i am pretty sure that i have been bragging a lot about my train travels to CST among other things....however there is also an interesting dimension to look at when you see my travel from CST to office which is located at Nariman Point.
First and the most important thing is to decide on how to reach Nariman point from CST Station.( I mean using public mode of transport here....i have still not purchased my BMW).So you have 4 options to choose from
1) The most preferred one - Share cab
2) Rent a cab- i mean the normal cab carrying just you & the driver taking you around
3) Bus Number 1 - the desired 1
4) Simply walk to office- the most practical
So when i joined this firm and was all motivated beyond reach to reach office i startted with the first option ( this i tried for a few days)
So if one has to reach office in 5 mins from CST station , this is the most preferred mode. However there is a special cost attached to such a travel.I mean not the Rupee cost but...the cost of discomfort. I know i cant be any more unclear here...so let me speak precisely. One has to board this share taxi after fighting with many others who are waiting for it and board in as one of the five people (apart from the driver). There are 1/5 probability you get in first.But really speaking...probability distribution is not for sitting in share cabs.
Even when u are the first to board the cab or the last,...discomfort is completly guarenteed.
If you sit in the rear seat you would either be sitting on one half of your side or on someone's lap,.. If you sit in the front seat...either the door will hurt you or the driver will constantly ask you to move aside from his steering wheel.
Secondly its the normal cab. Now the issue with this is it would cost you Rs 25 to reach from CST to Nariman point. Forget you paying the cost...but when the driver charges Rs 10 per seat and kicks in 5 people in a share cab, he makes Rs 50 for the same trip.
So,very logically one would not get a cab to reach Nariman point unless you have reached there on a holiday or at odd hours.
Bus number 1- This is my new found love. This is usually a double decker bus which will take you around a lot of places before reaching Nariman point in 15-20 mins time.But believe me for Rs 4 that is charged...you can sit comfortably and if you happen to sit in the upper floor of the bus,,,you can feel like a king being taken around in an elephant.
I usually try to get the first seat in that bus.....so its like sitting in the number 1 seat in bus number 1 ( the mathematical side of my brain is very satisfied with such a travel)
Then there is this beautiful morning breeze which kisses your face...you can also see lot of people rushing for their office...people selling snacks by roadside...and the most striking of all is when you cross the Azad Maidan area...here you can see joggers,cyclists, people playing cricket...i even see a group of girls playing cricket ( this happens only in Mumbai)...then there are these Fat rich guys trying to play with their Fatter dogs (Why do rich people always want to loose fat and in the same time they want their dogs to look fat and shiny, i wonder)
But all this luxury comes with the cost of standing in the long queue which takes 15 mins to accomplish.Given the urgency to reach office this is a bit of a task for me.
Lets not hope that i get into the last option which i have stated. I know i am growing fat,, i know i have no exercise except that to my jaw ( while speaking and eating, that is), In my previous job i atleast used to type...now even that has been reduced to like less than 20%.
Given these facts people close to me have been trying to convince me to start walking. Initially they said i should start walking to and back from office. When i was reluctant, they said "ok try walking while going to office"...then it came down to "atleast try walking while you are done with work".
I kept looking up the sky and continued whistling ...when they finally gave up.
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