The Demanding Customer

Phew! Long time…. A lot of things to tell… Exams, Delhi tour, IPT, to Mumbai, now Kerala…. But yes, let me get back home to madurai. Got some time now so thought I will write something.

“That’s it!” I could not control my laughter any longer.

Actually I was traveling from Mumbai to Cochin in a Jet flight. Rain had already delayed the flight for a couple of hours. I had opted for a window seat. I always do that whenever I come to Kerala ‘coz its simply beautiful looking down from there.

The two people sitting next to me were part of a group of five. This guy whom I call the DEMANDING CUSTOMER was sitting in the seat next to my neighbor’s. He was wearing a green shirt and black pant. Anyways his dressing looked far from impressive.

This guy did a series of funny things and that’s why I simply could stand it no longer.

First as soon as we got in, this guy picked up the Asian Age newspaper browsed through it for a couple of minutes. Then he grabbed the Times of India from the seat pocket in front of me. (No regrets ;-) I hardly read newspapers in flight) then without looking into it for more than a minute, he stuffed that also into the pocket in front of his seat. Well, I thought, he was gluttonous for sure and was looking forward to what he would do.

Then they came with the welcome drink. He took a lime and my neighbor took an orange. After finishing it, my neighbor says, “he changla aahe”. (This ones good, in Marathi.) This guy then signals the air hostess to bring another orange and one for my neighbor too. So there you go, two welcome drinks!

Then, the master-piece. They served us snacks. Being a vegetarian myself, I knew the veg one had potato vada and some kind of stuffed parantha, if I can remember it right. Whatever; my neighbor took a veg and this guy goes for the non-veg one and finishes it quite quickly. Again my neighbor goes, “he changla aahe” and believe it or not! He asked the air hostess to get him an extra veg meal!!!

All this while, I enjoyed his performance and was looking forward to more from him. Now he went for tea. No, you got it wrong this time. He didn’t ask for extra coffee but ravenous that he was, this time he asked for three extra pouches of sugar!!!

No, its not over yet. The air hostesses were winding up the meals and were carrying the trolley down the aisle when this guy flicks (yes, you read it right. ”Flicks” without her knowledge) an additional pack of mouth freshener each for his friend and himself.

“Ha! That topped it all”, I thought as the plane touched the runway of Cochin airport.

Yes, in between all this action, I managed have a beautiful view of Kerala’s greenery and its scenic splendor though cloud had disturbed my vision for quite sometime.

Catch ya later with the many more things I want to write about. The wonderful experiences in Delhi and Mumbai. And yes, the Kingfisher flight ;-)