Metro Travel equals Praying time – Keeping holy books in their posh bags is old Fashioned. Now what they like to do is use Airtel 4G network to search the Hymn for the day. NO! they don’t search “Hymn for the weekend”(though it’s a nice coldplay song).They like to woo God by praying in metro, that’s multitasking dear ones.
All dolled up– Heavy make-up while travelling is intolerable. But there are some super-humans who manage this. And bonus points for the pencil heels.
The Ultimate talker– They generally have two phones (a Smartphone and a Nokia C2) and all their talks, boss’ stories, relationship stories, Mom’s advice, yelling on your junior, planning for that party, never-ending talk with a friend are done in metro only. I wonder how do they get the signal .I also own a decent phone with a decent SIM still I face signal problems 🙁
Eyes on your phone- The ones who just keep looking in your phones , reading every conversation and email you are doing. Or just observing your Facebook activities. That’s most annoying, really.
So called aged – I remember, once when I was travelling, I sat on the Reserved seat for the aged people because there weren’t any prospective aged in my compartment that time. I mean why leave it empty? After few stations when there arrived one and I offered the seat, she refused to have it saying, ” No beta, Keep sitting, after all, I am not that old”.
Very busy ones – Mostly school students on weekends attending coaching classes. The moment they sit, they open their books and start discussing their doubts. Perhaps, the perfect use of their long journey with friends. Well, I respect that completely.
Police with their pets -You would not have met them had you not travelled in Red line! Forget the Dabangg policeman, the security dogs are just so cute, mostly Labrador or Alsatian. You can’t help but admire them so much.
Make up but only in DMRC – All nice and clean and they mess their look by getting ready looking in the Metro. They have everything with them- head to toe makeup. But seriously, moving metro, passengers and make-up makes is the impossible trio.
The Reader and the Gamer – They are in their own world of fantasy, be it a novel or a game.I once bumped into my school friend who was waiting at the metro station and not boarding the metro because she was just two pages behind finishing off her novel. Embarrassed on me knowing this, she definitely regretted meeting me that day.
Music is my breath– These are the people who come in metro all messed up and running out of breath, frantically huffing and puffing, still the first thing they do when they enter is – earphones, they just can’t live without them! Because music is life.
The one with as many bags as kids – They have a luggage bag, a sling bag , a clutch bag and a shoulder bag and also kids. I seriously believe after this that there should be a Baggage Handling System for all Metro stations, so that your bags could reach your destination station internally handled by DMRC. Wouldn’t it be so great ,no luggage to bother for! It will reach Kashmere gate by the time I reach there. Because that pushes, people with big bags give to other people are real pain. Lol!
The Sleeper– Perhaps the best utilisation of time, hehe…. They board metro with the intention that they have to have that so needed power nap. Mostly found during evening metro travel but Beware because they might use your shoulder as their pillow next time. You have been warned 😉
By
Aishwarya