Talks By the Walk... Series Part 1

Walking is the best thing a young person should do, No no no, not because it is exercise but because you remain up-to-date with the happenings around us. If you compare to driving a vehicle, you will hear and see a lot more while walking. So, here is a compilation of conversations taking place at various places around that I pass…

A Bus Stop….a conversation between two fellow bus travellers

“Sir, which bus should I take to reach Krishna Hospital?”

“Ah!!! You just missed the direct bus to Krishna Hospital numbered 332. Now I don’t think theres a direct bus till after 4 hrs. So you can do 1 thing if you are in a hurry. Take the next possible bus to Deccan. You can travel with me if you wish. Then take a bus if possible and available to Bhusari Colony. And ask the conductor to give you a ticket to the Krishna Hospital Bus stop. If no, then the best thing to do is take a bus to Kothrud, they are quite a lot in number, and get down at the Dashabhuja Ganpati Mandir stop. From there you walk a bit, and you will be there in no time at all.”

The only thing that I might have heard the person, (IF he said something is ) “Yeah! Right!!!”

A Chemist Store….a conversation between a customer and the stone worker and owner.

“Give me 15 tablets of PassingLife 400mg, Corex syrup, a Crocin Strip, the sugar free pills, the petroleum jelly, and and and ………5 Hajmolas….” The customer says…

The chemist brings all the medicines together and starts calculating. He then presents the bill, which says that the total is Rs.360. The customer looks at the bill, as if a bank worker is going through the 1000 ruppee note, to check if its original. Then after around 5-10 minutes of calculating and calculating and calculating, the customer says

“Isnt the PassingLife 400mg for Rs.9?”

“No sir, it is 10 rupees, though you used to get it for 9 rupees, sometime back The costs have gone up because there is a slight increase in the local tax”.

“But I have been buying it for the past 2 yrs for the same price.”

“Oh, am sorry, am just a little weak in my left ear. So how much do I pay for?”

The chemist is a little agitated now, “The bill is of Rs 360, sir…”

“I can see that but how much do I really pay for? I meant don’t you give the 5% discount like the other store does? ”

The guy is a bit bewildered, and rushes of to see the owner.

The owner, with the look of someone who has just having read a really boring story, comes out yawning , and asks what the problem is….

“Don’t you give the 5 % discount the other store does?”

“The other store gives 5% discount??” he mutters…. “Oh Yes sir, we do give 5% discount offer. We are really sorry for the behavior of our worker, hes new to the store…Raju will apologise.”

The worker, with no fault of his, has to apologise to the old man…That must surely be a lesson to him…