>English you learnt is absolutely correct. There is no need to start >a new learning process on this one.
*** Isn't that the truth! Who needs to learn how the natives speak, since we already knew what is 'correct'? :-) At 8:53 AM -0700 4/28/08, Dilip&Dil Deka wrote: >" I am aware of this Amerikaan Mannerism but in my >experience I always heard something like - " I would >have done this " instead of "I will ..." . >Learning never ends. " ------ English you learnt is absolutely >correct. There is no need to start a new learning process on this >one. > >Krishnendu Chakraborty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My bad. I >forgot that you are an Amerikaan and not an >Assamese :) Or may be , I thought you have taken up >the arduous task of fixing flaws of USPS :-) > >I am aware of this Amerikaan Mannerism but in my >experience I always heard something like - " I would >have done this " instead of "I will ..." . >Learning never ends. > >Going to the top indeed help as have been my >experience with MTNL, Mumbai (new phone activated in >less then 30 minutes once I met the DGM). > >The good news is, Fedex turned to be much better then >USPS in customer Service. They have rectified the >duplicate billing issue. Yet to work out the Service >Guarantee refund but I am hopeful that Fedex will work >it out. > >I have found a simpler solution than writing to Post >Master or Congressman ..... stick to UPS for time >sensitive international mail. > > > > >>*** When I wrote "I will write to my Congressman" or >"--- to my >>Post Master --- " , it is a polite way of saying "you >should be doing >>that". It is an American mannerism, 'kothaar maat'. > >>I wish I could help. But I am too bust with too many >different >>things. I am sure you are quite able to pursue it on >your on. Good >>luck. > >>If the Post Master gives you the run-around, which I >don't expect >>him to, a call to the elected rep. does wonders. A >few years back, we >>could not get cable in our house. After two years of >getting the run >>around from the cable company ( because the house >sets back more than >>the 200 feet or so that they are required to string >cables to) I >>called our County Councilman's office. The clerk made >one call and we >>got cable within the next two weeks. Did not even >have to pay the >>extra fees for 200 yards of cable laying that I >anticipated paying. > >>I told the story to my fellow Board Members of our >large neighborhood >>association about a a year or so back. Our leader >remembered it. He >>too had been having the same problem. So he inquired >again how >>exactly I got results. Told him again. He called the >same >>Councilman's office, and voila--a month later he had >cable. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >At 12:35 PM -0700 4/25/08, Krishnendu Chakraborty >wrote: >>Thanks C'da. I have sent all details (dates, >>locations etc) to you separately. Please keep us >>posted on the progress/response. >> >>USPS domestic service is great but for International >>Service I found UPS to be more reliable. >>An occassional miss (by USPS, Fedex, UPS , any body) >>is perfectly understandable but the attitude of >>passing the buck is definitely not acceptable ... >>particularly when you are paying such a high service >>charge. >> >>Did you use the same service (GXG) or the regular >>Postal Service? How was the delivery ? Did they >stick >>to commitment? >> >>> >>> >>> >I would compile the facts, and send it to my >>> Congressman. And follow >>> up with him/her in two weeks or so. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Be a better friend, newshound, and >know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. >http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >assam@assamnet.org >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >assam@assamnet.org >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
