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Rishi
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Women commuters taking the train
If you commute to work by train you may have experienced this. A woman with a heavy coat + big cap and a large bag on the shoulder hanging on her side (about the size of a diaper bag and with assorted things sticking out) and dragging a small suitcase like thingie on wheels behind her chatting with a friend beside her with similar attire and equipment. If you are in a rush to catch your train, first your front view is completely blocked, and second, you can’t do a sideways quick turn like a football tailback running with the ball because the darned behemoth of a bag will get you, and in the process you must realize that they have a built about 10-12 feet of security zone around them (their own girths + that big fat bags + the boxes being dragged behind them). What is the solution around this problem without compromising the fact that it’s a free country.
indophile- Posts : 4338
Join date : 2011-04-29
Location : Glenn Dale, MD
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indophile wrote:If you commute to work by train you may have experienced this. A woman with a heavy coat + big cap and a large bag on the shoulder hanging on her side (about the size of a diaper bag and with assorted things sticking out) and dragging a small suitcase like thingie on wheels behind her chatting with a friend beside her with similar attire and equipment. If you are in a rush to catch your train, first your front view is completely blocked, and second, you can’t do a sideways quick turn like a football tailback running with the ball because the darned behemoth of a bag will get you, and in the process you must realize that they have a built about 10-12 feet of security zone around them (their own girths + that big fat bags + the boxes being dragged behind them). What is the solution around this problem without compromising the fact that it’s a free country.
You can always run to another car (compartment as they say in India).
Rishi- Posts : 5129
Join date : 2011-09-02
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No, I was talking about the situation on the platform.
indophile- Posts : 4338
Join date : 2011-04-29
Location : Glenn Dale, MD
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and then they say only people of NY/NJ are rude when they get impatient by such obstacles.
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indophile wrote:If you commute to work by train you may have experienced this. A woman with a heavy coat + big cap and a large bag on the shoulder hanging on her side (about the size of a diaper bag and with assorted things sticking out) and dragging a small suitcase like thingie on wheels behind her chatting with a friend beside her with similar attire and equipment. If you are in a rush to catch your train, first your front view is completely blocked, and second, you can’t do a sideways quick turn like a football tailback running with the ball because the darned behemoth of a bag will get you, and in the process you must realize that they have a built about 10-12 feet of security zone around them (their own girths + that big fat bags + the boxes being dragged behind them). What is the solution around this problem without compromising the fact that it’s a free country.
oh when that happens, I loudly and curtly say "oh excuse me!" and I quickly cut through the two fatties and make a dash for the car. I'm mean. but cuz you're a guy you have to say, "sorry, maam, sorry" and flash a smile and move on. You have to get to work and pay taxes for their bypasses so don't feel bad.
pravalika nanda- Posts : 2372
Join date : 2011-07-14
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indophile wrote:If you commute to work by train you may have experienced this. A woman with a heavy coat + big cap and a large bag on the shoulder hanging on her side (about the size of a diaper bag and with assorted things sticking out) and dragging a small suitcase like thingie on wheels behind her chatting with a friend beside her with similar attire and equipment. If you are in a rush to catch your train, first your front view is completely blocked, and second, you can’t do a sideways quick turn like a football tailback running with the ball because the darned behemoth of a bag will get you, and in the process you must realize that they have a built about 10-12 feet of security zone around them (their own girths + that big fat bags + the boxes being dragged behind them). What is the solution around this problem without compromising the fact that it’s a free country.
Just say to them in Telugu "Amaaigaaru..NaEnu akkada poThaavu..." they will be shocked and let you go.
Marathadi-Saamiyaar- Posts : 17675
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They will be shocked even if they know Telugu!
Back in my student days I used to work as a desk clerk and return late at night through a not a pretty part of Washington. It felt very uncomfortable walking on those streets at that our. A desi friend told me a trick on how to get around that fear. He asked me to talk to myself in Telugu (actually with an audible mumble) on any subject - from Mahabharata to Indira Gandhi (choice for the day is mine) and walk. Then others would think I am crazy and just wouldn't bother me. I tried and it worked. No one ever did come near me.
Back in my student days I used to work as a desk clerk and return late at night through a not a pretty part of Washington. It felt very uncomfortable walking on those streets at that our. A desi friend told me a trick on how to get around that fear. He asked me to talk to myself in Telugu (actually with an audible mumble) on any subject - from Mahabharata to Indira Gandhi (choice for the day is mine) and walk. Then others would think I am crazy and just wouldn't bother me. I tried and it worked. No one ever did come near me.
indophile- Posts : 4338
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indophile wrote:They will be shocked even if they know Telugu!
Back in my student days I used to work as a desk clerk and return late at night through a not a pretty part of Washington. It felt very uncomfortable walking on those streets at that our. A desi friend told me a trick on how to get around that fear. He asked me to talk to myself in Telugu (actually with an audible mumble) on any subject - from Mahabharata to Indira Gandhi (choice for the day is mine) and walk. Then others would think I am crazy and just wouldn't bother me. I tried and it worked. No one ever did come near me.
If only Upps Aunty had known this tactic a few decades ago, she would still have retained her virtue and not ended up a conquered woman. Oh the endless possibilities of what might have been...
Merlot Daruwala- Posts : 5005
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indophile wrote:They will be shocked even if they know Telugu!
Back in my student days I used to work as a desk clerk and return late at night through a not a pretty part of Washington. It felt very uncomfortable walking on those streets at that our. A desi friend told me a trick on how to get around that fear. He asked me to talk to myself in Telugu (actually with an audible mumble) on any subject - from Mahabharata to Indira Gandhi (choice for the day is mine) and walk. Then others would think I am crazy and just wouldn't bother me. I tried and it worked. No one ever did come near me.
>>>When I worked as a summer intern at a bank, there was a Swiss guy I worked with. He told me of having done exactly this when some guys approached him to mug him in NY, except he said he started ranting in German. I have done this train commute thing only for a couple of years and I hated the idea of finding parking at that the station. It is probably more convenient in the east coast.
Kris- Posts : 5460
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