Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Overheard in a bus journey in India #3 - Ticket to contest elections

This was overheard in a bus journey from Gurgaon to Jaipur. An old lady boards a Haryana roadways bus heading towards Jaipur.

Old lady: Bhai ek ticket de diye Jaipur ka. (Please give me a ticket to Jaipur.)
Conductor (busy handling other people): Haan ammaji, dete hain. (Yes mother, please wait.)

The patience of old lady's declines in five minutes.
Old lady: Bhaiya aa jaa. (Conductor, please come.)
Conductor (still busy): Haan mataji, dete hain thoda ruko. (Yes mother, please wait for a while.)

The old lady could not understand the reason for her tolerance for 10 minutes.
Old lady: Bhaiya, ticket kab dega. (Conductor, when will you give me the ticket.)
Conductor (now furious): Arre mataji, bus ka ticket hai koi chunav ka thode hee hai jo itni jaldi ho rahi hai. (Mother, it's a bus ticket not the ticket for contesting assembly elections. Please wait, I am coming.)

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