People seem to have lost all sense of orderliness these days. Well, let’s rephrase and edit that to: Many people in Mumbai seem to not have been educated in the art of queuing up at a bus stand!
The other day, I was standing at this bus stand outside Kurla station. As it is, at any point in time, the station seems all set to grumble at how disorganized and shabby it has made itself. To add to that, this particular bus stand forever keeps everyone busy with complaints about buses running late, dirty railings, and terrible crowds. So, it should come as no surprise that – amidst all this din – two champs decided to jump right in the middle of the line and then leap to the front. All this while passengers were trying to understand that the bus that had just arrived would be going only to Saki Naka and not to Andheri station.
Of course, everyone took their own sweet time to grasp that. And while they did, these champs got their expressions to melt into that of pure innocence as they stood there right in front of me and the queue fully aware of the fact that no one would notice and even if they did, no one would argue and spoil their morning…
Well every dog has his day. I just hope those fellows are not given more days than one!
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