It has been a while since I have been using the official mode of transport and this is to report the latest ...
I have no idea how a cab driver's brain operates, really. The specimen of the subspecies who drives us around is truly a masterpiece.
He loves being obtuse ... it's like a religion for him or maybe it's his driving force. His moods and the current playlist govern our safety and at times I am sure even our mortality. You know about his eclectic taste in music that we all have to suffer in silence ...
Now our route has changed so I save a good 20 minutes, which is an eternity. Don't believe me? Just try setting your alarm for 20 minutes earlier than you are used to? Hah! That frightened you off!!
I have a new gang - gang of gurgaon :-) we have our own very special highs and lows - no jam on MG1 whooooo hooooo!!! Girl-from-sect-4 gets a better job - happiness, she leaves the cab and we can change the route - ECSTASY!!!
We have a favorite punching bag - let's call him discman(DM). He is a chronic smoker and is having a harrowing time at work - he stays late and is always running late. The cab driver is furious at having to wait and to compound the story, DM's Sony discman, I think, doesn't have anti-skid, so he shreiks at cabbie to go easy on the hideous pretend road that connect discman's house to the mainroad. DM also likes to sit ONLY on specific seats in the bus (in case you are confused - our cab is a minibus) and to my horror he always sits in the seat just ahead of MY favorite one. No that's not the horror - the horror is that he likes to push the backrest of his seat ALL the way back until it's maxed out!!!
Dude is a sweet guy who has a GREAT ipod that, thanks to his sister, has the latest songs available for our listening pleasure. He is supersweet in that he lets all of us hijack his prized possession :-)
Tintin is the cab kiddie who is an intern and loves reading Indian authors unless she is happily snoozing away. I used to think I could sleep whenever wherever but nah! she is the QUEEN.
Vee is another kiddie who is an intern at some setup that has some IT jobs outsourced to from our office. Another gadget-happy guy. He is a walking talking hindi movie songs encyclopedia. He is also the RTO-runaway.
He can see a car number and tell you its time and era of purchase. And his know-how of songs is AMAZING!!! Any song our cabbie plays -- who incidently has the entire collection of obscure B-grade movies -- he will rattle off the actor, actress, singers, situations, et al!!!
We have this picnic on our way back and last week there was this jokes session. It started off quite sane and then ... well... you can guess ...
Madness ....
I have fun but I seriously want to not have to commute so long ...
There are more people who I'll write about later ....
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