make good decisions in their best financial interest. It's like they hire you just so that they can argue with you about what you do. They basically want to tell you what you should be doing instead of letting you explain your expertise in regard to the law. For example, we might advise to lay low on an account to see if the statute of limitations will expire. But they'll say that they want you to call opposing once a week -- which just makes no sense. They're very distrusting of what we're doing and they hired us to do it. Odd.
Anyway, I think it's because of their culture. They come from a haggle/barter culture and it appears to carry over into other types of business.
Has anyone noticed this or do I just sound like a racist creating an unfair stereotype?
Most people are hard to deal with these days. Whites,blacks,Indians,Asians,and all others. Most are hard to deal with in their own ways.
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