The metro to Huda city centre was once crowded like
anything. I left early that day as I was in a missile mood. Actually I m
pointing to that day in everyone’s life when they want to start early and put their
whole heart to their work. So that day was an exceptional day in my life. I was
tired and I had no seat to sit and a place to stand. For a person who has to
hear metro’s announcement 72 times a day sitting at least for half way to have
some peace in life is important.
This train was doing no good to my schedule. It took five
minutes almost at every station and was making me late and laid back at the
same time. The enthusiasm was diminishing as I was approaching my destination.
I turned on the volume to the max to make me aloof from the chaos. As the train
stopped at Sultanpur, I closed my eyes thinking that again it is just another
long halt. Suddenly I opened my eyes and saw that there are only few left in
the metro. I was surprised. I thought I dozed off, so I checked the station. It
was to my surprise Sultanpur. Then I noticed a girl making a weird face and
pointing her fingers. I thought she has lost it, but then I realized, “Oh my
God there is some announcement being played!” I took out my headphones and
heard a squeaky voice of the Metro driver saying, “This train terminates at
Sultanpur”
I was shooting with anger as this stupid train made me so
late and then this announcement was the cherry on the top. In seconds the metro
was empty. But I was still fighting with my lazy head to start moving out.
Suddenly the metro guy made another announcement. This announcement made me and
others to conspire to murder the great fellow making the announcement. So the
announcement was, “Due to a technical fault I made a wrong announcement. Please
get in as this metro will go to HUDA City centre.” This definitely raised
eyebrows and everybody got in and took their seats. It was a moment when everybody
started abusing together. Courtesy goes to the metro driver’s vocal chords
which made the technically wrong announcement in the metro. I mean how can he
say that? Is he a robot?
But then I announced in the metro like Mr. Sherlock Holmes unraveling
the mystery behind the stolen treasure or something like that. What I said was
the probability of a bet between Mr. Driver and his friend. A bet to make all
the people hop out of metro and board them in somehow. And Voila! The driver
was successful. So technically he made a fool of everyone and nobody had
anything to say. With great metro come great responsibilities and sometimes
great bets too. People did agreed with me, some actually smirked silently as if
they were planning to quit their job and join Delhi Metro as a driver.
