@ a petrol station.....

21st sept. 2008

Sunday

09 :00 pm

"Hellllo puneet , do you have an oil can or something similar to it"
"why......??"
"man,i am here at petrol station and desperately need a can to get some petrol.....can u find one for me"
"well.....lemme c......"
"ok call me if u find 1"
"okeh....!!!!"
he sounded desperate....

i found a dirty oil can (with a usual crappy smell of oil....... ahhhh)
"yes harshal,i found 1"
"wait there i will b there in a minute"
"ok"

v reached a far away petrol station

"OMG....!!!!!!
damn it......!!!!!!! "
i saw people queue-ing up at the petrol station.......
with vehicles and cans in hand.
i hv seen queues at railway station , movie halls nd even at petrol stations bt this wasnt the same as it use to be
ppl yelling nd squalling

big mess....!!!!
Well - I’d say it doesn’t take much to start any chaos in the town huh?

A few hours ago, people, or rather, bikes were flocking petrol stations in town to fill up their tanks before the petrol station operators go on strike on the 22nd.

People here rushed to petrol station like no tomorrow one....!!!!
I wanted to take photos , too bad I left my camera at home....!!!

petrol filling agents (petrolwale bhaiyas in local language)
acted as if they were bouncers of bar or something....

nd on the top of this,songs were played at the petrol station.....(wtf......!!!!!!!!!! )
while ppl quarreled to get their tanks full......
"Sinbhad the sailor sunlo sunlo" (ya.....rock on rocks.......its evrywhere..............yay!!!!)
was the song being played....
it isnt a usual scene in our city (oh srry its town oh srry village....)

songs had its own effect on unclejis and aunties......nd only girl in blue.....
staring at me nd then me giving back her a "should-i-help-u" look
bt got no response

ok moving on

though ppl were informed that the station owners will be on strike from tomorrow onwards nd petrol price may be increased further
it was like a last call for all late risers.....

harshal noticed that ppl with cans got petrol earlier than others
obviouisly he wanted to get his work done faster (lazy fella....!!!!!)

I blame the government for surprising us with increases in petrol price that the people now are suffering from 'highpetrophobia' already.

newayz there were some characters i would like to describe...

a man about 40-45 with mustache he was one of those 'wanna be' politician types.....his appearances resembling to 'gabar's gang member' telling ppl to stay calm and queue up....damn him why do ppl show their authority evrywhere....

and some police officials were placed to take carethat nothing wrong may occur.....????

a lady from nowhere came there,riding a motorcycle....
the 'petrol walla' was like "madam pehle aap"(first you)
though there was a huge queue to follow....
the official questioned his generosity.....
the petrol walla responded.....
"ladies first....understand"
getleman's grin(?) on his face.....
which was quiet deceptive
she left in no time....
with her tank full
while mans in queue stood there staring at her dumbstrucked nd they say women are dicriminated in India....???

finally harshal queued up....he stood there silently waiting for his turn.....

after about 15-20mins

HOLY SHIT.....!!!!!!

when it was harshal's turn.....
the same petrol walla said " petrol is over......!!!!!"
nd we were like "f * ( !<>
i wanted to get the hell out of him.....but what to do.....there were many of them like me who wanted to do the same.... we had no option but to go back....while we saw some ppl still stating there waiting that there may be some hope


life is tough....!!!

By-PuNeet..!!!

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