Hello Readers! Hope you all had a great
weekend. To start your week afresh, here are some thoughts.
I
saw an image on Instagram posted by a friend, Sagar Kulkarni. It was captioned,
"Let's try & use more of the public transport, at least for everyday
travel." And, I knew I had to share this little write-up based on the
photo I saw.
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Instead
of going through all 4 modes of transportation from office to home, I
decided to book a cab one day. It was comfortable & less tiresome.
I
decided to do the same thing on the day it was flooded. "No cabs
available."
How
did I reach home? Public transportation.
I remember the time I used to criticize
public transport. I hated when trains were delayed. Hated it even more when
they were cancelled for no 'reasonable reason.' I still get agitated when
rickshawalas do their selective screening of customers. (I mean, hello? I'm a
recruiter, leave the screening to me & just drop me at the destination.) I
wasn't much of a fan of buses either. They kind of made me nauseous. So, you
see the problem? The list goes on...
But, then I grew up & sucked it up.
You start to realise that the importance stressed on public transport is really
for reasons that go beyond an individual's immature likes & preferences.
So, yeah, I decided to take 4 modes of transportation (bus, train, metro
& rickshaw) to reach office from home instead of taking my 2-wheeler or
booking a cab without thinking of carpool.
"A developed country is not a place where the
poor have cars, it's where the rich ride public transportation."
I'm sure you must’ve read this quote
too & it would’ve been just another underrated quote from among the many
irrelevant hyped up ones you choose to overthink upon. Sad, isn't it? You'd
rather sit in traffic jams for hours pondering over something as silly as
commitment issues, while ignoring the one thing that needs your attention. The
irony! And, let me tell you, I'm no different. I've had days when I craved
personal space & not having people all around me when my life was falling
apart. I mean, you can cry sitting in your own car, but if you do that in train, you'll get stares which you don't need at that particular moment. But,
there's always home to fall apart & get back up. You just have to reach
there swimming through a sea of people. Because, in the face of a calamity,
they are the ones who will help you out. Not your personal space &
definitely not your own SUV. Time & again, history has repeated. I witnessed
it recently in the August rains, how you lean on public transport when you
don't have an option. So, why do we wait for a disaster to happen? Why not
take the last resort as the first? After all, we all know, public transport is
the best option, no matter how much we want to deny it.
- I don't need public transport. But, I prefer
it.
- It helps to do a lot of tasks on the commute
while also saving time.
- It saves the environment, if you're bothered
about anything else than yourself. (Reduces carbon footprint, gasoline
consumption, congestion & saves fuel.)
- It could be funny watching random people &
you might even make friends. That's what I'm doing with this series!!
- It is always reliable, unlike your car which
might get a flat tire any time or worse.
And, the thing is, I stated these
points only because the post kind of seemed incomplete without it. But, you all
already know this, right? Because, you all are such smart people with your white-collar
jobs or running your own business or something more badass!
So, if you know this & are using
public transport, YOU
ARE AWESOME!
And, if you know this & are NOT
using public transport, what
are you doing?
So, public transport or traffic jams? Choice is yours.
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