Once in a while it’s good to throw all worries into the wind and do whatever you feel like with only one thought “What the heck!! Let’s do it!!!” Unfortunately for me going off tangents is routine :P So juggling between sleep, food and commute (somewhere in between I think I work), I found myself facing a blank Saturday, nothing to do, bored of sleeping(I can’t believe I could ever be saying this!!!). Then I looked at my phone and saw a message “Let’s go somewhere.” I don’t need thinking twice to say yes to any idea of my friend’s, so half hour later we were looking at the cars pass by on the ECR (East Coast Road, Chennai) yet to decide how to go to Pondicherry.
Hitchhiking! It’s one of the few things that I had not ventured into yet. So it was with a little concern that my friend agreed. (Sometimes I don’t understand how anyone can go along with my harebrained ideas, Unless they are like me :P). So there we stood in the middle of nowhere waving my hand to ever passing car and lorry. Except for the amused looks on their faces none even cared to slow down.
Now what crosses in the mind of the common man sitting behind the wheel when he/she sees a girl with a wacky hairdo, wrinkled clothes and an impish grin on her face (That’s me by the way.)!?
Scenario #1: Family man with family –
“No! I don’t want that weirdo coming close to my kids. They will be influenced and soon I’ll have to give a ride to my own hitchhiker children!”
#2: Middle age man driving along with wife –
“Look at the pathetic condition of these new generation kids!!? All running around like vagabonds after watching a couple of dumb movies”
#3: Middle age man driving alone-
“What if she is drunk and pukes all over my newly upholstered seats! A lot of money will go to waste, just to give some stranger a lift!”
#4: Man going with his lover –
“She would slit my beautiful lover’s throat just out of pure spite! My girl is too beautiful!”
#5: Young Man with friends –
“Damn, I don’t think she would agree to come in this car full of dudes! I wish I was alone to give her a lift. Friends always show up at the wrong time!!!”
#6: Handsome Young Man alone –
“Look at her!!! She is not even worthy enough to look at, let alone give her a lift!”
#7: Movie Lover Young Man alone –
“What if she is a psychopath? Or a serial killer!”
#8: College student with friends –
“AWESOME!!! Look at that dude! She sure knows how to add a twist in her life! Buddy let’s do it next time!”
#9: Kid to parents –
“Mom,Dad why is that girl showing her hand at us? Can we also wave back?” (Parents look at each other with fear and confusion as to what to tell their child. So they distract the kid with chocolate :P)
#10: A person who thinks along the same lines like me (Very rare but we should never ignore the possibility) – “Let’s stop the car and give her the lift, or better still I will park my car somewhere and go hitchhiking myself!”
#11: Woman (irrespective of age, designation as sister/friend/lover/wife/mother/grandmother)
“This is outrageous!! How do her parents react to such stupidity!!? What will everyone say!!? What will happen to her!!!!!!? ” (This was the reaction I got from all my lady acquaintances, friends and family when I told them later of my small trip to Pondicherry).
So first a lone middle aged man, then a young couple on the way to a friend’s place and finally two friends just out for a few drinks, gave us lifts till Mahabalipuram. And from there we took a bus to Pondicherry :D :D
Hitchhiking! It’s one of the few things that I had not ventured into yet. So it was with a little concern that my friend agreed. (Sometimes I don’t understand how anyone can go along with my harebrained ideas, Unless they are like me :P). So there we stood in the middle of nowhere waving my hand to ever passing car and lorry. Except for the amused looks on their faces none even cared to slow down.
Now what crosses in the mind of the common man sitting behind the wheel when he/she sees a girl with a wacky hairdo, wrinkled clothes and an impish grin on her face (That’s me by the way.)!?
Scenario #1: Family man with family –
“No! I don’t want that weirdo coming close to my kids. They will be influenced and soon I’ll have to give a ride to my own hitchhiker children!”
#2: Middle age man driving along with wife –
“Look at the pathetic condition of these new generation kids!!? All running around like vagabonds after watching a couple of dumb movies”
#3: Middle age man driving alone-
“What if she is drunk and pukes all over my newly upholstered seats! A lot of money will go to waste, just to give some stranger a lift!”
#4: Man going with his lover –
“She would slit my beautiful lover’s throat just out of pure spite! My girl is too beautiful!”
#5: Young Man with friends –
“Damn, I don’t think she would agree to come in this car full of dudes! I wish I was alone to give her a lift. Friends always show up at the wrong time!!!”
#6: Handsome Young Man alone –
“Look at her!!! She is not even worthy enough to look at, let alone give her a lift!”
#7: Movie Lover Young Man alone –
“What if she is a psychopath? Or a serial killer!”
#8: College student with friends –
“AWESOME!!! Look at that dude! She sure knows how to add a twist in her life! Buddy let’s do it next time!”
#9: Kid to parents –
“Mom,Dad why is that girl showing her hand at us? Can we also wave back?” (Parents look at each other with fear and confusion as to what to tell their child. So they distract the kid with chocolate :P)
#10: A person who thinks along the same lines like me (Very rare but we should never ignore the possibility) – “Let’s stop the car and give her the lift, or better still I will park my car somewhere and go hitchhiking myself!”
#11: Woman (irrespective of age, designation as sister/friend/lover/wife/mother/grandmother)
“This is outrageous!! How do her parents react to such stupidity!!? What will everyone say!!? What will happen to her!!!!!!? ” (This was the reaction I got from all my lady acquaintances, friends and family when I told them later of my small trip to Pondicherry).
So first a lone middle aged man, then a young couple on the way to a friend’s place and finally two friends just out for a few drinks, gave us lifts till Mahabalipuram. And from there we took a bus to Pondicherry :D :D
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