losing my mind...or not

So this morning was another yummy breakfast meeting with the Delhi ex-Pat women's group. It is always interesting meeting other ex-Pats that work here; there was one woman working in public health, I imagine that must be a very challenging, and quite interesting, job here. But the woman who intrigued me the most today was a psychologist who works mostly with ex-Pats living here in Delhi.
She said that she has quite a few clients who meet with her shortly after coming here that are having trouble adjusting; she has worked with whole families too. But, what interested me the most was she said that she works with some western executives who are going crazy working with an all Indian staff. That made me feel so much better. I'm not the only one!
Working here seriously drives me insane. From the fact that people say yes when they mean no, or the fact that I can have several in depth trainings on a subject and then have someone ask me a question a month later with no recollection that I even had the training much less that they were there. Or that I will tell someone that something a client asks for is not possible at all ever and they will say "okay, I'll see what they think" and I will have to reiterate "it is not possible, no way no how, don't tell them maybe, tell them no", and then I have to pray that they actually say no (see the comment about saying yes when you mean no).
Being that I'm the only foreigner in my office some times I think that it is just me, but finding out that other people have these frustrations makes me feel so much better. Not only are they frustrated but they are having such a hard time that have to see a psychologist. At least I manage to de-stress with a walk in the park (although today's high is 39/102 so the walks are becoming a bit more tricky)
So the good news is that I'm sane and that there are plenty of other people in the same boat. The bad news is that India seems like it isn't changing for the better in this area. I'm also a bit concerned that when I go home I will be so overwhelmed by people doing what I ask when I ask that I will be a bit of a pushover as a boss. Oh well, that is hardly a big concern, and I have no doubt that I'll get over that really quickly.