To Walk or Take a Bus?
That was my dilemma during my recent Hyderabad trip – To walk or take a bus? Actually, the house I was staying in was not far enough to take a bus, and was not close enough to walk, from the Secunderabad Railway station. I ate a heavy lunch at Chutneys and came to the Secunderabad junction. I wanted to walk back home.
So I spotted two people who were looking polite and well dressed, and asked them: “Sir, do you know which way I need to walk to go to East Marredpally?”
One person lifted his hands for showing the way, but retreated immediately. “Are you going to walk all the distance?” he asked, looking at me with a shocked expression.
“Yes,” I said, “Actually I’ve had a heavy meal and feel like taking a long walk. Might help with digestion too, you know.”
“Your food will get digested alright, but you will ALSO FAINT. DON’T BE A KANJOOS – take the bus,” he ordered. I protested saying I wanted to walk. After two minutes of discussion we came to an amicable conclusion that I will walk until the next bus stop, and then take a bus from there. All of us were happy and we parted amicably. He also showed me how to go to the next ‘Plaza’ bus stop.
I went there and found two more decent looking gentlemen standing there. I promptly went and asked them which bus will take me to East Marredpally.
They were astounded. “What? Why do you want to take a bus to go to East Marredpally? If you go by this way, you’ll reach West Marredpally. Take a right and you’ll get East Marredpally. DON’T BE SO LAZY – just walk.”
Hmm… Looks like it doesn’t matter whether I take the bus or walk. To them, I am ALWAYS WRONG 😛 🙂 😛
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PS: This is an actual incident, not fiction!
Very interesting. Using the words like “DON’T BE A KANJOOS” and “DON’T BE SO LAZY” to a stranger is very uncivilized.
Frankly, I don’t think they used those words. I used them to make the article more interesting 😛 But they used expressions to convey as much. That’s what they meant 🙂
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Haha! Total confusions of India. Sometimes it happens, good or bad we always find ourselves at fault.
Yes, sometimes, whatever we want to do is just WRONG 😛
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You are branded as ‘kanjoos’ and ‘lazy’…Funny! People and their attitudes!
Actually they didn’t say as much, I added it for effect. But I guess that’s what they meant!
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hahaa!!! Although both the parties’ intention was good, when you narrate both together, it is really funny! 😀 So, you walked all the way without fainting! right? 😀
I can imagine how heavy the lunch would have been 🙂 Love that place, though 😀
Yes I walked, but once I reached near the house, I drank one milkshake! On the way, I ate one fruit salad too. Blame Chutneys for this extra expenditure 😛
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People are very health conscious! lol
At the least, I was trying to be 🙂
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Haha… This was funny!
Yes it’s funny to read, but in that situation… 😛
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Imagine somebody saying don’t be a kanjoos. I mean how can people take such liberties with strangers. We really should just give directions and keep our opinions to ourselves.
Actually they didn’t say that. I added it for effect. But I am sure they meant that (by their looks) 😛
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Lol!! We, Indians are always experts at advising 🙂
They advise and expect you to follow their advice to the last word. Once we take an advice, our liberty to decide is under threat! 😛
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lol.
Nicely narrated – yes it happens.
Its good that they knew the road, otherwise story would be lost found and reached home!
I was almost lost while going from West to East Marredpally, but some people guided me with the proper way!
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