BEST at its worst!
On 19th April, I ran as usual for the 8:15 BEST bus only to realize that the BEST were on strike . So all the people who missed the news last night( including me), had an “Oh Shit!” expression their face. The question “why” struck us much later. We were too busy searching for an alternative, but obviously could not find any at least for the next 10 minutes. So we started walking and reached quite ahead.
As they say, ‘Every dog has his day’, today it was the Rickshaw walas’ day. The rickshaws are either filled or not halting in arrogance. Finally, one of my friends saw me on the road in distress and offered me a seat in her car. Along with me, another 3 females sat in the car. All throughout my way I was thinking (I hope not loudly….can’t remember as I was highly frustrated). The first thing that came to my mind is how socially irresponsible the BEST employees were! At our cost, they were trying to get their demands approved, that too before getting rejected! The 3 days strike that they decided to carry out, caused such a lot of inconvenience to all the commuters. It not only pinched everyone’s pocket but also paralyzed the common man. Ever wondered, without education where would have they have got jobs, how would have they fed their family?
I reached the station, obviously later than routine, struggled my way to get on the train, heaved a sigh of relief and stood sweating. After a break of 20 mins, when my tarin reached the station, i again rushed to board the office bus and somehow managed to board it.
This same story was repeated for another 2 days of the strike. Though the parties who dropped me to the station and home were different each time. Irrespective of who is in question, it is only the common man who suffers……..sadly : (.
Regrets,
Kally.
As they say, ‘Every dog has his day’, today it was the Rickshaw walas’ day. The rickshaws are either filled or not halting in arrogance. Finally, one of my friends saw me on the road in distress and offered me a seat in her car. Along with me, another 3 females sat in the car. All throughout my way I was thinking (I hope not loudly….can’t remember as I was highly frustrated). The first thing that came to my mind is how socially irresponsible the BEST employees were! At our cost, they were trying to get their demands approved, that too before getting rejected! The 3 days strike that they decided to carry out, caused such a lot of inconvenience to all the commuters. It not only pinched everyone’s pocket but also paralyzed the common man. Ever wondered, without education where would have they have got jobs, how would have they fed their family?
I reached the station, obviously later than routine, struggled my way to get on the train, heaved a sigh of relief and stood sweating. After a break of 20 mins, when my tarin reached the station, i again rushed to board the office bus and somehow managed to board it.
This same story was repeated for another 2 days of the strike. Though the parties who dropped me to the station and home were different each time. Irrespective of who is in question, it is only the common man who suffers……..sadly : (.
Regrets,
Kally.
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