I will confess that the title of my blog is 'inspired' by a leading radio station's concept but after this incident took place, I couldn't come up with something better.
A few months back, my colleague and I were driving back from work and my colleague just crossed a traffic signal when it just turned yellow. A cop asked us to stop and then approached our car. My friend like an innocent citizen stopped his car and rolled down the window to speak to him. The cop in his typical Haryanvi accent says… “Yeh traffic signal dikhaee nahin deta ke”. My friend tried explaining the cop that the light was green while he had started crossing and that it might have turned yellow somewhere midway. By this time my friend had already stood out of his car. Seeing him get out of the car, I stepped out of the car too. The cop took notice of this and this time tells me “Madam, aap gadi mein jaake baitho”. Both these people had a 5 minute long discussion after which my friend too sat in the car. I asked him whats the matter? How do you intend to tackle this. He had to go out of India for an official trip the next day and by no means he could have left his license with them. Where was the time and the journey back home was also long considering we had not even covered one-fourth of it. My friend later told me that he would probably give some money to the cops.
A while later, the cop came, my friend rolled down his window and the cop asked my friend… "Kya karna hai". My friend says “Sir aap batao… kya main kuch kar sakta hoon… kal subah meri flight hai”. The cop says… “Ab aap apna license de do, thane se collect kar lena”. My friend now responds by saying “Sir aap paise le lo, kal meri flight hai”. The cop asks him “Kitne paise doge?” My friend replies “jitney bhi mere wallet mein hain…" The next action is funny… the cop takes off his cap, just slides it in a little bit through the window so that nobody sees him, indicates my friend to put in money inside the cap, my friend takes out a 500 rupees note and puts it in the cap. The cop wears the cap carefully and cleverly to keep the note discreetly in place and walks away.
I was shocked but laughed quite a bit on this incident after that. I was shocked not because I saw the cop taking money. But because of the funny way by which he took the money from my friend.
It is a funny yet vicious circle we fall prey to each day in some form or the other. We blame the system, but I believe we are equally a part of it, may be unintentionally but we all do it… Lets just accept it!
A few months back, my colleague and I were driving back from work and my colleague just crossed a traffic signal when it just turned yellow. A cop asked us to stop and then approached our car. My friend like an innocent citizen stopped his car and rolled down the window to speak to him. The cop in his typical Haryanvi accent says… “Yeh traffic signal dikhaee nahin deta ke”. My friend tried explaining the cop that the light was green while he had started crossing and that it might have turned yellow somewhere midway. By this time my friend had already stood out of his car. Seeing him get out of the car, I stepped out of the car too. The cop took notice of this and this time tells me “Madam, aap gadi mein jaake baitho”. Both these people had a 5 minute long discussion after which my friend too sat in the car. I asked him whats the matter? How do you intend to tackle this. He had to go out of India for an official trip the next day and by no means he could have left his license with them. Where was the time and the journey back home was also long considering we had not even covered one-fourth of it. My friend later told me that he would probably give some money to the cops.
A while later, the cop came, my friend rolled down his window and the cop asked my friend… "Kya karna hai". My friend says “Sir aap batao… kya main kuch kar sakta hoon… kal subah meri flight hai”. The cop says… “Ab aap apna license de do, thane se collect kar lena”. My friend now responds by saying “Sir aap paise le lo, kal meri flight hai”. The cop asks him “Kitne paise doge?” My friend replies “jitney bhi mere wallet mein hain…" The next action is funny… the cop takes off his cap, just slides it in a little bit through the window so that nobody sees him, indicates my friend to put in money inside the cap, my friend takes out a 500 rupees note and puts it in the cap. The cop wears the cap carefully and cleverly to keep the note discreetly in place and walks away.
I was shocked but laughed quite a bit on this incident after that. I was shocked not because I saw the cop taking money. But because of the funny way by which he took the money from my friend.
It is a funny yet vicious circle we fall prey to each day in some form or the other. We blame the system, but I believe we are equally a part of it, may be unintentionally but we all do it… Lets just accept it!
