A gruesome article to start of my blog but then, what has to be, has to be...
I was happily listening to the Radio City en route to office when suddenly at the MICO signal; a middle-aged man barged into the bus [KA-07 F-3430] and started hitting the driver mercilessly. I was appalled to see this. Seems the bus had hit the gentlemen’s matador and one of the headlights had dangled off. Now, I was sitting in the bus and not asleep too. And, I din't feel a thing! So surely there wasn’t much to cry blood for!
The driver kept reasoning with the Angry old man to allow him to park the bus after the signal as the ruckus was creating a traffic jam at a rush hour on an already choc-a-block road. As he was trying to maneuver the vehicle the AoM and his entourage started banging on the bus from outside. After parking the vehicle, as he got down a few of my colleagues also got down and accompanied him. A few others took the others buses to work. I got down to board another bus too but my curiosity got better of me and I joined the driver and my colleagues. The AoM was abusing not only the driver now but also a few of my other fellow-Infoscions who were trying to reason with him.
For some time, this altercation went on. Even the traffic police on duty there joined this ruckus as a mere onlooker and dint bat an eyelid to my chagrin. Thereafter the driver got into the bus and gave some money to the AoM and asked him to let the bus move ahead. By this time, there were some 10 of us left in there.
After we reached the Infy Bus Depot, we asked the driver to provide us the Matador Number so that we can lodge a complaint. The sorry figure, already red from the bashing and the tears broke down again and asked us not to complain against him as he was scheduled to get confirmed in 2 months and this could turn things the wrong side for him.
We assured him that we are on his side and not the other way round. A gloomy start for me. My heart really went out to the poor man who was under considerable amount of duress already. We are lodging a complaint against the AoM and his fellowmen today. Hope justice prevails.
3 comments:
Sad. What happenned? Complaint lodged?
What happened next is more infuriating and ugly neel/mukunth!
There were around 2-3 of us at the transport desk and wanted to lodge a complaint but then the driver got maudlin and asked us not to... So had to leave it there :(
We can only hope that justice prevails. But what prevails is justice torn into 'just+ice' as long as the people at the receiving end are not aware of their rights and/or are not willing to claim their rights. Kudos to Archana for what she has done. Pray
that all AoMs are gifted with a little
common sense and tolerance.
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