Friday, December 11, 2009

We are like this only

Those were the days when owning a "Hero Ranger" bicycle was a prestige symbol and I was one of the proud owners. I don't know why but unlike others i don't like to modify the factory fit or try to improve the look and feel by installing add-ons or stickers. So it happened like this that i used to ride my bicycle everywhere and one of our college lecturers who newly started his own coaching center got labels printed with the details of his coaching center and stuck two of them on my bicycle without even consulting me which clearly pissed me off. I truly deeply hated him for what he did and waited patiently for revenge.
God answered my prayers in the form of a new scooter our lecturer has bought, which he was very proud of and used to clean it every chance he got. I shouldn't damage his vehicle because that wouldn't be right since he did not damage mine, the stickers just left an ugly mark so i had to do something similar. I looked for the weak spots and the spare tyre mounted behind the pillion seat and covered with a cover looked like a good candidate for revenge. So I made sure nobody was around and punched my pen into the cover and cut a straight line into the cover and left the scene.
I later reappeared at the crime scene when the lecturer was about to leave and sure enough he was there and it appeared like he already saw what happened and was cursing the person who was behind this. He might have even had a vague suspicion that it might have been me but i acted as an innocent by stander. Some other students acted a bit over smart by showing concern and smirking behind his back which he noticed and his suspicion shifted towards them. He was swearing that he would see the end of the person who did that, poor guy.
Anyway next during recess and lunch time i was chatting with different groups of students and at least 6 of them including two girls have confessed that it was their work and they even described how they did it. The lecturer was hated by most of the students and anyone who took credit for the damage would be a hero amongst others and being the good guy that I am, I let them have their share of lime light.
Well what else should I do, we are like this only.

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Planerisms

I know there is no such word... I came up with the following observations when I was on a domestic flight recently.

  1. No Matter how many times people fly, there are still some people who don't put their seats in straight up position or put on their seat belts for take off and landing unless the air hostess comes and asks you to do so.
  2. There is always at least one jerk who keeps talking over the mobile phone even after listening to the announcement to switch off all the electronic equipment.
  3. People stand up and open the luggage compartments as soon as the plane hits the ground even after repeated announcements not to unlock the seat belts until the plane came to a complete halt.
  4. People rush towards the gate as soon as it is open for boarding the flight. Hey, guess what.. there are seats for everyone and nobody is going to occupy the seat assigned to you and you don't have to stand.
  5. There is always at least one person in the flight who is over sized for the economy seats and if you aren't lucky that person will sit beside you.