Personal Space

Something that I seem to have adapted to quite quickly in India is lack of personal space issue. I don't particularly like it when people stand close to me when talking but I'm used to it already. However, I didn't realize just how big of a difference there was until I was connecting on my flight.
So, we land in Dubai and that flight is probably 90% Indians. We get off the plane and have to take a shuttle to the terminal. The first shuttle is quickly full and people keep piling in, making space to squeeze on a few more people. Finally the airport staff said no more and it took off.
Then when we boarded the flight to London it was mostly Brits. We get on that shuttle and there was maybe 1/3 the number of people and no one would budge at all to let more people on. There were people sitting on the shuttle taking up enough space for 3 people. It was so odd seeing the difference; people didn't want to get close at all. I was rather 'Indian' and shoved a few people out of the way so that I could get to the front of the bus and stand where there was tons of open space.
I haven't tried to haggle for anything yet here though so I'm not becoming too 'Indian'.
Total side thought: for a glimpse into what it is like being a foreigner in an Indian office rent the movie Outsourced. I watched it on the plane after my parents recommended it and so much of it rang completely true. Some parts are exaggerated, but likely the parts you might think are exaggerated are the most true parts. I was laughing out loud on the plane (no doubt causing the other passengers to think I was a bit nutty).