Chennai Traffic Woes !!

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One thing that most people would complain about in the morning after checking into their offices..one thing that you would not like to see while going back home..No i am not talkin about 'wives' here..for christ sake..!! TRAFFIC...

Who's not pissed about that?? come on.. I can see only a few hands and incidentally all of them work for 'road and transportation' authorities..

Of all the cities i have been..which would be what ..one two..three ..well not many :) ..i find the most chaotic place to be CHENNAI..Blame it on 'geography'...the place is.. what i can explain in other words as 'cornered'.. but the worst part is bus services..

A Typical day for u in Chennai starts like this-:

You start towards ur office..put on some deodorant..put on some more..emptied the bottle..bliv me i m not exagerrating..and start walking towards the bus stop..You see the bus approaching towards u ...which would remind you of the young and the restless hindi movie-star Dev Anand..as it will be leaning towards one side..enduring what we call as test of the time..still looking as if it can continue like this to eternity..

You feel it would stop there as it is supposed to..and you r not the only one sharing that feeling......BUT.. it seems the driver's got diaorrhea and is rushing towards someplace..( the reality is not as simple as it seems to be..actually the driver sees the crowd rushing towards the bus stop..does some basic arithemetics in his mind and comes to the conclusion..that there is a limit to what the poor bus can tolerate..)

Ok..so u r still not on the bus..now u see another one..it depends on ur luck whether u have to walk towards it or run..somehow inspired by michael johnson..or the dope that u took with the breakfast works..u run like hell after the bus..DIE HARD 5.0 in the making..u get hold of someone's belt or bag or whatever it maybe..make it to the footboard..defined here in chennai as: " the part of the bus responsible for its inclination towards one side and catering to 20-25% of the whole population of the bus"

You get inside after a lot of struggle..and feel it was better outside..atleast u had oxygen hanging back there..Besides u are in a compromising position now..you need to ask the person standing right to you to scratch your right hand..as your left hand is busy covering the pocket of your trousers where you have kept your mobile phone , wallet etc..besides u need some space to move ur left arm towards your right..which is very unlikely..

The bus is moving at 2 Kmph..and you are looking at your watch more often than the cute gal standing in front. within half an hour or so..the bus picks up a steady speed of 20-25kmph..and u shift ur attention back towards the gal..

The bus comes to a halt ..but not where it is supposed to..(again due to the mental arithemetic of the bus driver )..and u thank god for bringing you out of the bus alive..You get into your workplace..and u try to deviate your attention from ..not the gal u saw in the bus..But from the thought of repeating all that u've gone through...IN THE EVENING... :) Meanwhile you have 7-8hrs in between to catch your breath..