A highfalutin came over for lunch the other day

And said and implied (in that order):

1. Why indians are always late everywhere?
This from somebody who kept me waiting 1 hour in the cold a year ago

3. On sneaking an uninvited peek at my sari, "Well, you should just go ahead and gold plate everything at your wedding." Then your people would feel right at home. Huh?

2. Why was I being aggressive for asking ditzy, completely inept waitress who mucked up my bill to relcaculate and get me fresh bill?

3. On being told it was because I want value for money, highfalutin smugly tsked and said, "You are becoming so American"

4. "Buddy", I said, "you don't know aggressive till you've been to Indian and ridden a bus/train there". Highfalutin looked down his bulbous nose to laughingly say, "well, it figures they'd do that in India. You have so little money to go around, you need to be aggressive about the way you spend it"

At this point, I loved the fact that I was indeed a bossy, anal, aggressive Indian.
The finger come out, and wagged and (this picture would have been so perfect if I was standing, cause then the hips could have stuck out) and I told him off.

Yes, it made him red.
And yes, it brought out the inevitable, "oh I didn't mean any offense" (Buddy boy, if you are just an acquaintance, and clearly you are, do not go about making fun of my culture, without expecting me to get offended. And do not expect me to take it lying down.)

Yes, it did stall the conversation for a bit.
But really, these little offensive condescensions from odious, highfalutin acquaintainces should be nipped in the bud.

Excuse me, while I bestow the "Protector and Upholder Of Indian Culture" title on myself.