Inconvenience on wheels
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One it is inconvenient for almost everyone, unless you are a character straight out of Gulliver’s Travels. The length of the berth is far from anything that can fit any average guy.And even worse, we need to shell out as much as for the normal berth as for a side berth?
Hello Railways!!! Some incentive for the inconvenience that you provide commuters with???
The guy who designed the side berths must have been really insane to place 16 side berths into every (sleeper) compartment. I am sure he would have had a mandate from his boss to squeeze in 72 berths,and was on the verge of losing his job.
Now our respected fodder eating , ruminating, Lalu who has managed to get his name printed on some case studies as a maverick minister, is thinking one step forward, I mean above. There he comes with one more side berth!Yes, 3 side berths instead of 2! So the extra side seater gets to sit and let his back go for a toss being supported by hard mica(?) sheets.
Welcome to the world of differential comforts.The moving example of early bird gets the worm.If you are lucky,you get the comfortable(?) berths else, settle for the additional side berths!
Aren’t more coaches an option Sri. Lalu? I heard, you are ,oops.. I mean your organization(Indian Railways)is making profits.Any thoughts?
Why do u make the commuter suffer more than ever before?
You, me , the commuter as always remains the scapegoat.
Next time, you may be lucky to sitting on a SM(Side Middle) seat.
Bon Voyage! Hats off to Lalunomics : D
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13 comments
totally agree wit u.. 3 berths is 2 much..lalu shld realise its not only short people who travel!!!
How true…Till about three years back we were regular train commuters and I have travelled on this “side berth” in the most advanced stages of impending motherhood….sitting throughout the overnight journey , ofcourse!! There is no way you can sleep in that severe dicomfort…Hope Laalu ji has some foresight. May God give him wisdom!!
Ya and Imagine if u r sharing it with another friend!!.
But in ur case, u hv a caring friend who lets u sleep in (some) comfort, while he just sits there with a swollen ass!
Hello Nikhil
I am from Bangalore Mirror, I found this post really interesting… waned to know if I could carry this post for the Blog Talk section in our paper?
Please do let me know my email id is nt.balanarayan@gmail.com..
PS: My cousin s 6 feet tall and once he got only the side berth (he ws travelling frm calicut – delhi!)
I heard he got admitted in some delhi hospital on reaching there (his friend who was travelling with him told me he looked like amathiri – mosquito coil for non-mallu world- when sleepin)
Sorry ikhil.. i wanted permission for your post on Rickshaw-wallahs
I feel sad for all those honeymooning couples who’d do anything to get the side berth..
kabab mein haddi scene:))
So true, but then LALU kya kare? This has been in place for decades now!
I just gave you visit no 20000..
Good on you…
@Bharat ,Garima DGG
Agreed
@Balu
Thanks
@Parul
whatay concern my dear
@Abhijith
not 3 side berths atleast!
@Rajeev
Thanks macha
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lol! lol!
nice
someone please send this to Lalu please!
@kiran,mamadamia
thanks, will do
I dunno.. I’ve always preferred side berths, because at least I don’t need to be at the mercy of the other travellers if I need to sleep. And I guess me being only 5′ 4” helps.
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