Life in a Metro!

Whew…the many facets of life in a Metro… The best is traffic. While driving to office, if I am stuck in a jam or a long signal (which is usually the case) I get some time to look around and amuse myself with the funny/weird reactions people have while riding! Traveling in these cities is a pain and especially during office hours. The roads are choked and everybody wants to get out of the traffic congestion at the same time and then the weird incidents start :)


People feel speaking on the mobile phone is more important than looking left-right before crossing the road! Can somebody please take them to kindergarden again; where you are taught “Look to your right- Look to your left and if the signal is red wait!”

People are so busy gossiping/bitching about their collegues/friends or etc etc that they jump in the middle of the road- right in front of a speeding cab. Once the car driver has blabbered his share of ‘gaalis’ they take off after mumbling a simple “SORRY”

Women, especially on a two-wheeler with their flowing sarees and dupattas merrily ride in the middle of the road! Where the hell are others supposed to be driving?

A single lane road suddenly is converted into a four-lane road with office hours coming to a closure.

People with their helmets on and a mobile phone tucked between are busy completing some deals or fighting with somebody. The result is violent hand gestures, which lead to automatic and unannounced lane changes!! If you are close enough and survived then you can also here some high-pitched discussions, which leave you puzzled – if this was for you or the other person on the phone!

In the process of overtaking others, people forget that a particular road is two- way and there are vehicles coming from the other end too!

While traveling to office today, I saw a man zipping on the roads at high speed, without bothering to follow the lane discipline of-course! In metros this has become a common scene, so you might say what’s new in it!

I agree…but it just made me think, do we take our lives so casually; that we are least bothered about it! If you lose a limb or end up being the cause of someone else’s death or lifelong disability, would these cheap thrills and fun matter then? Would reaching to your destination 2 min early matter then?