I’m a law abiding citizen, have never broken a law in my life (except for silly rules in college life which were so paper thin, they would have snapped by themselves anyway) That is why VIPs with their flashing red lights and eardrum splitting sirens behaving like the road is their personal property gets my goat anyday. Its not so much the main VIP himself that pisses me off so much. Its their hired guards who yell abuses at other vehicles telling them to get their ****ing car out of the way – that makes me see red.
I have no doubts that VIPs are in so much of a hurry that they dont need to follow traffic rules. I also have no issues that they specialize in having drivers who ensure that they drive like madmen and no other. But do I really have to listen to their guards and hired men yell at me to park my stupid car OR ELSE? Too much.
Last time, a cop on duty to a VIP entourage cooked my rabbit early in the morning. I was driving to work, minding my own business when I spotted The Red Sirens approaching from behind. Now, I know my role perfectly well and was slowing down the car to give them the right of road when this really pissed cop starts jumping up and down like a monkey and starts yelling his head off at me. Apparently another car came from around the bend and he thought we deaf-blind people wouldnt know better than to stop our cars.
Something inside my just snapped. I could take this s**t no longer. I stormed out of the car and started yelling back at that stupid cop myself. Oh, vengeance is sweet indeed. I snarled at him – Who do you think you’re talking to, huh??? I’m not your regular taxi drivers that you can shout at me just because you are a policeman. You’re trying to take advantage of the khakhi uniform, eh? And so on and on and on. I shouted at him till onlookers had to intervene in between and ask me to forgive the poor-chap-who-was-just-doing-his-job and continue my way.
After a while, I still hadnt calmed down and complained to his boss at the police station, who in turn graciously apologized to me. That wasnt my point. Ok, so I agree that certain people are always in a hurry and that their business is more important than mine. But that does not mean, their underlings get to play god and kick around lesser mortals than themselves, do they?
Afterall, ‘How long’ hoi na?
Where the hell were you girl?
I am going through a wierd silent spell if you plan to throw that question at me.
Was here only, doing this and that. JLT. O, lady break thy silence, wontcha?
I was once impressed to see a VIP parade in Bangalore. It was Putin. And Airport Road looked so empty, that it was almost haunting.
Vladimir, eh? He told me he wasnt much impressed with B’lore. Told him to come to Sikkim next time