Now when m writing this I'm in a General coach of West coast express at 1.45 am. On my feet waiting for someone to get down at their place.....
Its all because of one small mistake that I made. Regretting why I didn't pay much attention to it...
Two weeks back when I was booking the ticket I got it as; waiting list 32 for my journey from home to Mangalore. I first time used my designation degree for a journey hoping that two letters might do wonders. As I hoped I got the confirmation message in my mobile as ticket confirmed. S1 49. I proud being a doctor as it got reservation values for journeys.....
Sunday; that's today was the date of the journey. After a tiresome day I hoped to rest my head in the sleeper coach . I rushed to the station and caught train.
I was in a hurry to find my seat and settle down. There was a man who was already lying down there. As you know its not a new thing some unreserved categories put their bumbs in others seat. He was a poor man sleeping in the LB as though he found paradise. I stared at him and patted on his hands.
Sir is it your seat?
Oh yeah.. What happened...? He made way to his question.
I explained him everything and showed message in my mobile.
No that can't be....he exclaimed..".even I have got the same confirmation message. "
In the darkness I once again looked into my mobile SMS for the confirmation..
More than 10 times I must have gone through those lines but never it striked me the previous date owned my ticket. So my journey is already over. What the hell m I doing in here..? I asked myself...
I slowly realized even I became a part of the category which I quoted earlier.
I slowly recollected a phrase in my mother tongue about changing ones position by God.
Can I sit here for a while? I pleaded....
No problem you can...he said with a kind face. I didn't see any anger or any kind of expression that of a hate.
I sat there hunting a reply in my head to the TTR.
The poor man suggested me to occupy an empty seat which was near by until the man with black coat arrives. He didn't seen to be impatient.
In SU birth I kept my bags and counted numbers till my eye lids falls in love with each other. It didn't took much time as I was exhausted for the day.
And finally our hero arrived with a black suit. It's his uniform anyways.....
I woke me up at 1.15 am in the night. And asked me for my ticket. I was blank..... I just repeated the same episode which I had with the poor man earlier.
TTR could easily find out the mistake and asked me to pay penalty.
When got down I saw there were much more like me but carrying the general ticket in their hands. He told me to pay penalty 250 plus the ticket charge.
I once again showed him the ticket with my name in that and I explained him the problem by making a innocent man face.
Sir , Is there a second options....? I asked him ....
Everybody wants a second chance today in their life but only few gets and make it a fruitful one... What shit am I thinking.? No point of working out the philosophy here.
He made everybody else to pay penalty that day. Finally it came my turn..
There was my second option: "you can get down in next stop then take ticket for the next train. As it was a mistake we don't take any action"
What a gentle man he is. I thought in my mind.....Less in speech and more in action. I thanked him and got down in next stop. I rushed to counter and bought ticket in another printed paper. And entered in the general compartment of the same train. Luckily train got 5 mins stop in Kannur station.
This is what it is called as fate bcoz of one's action. But when I'm posting this message I already owned a seat which nobody else can snatch it from me until I move my ass from there....!
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