Train Tickets - part 2

While booking a train ticket on-line can be such pain in the wrong place as described in the previous post, booking tickets at the counter is no less!

1. The Q at the booking counter is always thrice the number of people you expect

2. If you expect 10, there will be 30 people in the Q and so on

3. Useless fact: Most of them would not have showered that morning

4. Utterly useless fact: At-least one person in the Q will claim that he's been waiting at the counter from 4 AM that morning

5. Fact: You will always borrow a pen to fill up the reservation form

6. Point 4 repeats at Banks, Supermarkets, Restaurants etc.

7. By the time you fill the form, another 30 people would have added themselves to the Q

8. Another useless fact: Most of them would not have brushed that morning

9. At-least 3 of them will try to borrow your borrowed pen (!)

10. Meanwhile 5 people will be shouting at 1 person for trying to insert himself into the Q somewhere at the front

11. You'll also hear abusive language in all Indian languages

12. The person before you in the Q will always make sure he/she spends 15 minutes at the counter

13. He will be trying hard to get all his doubts about the railways clarified by the booking clerk

14. When all this is happening, the whole world will be trying to book tickets on-line or at different stations standing in different Qs

15. When you finally reach the counter, it's well past 9 AM

16. You realize you are late to the office, again !!!

17. Every chance that the booking clerk will try to tell you that only WL tickets are available

18. And then you realize, you forgot to bring CASH!!!!!

And this is Aapu in a different form. 

Honourable additions to SSSVS: Those who forget to carry a photocopy of their ID proof

Train Tickets & a famous Tam word!

1. Booking a tatkal train ticket can be a pain in the wrong place (a.k.a Aapu)

2. This is mostly experienced by: thathas, pattis, uncles, aunties, onnu vitaa mamas, chittaphas, chittis, girlfriends, boyfriends and useless friends who prefer train travel and of course me

3. You require:
    a. Bucket-load of patience
    b. Super-fast internet (13244334545 Mbps is not enough after latest research results)
    c. Laptop / PC (in working condition) or
    d. (a) plus a Mobile with internet access

4. You also need to wake up before 8 AM IST (tough ask ain't it?)

5. Finish the most important duty before logging on (you know what I'm talking about, don't you?)

6. Point 5 is valid only if point 4 happens

7. Logon - takes a minimum of 1 hour

8. When finally accomplished, ticket availability moves to WL

9. This is called - 'Aapu' (a.k.a pain in the wrong place in the Queen's language)

Useless Note 1: Forgot password cases are not considered here as they fall under the SSSVS category (Sondha Selavil Sooniyam Vaithukolbavar Sangam)

Useless Note 2: If you don't have tools mentioned in point 3, please wait for another useless post

The Band

I'm compelled to tell you all that I'm in a band! After so many years! Therefore, am more compelled to tell you some useless facts about us! Here we go!
 
1. We call ourselves 'nothing' in fact - name suggestions welcome

2. Based at - nowhere in particular. 

3. To be honest with you all, we are present around the world at present. Our Keys' player is in the Queen's country these days

4. He is waiting for his visa to expire so that he will be deported (!!)

5. Rest of us - scattered in and around the vast land of India

6. How did we meet? - requires another useless post

7. We sing about - the Carpenter who lived and walked this earth 2000 years ago!

8. What do we play - well music instruments of course!

9. Do we drink? Yes, we do! H2O on stage and Chilled Water off-stage

10. We like to have fun on-stage and off-stage (for those of you who might think, well, what do they mean by that - come and watch us)

11. Concert dates - will be made available soon

12. Entry fee - Ramanujam's number

13. Do you think I was serious????

14. If No, then Chillax - go have a bite, drink whatever!

15. If Yes, check out this page then!