Driving into a Ditch, Literally!
Not this one but one like it with a bigger ditch, roads in the National Capital Region, DelhiIt was after seven and I was driving home from work today, after a game of Table Tennis in the evening.
I don't know how I did it, I went towards the side of the road where it was quite broken. Of course I am used to such roads. I turned the car a little over what was a small mound of mud and the fellow in the next car by my side gave me a really alarming look. But by then I had managed to get my car stuck into the deep hole that was next to the mound of mud and was not visible from my angle.
I tried reversing the car out of it and then tried to drive forward. Both didn't work. I got out of the car and I had panicked a little by then. Then there were two people walking by after their factory shift and I asked them if they had any clue what could I do? They said they can try and push the car out if I switch on the engine and try to reverse the car. Those angles tried and failed. They stood by me and asked for help from others passing by. Two declined and I don't blame then, the car was really in a nasty hole.
Then there were four people coming towards us and I asked them myself. They gave me an ugly glance (stupid female driver and all that, can't even see where she is driving, she deserves to be in a hole and we poor folks have to get our hands dirty now) but agreed to try. Once again I started the engine and tried to reverse the car. With six people trying and the car being a light Maruti 800 it came out of the hole!
I thanked them a lot and the crowd moved on. The two men who had stopped originally, I tried to give then some money for all their trouble but they just waved me off!
Note to self- don't get yourself into a hole in the first place.
I don't know how I did it, I went towards the side of the road where it was quite broken. Of course I am used to such roads. I turned the car a little over what was a small mound of mud and the fellow in the next car by my side gave me a really alarming look. But by then I had managed to get my car stuck into the deep hole that was next to the mound of mud and was not visible from my angle.
I tried reversing the car out of it and then tried to drive forward. Both didn't work. I got out of the car and I had panicked a little by then. Then there were two people walking by after their factory shift and I asked them if they had any clue what could I do? They said they can try and push the car out if I switch on the engine and try to reverse the car. Those angles tried and failed. They stood by me and asked for help from others passing by. Two declined and I don't blame then, the car was really in a nasty hole.
Then there were four people coming towards us and I asked them myself. They gave me an ugly glance (stupid female driver and all that, can't even see where she is driving, she deserves to be in a hole and we poor folks have to get our hands dirty now) but agreed to try. Once again I started the engine and tried to reverse the car. With six people trying and the car being a light Maruti 800 it came out of the hole!
I thanked them a lot and the crowd moved on. The two men who had stopped originally, I tried to give then some money for all their trouble but they just waved me off!
Note to self- don't get yourself into a hole in the first place.
posted by Mridula at 10:20 PM
9 Comments:
hehehe, count your blessings Mridula - atleast in India we can stop and ask for help :)
As for the ditchy road... well, you know... :(
Wishing you a stay away from troubles. It's a sad story about the sorry state of affairs (bigger picture) but your narration made it sound funny!
ugly glance (stupid female driver and all that, can't even see where she is driving, she deserves to be in a hole and we poor folks have to get our hands dirty now)...
he he he... i wonder what were expressions on your face at that time ;)
Hee Heee Mridula,
Again this post of urs forced me to comment. I wonder why you have so many such stories, why it happens with you or is it just the way you narrate.
Let me tell you your narration was just awesome and I am still laughing. Why don't you post it on BB ?
And yes, I empathize with you. Hugs to you.
i hope i don't take this road
I hope you won't mind, but...er...actually, trying to give money after some one has helped you like that is quite akin to insulting their benevolence, unless, of course, you can clearly see that they expect some remuneration for their efforts.
:)
Piyank you are laughing at me? But seriously I really acted dumb that day.
Nilesh I felt like a stupid female driver! So no offense taken by those glances.
Cuckoo thanks lot for your kind words and it is OK to laugh now that the incident is over.
Burf, I also hope I never walk down that road again.
Sidhu I know it was really dumb on my part but by their reaction I think I did not offend those angles!
Might just be a coincidence, don't be so hard for this!
Maduraiveeran, thanks for your kind words.
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