Er Rational musings #95
Have you been inside BEST bus depot in the mornings? Or for that matter, any time of day? Very little chance.
Visit the Canteen. Typical aluminium top big long rectangular dining tables and 2 long iron benches on either side. Watch Conductors or Drivers having their meal there. Even their lunch (!) at 7-8 am, before starting the duty or at 5-6 pm after the shift! A roll of 12-13 thick home made chapatis/rotis in crumpled paper. Being eaten, being broken into two halves with both hands, alongwith a Usal or Sabji or Egg Bhurjee. Dry? Water in big jugs is available. Or having Laadi paav with Sheera. Or simply, a glucose biscuits dipping into cutting chai.
Have you seen their rest rooms? Wooden, two tiered beds(!). Cramped in a small dingy room. With 1 or 2 ceiling fans.
They have odd duty hours, odd stop overs. Resting hours at odd times.
Such n similar scenario is noticeable at few other work places. Post offices, for example. Here, postmen, after sorting the letters at their desk upto 8.30 - 9 am, have their lunch (!), before they start off for mail delivery.
Life is tough @ll around, and we normally complain about small small sundry things!
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मिलिंद काळे, 10th November 2015
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