My Co-Passengers

:: WARNING : Long Post Ahead ::

With havin travelled a lot (and with never having got a good company.....) i think i could jot down the types of co-passengers i observed and anyone would encounter on the journey.....

As i said earlier, i've never had good company en route.... Company doesn't matter when you are travelling with friends or family..... But it does matter a lot while travelling alone..... And lemme tell u, i haven't been lucky as Chetan Bhagat said he was in 'One Night @ The Call Center'..... Not even once..... Huh !!!

Lets recall the 'species' (yeah.... generalising is a bit better..... Blogiquette....) i've come across while travelling.....

1. THE CHATTER BOX :
This species of co-passengers is the most common of all...... Mostly of the feminine types..... Males of these species either do not exist or have extinct.... They start talking at any topic any time for hours..... Most dangerous when two of the same species get together..... They don't know the meaning of the word 'Strangers'..... As they are most common, consider yourself lucky if you don't get this kind of co-passengers.....

2. THE BORN-TO-SLEEP TYPES :
Born to sleep..... The name describes it all..... These people don't get to sleep in their everyday life..... They lay down on the berth as soon as they find one and sleep throughout the entire route..... Most boring of all the species....

3. THE CAN'T-STOP-EATING TYPES :
These people would die if they stop eating for a few minutes..... Need something in their mouths in regular intervals..... This species is quite common..... You can't help but suffer their eating desire as they gobble up anything.... almost anything.... and create a mess where they sit.....

4. THE MUSIC LOVERS (???) :
This species is not Music LOVERS actually..... In fact, they want to show off their multimedia cellphones and portable music players..... My humble request to the members of this species is 'USE THE HEADPHONES THAT COME ALONG UR MUSIC PLAYER'..... Playing music loudly at public places and public transport is a sign of showing off..... Nobody stops you to listen to your favourite music..... But why do you want others (who might not like it) to listen to them..... The 'Born-to-Sleep' species gets most irritated by them (* the reason is most obvious....)

5. THE IRRITATING KIDS :
I love kids.... (though i don't have mine....) Yet some of them are of this species..... They throw tantrums all the way long..... Start crying when you least expect.... at might.... when you are talking on cellphone..... when others are sleeping (*i said others coz i don't get to sleep while travelling)..... And the worst part is that you can't scold them and you have to keep smiling..... When their parents 'pretend' to get angry on them, all you can say is 'Let him/her do, (s)he's just a kid....'

6. THE CHAI-WALLAHS AND OTHERS :
Though they aren't exactly co-passengers, but since they torture you with their monotonous voices, i thought they can also be included in the list..... 'Chaiiiii-ya..... Chaiiiii-ya..... Chaiiiii-waleya..... Chaiiiii bolo Chaiiiii-ya......' thats a typical dialogue you'd hear in any Indian train..... Once you give them a glance, they'll irritate u as if they're forcefully selling u their 'Chaiiiii-ya'.....

7. THE TRANS-SEXUALS :
Just a better name for (ahem ahem....) 'chhakkas' or eunuchs..... Again not co-passengers, but a part of the journey !!! I hate it when they touch u.... I never give them a single penny..... Instead i give them a wierd look.... to shoo them away.....

These are just some of the species..... there are many more of them you'll come across.....

So before hanging up, lemme wish u 'Happy Travelling'.....!!!