I have lived in seattle for just 9 months now. Its too soon to say I am americanised. Its just that when you adopt a certain healthy food standard and fitness lifestyle, every other place is merely a reminder to run back to home.
As soon as I boarded the flight, I realized Indian trip had begun. The bored uninterested look on air hostess says it all. Flight is full and economy class sucks. Its like riding a state bus with AC and a functional washroom. There are no smiles, no courtesies no thank yous, just plain faces working for you. They act like they were kidnapped and underpaid. Its so depressing. I hate food in flights.
All kinds of people are on plane, the snoring ones, the loud uncle auntys burping and saying hari om hari om and then there are those who are short and use recliners. I mean seriously, you are sleeping on your lap. Worst are the kids, screaming howling demanding monsters. If you ever have the urge of motherhood, try sitting in a plane for 15 hours. You do get sense of where you are off to. I don't hate India, I just hate the fact that we are so inconsiderately simple. We are so simple we don't know how not to make others uncomfortable how to give people space. Also, you are supposed to clean up after washroom and only throw where the space is. Close diaper tables, maintain hygiene. Air hostesses probably got tired of cleaning up our mess.
If you get lucky and do catch some sleep, there are people using zandu balm in flights.There are people opening windows with sunlight bursting in. Some of them are coughing and letting all the viruses in air. Trust me, zombie invasion will start on a india bound flight. Then there are some who resort to non deodrant armpits, hmmm I am just wondering how far we will take this simplicity and humility. Its sickening and nauseating and disturbing and disgusting and killing me.
And then to end it all, as soon as flight stops everyone stands, its chaotic, go when the gates open, till then relax and sit on your seat. There is no need to queue up, stand when person in front of your seat leaves. Why do we have to make everything so hard? Finally, baggage claim, It would be so much easier if everyone just stood a little far from belt and picked their bag when it came. But no, we are going to hover bring trolleys in suffer and shout and make kids cry and show our street acquired snatching. Everything is so overwhelming.
Drop this competition chaos struggle. When everything is comfortable around you, be at ease. We can create hurdles, invent struggles, introduce chaos where it isn't even needed. Stop people stop.
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