If you consider yourself a normal human being, let me ask you a question. If you saw some nice little plants planted at a public place, what would you do ? Well, apparently, the folks with the ugly red mouths who eat Gutkha all the time think that spitting on the plans is the best way.
The photo pictured above has taken just outside the Arrivals section of Terminal 1B of Mumbai’s domestic Airport. Recently, crores of rupees were spent on beautification of the airport and the waiting area just outside the exit was given special attention.
Such plants have been planted all over the area with small water fountains just next to them. But apparently, Indian people are sworn to life NOT to keep places clean.
Well there are somethings which I thought I’d never see. Now as I’ve seen it all(ok, almost all!)
The setting: Yesterday night/today early morning
The time: 2:00 AM
The Place: Cristal Guest House, Chennai, the guest house where I stay.
I was sleeping blissfully, having a good night’s sleep. Then all of a sudden, I hear a faint buzz. Thought that was just me dreaming. Then, BUZZ again. And then the door starts banging. I was half awake now, cursing the person who might be buzzing the room at this unearthly hour. I open the door, only for finds Cops staring at me :!: At this moment, I was still in a very dazed state, and then seeing cops banging the doors of other rooms I realize that this is no dream!
Here’s the talk I had with the Cop:
Cop: How many people in room?
Me: 2
Cop: Let me see (and then he peeks in)
Cop: What you doing here?
Me: Working in Chennai
Cop: Show id card
Me: Here(and shows him my 3i Infotech ID Card)
Cop: Ok oK
Me(tell my Roomie): Arre Adi, show him your id na(my roomie was too sleepy and had no idea what’s happening)
Cop: It’s ok
Then the Cop shifts his focus to other room
Me: Can we please go back to sleep now??
Cop: OK OK
I was like whaa…. with this whole incident!
So what was teh reason for this radi?
Few people had even suggested reasons: Drugs, porn, while my assumption was that it was because of hookers. Well I got the update from the Guest House manager, and nope. It wasn’t for drugs. Not for porn. Not for hookers. Not for piracy either.
The reason? THIS.
Apparently there was a tipoff that Mr. Modi would be killed and that his assassins were already in Chennai. Hence the “tight” security. So by launching raids at 2:00 AM at all possible guest houses, just few hours before Mr. Modi would land in Chennai, they could detect and find the assassins?
So, here’s 50 paise to the extremely “tight” and efficient security system of cops.
[This was a guest post by SathyaBh.at]
Generally I always carry a fair amount of cash with me, coz I’m a bit paranoid as to what might happen if I’m stranded without cash. The set of incidents which happened just now will now ensure that I will always carry cash with me.
I’d been to Hotel Balaji Woodlands for dinner - I don’t go there often, but have been there enough number of times to know that they *do* accept Debit cards. Now it so happened that I didn’t have enough cash with me - I had only Rs 30. Wondering whether I should goto the hotel or not, I just decided to go there. I ordered Naan and Kaaju paneer(or, kaaju curry as that was what given to me, the paneer - well they decided to eat it themselves 8-|
. I asked for the bill - it came upto Rs. 50. Fair enough I went to the cashier and gave him my debit card to charge it to that. The next set of events left me dumbfounded. Here’s the conversation
Me: (hands over bill and ATM card)
Hotel Guy(HG): (Shakes his head)
Me: What?
HG: Rs 50.. not enough
Me: I don’t have cash. Either you accept that or you give me this meal for free
HG: (puts my ATM card into the drawer)
Me: (Getting pissed) Hello, give me my ATM card back
Waiter: You go get cash, then I’ll give card
Me: Hello? How do you expect me to withdraw cash WITHOUT my ATM card? 
HG: We don’t accept debit cards for small amount
Me: (Me with voice raised, and bit of temper) What kinda stupid Hotel do you run? The one which says We accept debit card, but then reject it for “small amounts”? Give my debit card back
(Now it begins to look like a scene - there are few foreigners in the hotel, and he obviously doesn’t want the incident to be heard to all)
Finally, he gives my ATM card and asks me to pay for the dinner tomorrow. I say fine
So here’s 50 paise to the hotel guy. I hope that amount is “big enough” to be charged to a debit card.
This was a guest post by SathyaBh.at