I was returning from bbsr after the counselling of my near village boy, got him adimtted into our college in Chemical engineering. It was the penultimate day of counselling so options were meager for him.
I arrived @ the BBSR platform, had 90/- in walletS & din’t wanted to get the ticket but the previous day while coming from palasa to BBSR in Vishaka express, in general boggies I had been caught by TTE for not having a ticket & I fooled him by saying that sir ! coz of the rush & the boisterous nature of line I couldn’t get the ticket, the man was really nice & abalzed by my confident look jst asked me to pay the nominal charge i.e. the fare itself, 70/-. It was so painful for me to loose my papa’s 100/- note.
One thing I have always encountered & I donn know whether its only with me or so…that wheneven I have a ticket no one comes to enquire & no one checks, I get angry feels as if I did a mistake getting the ticket. This time I really dint want to get one. But the spookier TTE’s face appeard bfore me & I got a sub-ticket. Ya ! A sub-ticket I mean it…, which means ticket upto the penultimate station not the actual station. So I got the ticket upto Berhampur coz it was 50/- (a round figure). I had low balance in my wallet & cell as well. I had planned as to save 20/- so that I can pay the bus fare & can get safely to Paralakhemundi the place where my ALMA MATER is. It was a very asymmetric kinda feeling, u know when u have no money & still u have to travel & reach as it’s a compulsion, so with the ticket to Berhampur I was ON to get to PALASA. I ran to the platform as it was getting late & I boarded into PRASHANTI express @ 5.45am at platform 3. The journey was nice, I managed to get a seat later, spent some time sitting at the door plate facing outwards. So after 4 hrours of journey I landed @ PALASA & as the boggie was just next to the engine so it actually stopped very far jst near to the place where the platform ends. So I got down & was walking down, wandering what if I m caught again, how would I manage to escape. In the mean while I could see the TTE catching the people who were tryin to escape from the rear end & through the tracks. I decided to sit up for some time & the by the time the checking would be over & I woul safely escape. BUT destiny has something else in store for me, some more surprises ! haha…Some one patted me from the back.
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He handed me over to the head TTE.
The head scolded me & I defended as it was not ma destination & it all was a mistake! I pretended, again ma confidence saved me ! I had maintained a very confident look & jst peeped into TTE uncle’s eyes. He was trying to frighten me but invain. I said sir ! im an enginnering student @ Paralekhemundi but on the occasion of GANESH PUJA I had to go Berhampur. He said , its ur mistake & its not a sleeper or nite time tat u fell asleep, I refuted.
Later he asked me my I-card, shit ! I dint carry it sir !
He said, “ how can I presume that ur not telling a lie, u must have the i-card in ur wallet else I can’t help U”.
I defended as sir ! I was in a hurry. He asked me to come with him, I followed.
In the mean while he caught another person who dint have a ticket & fined him heavily. I knew I m going to be safe ! so I sat confidently. He even offered me to pay 100/- & fly away else I would be fined. I said. “sorry ! sir I have only 30/- in hand u can check! ”. He told me to open my bag searched ma pockets, pant pockets, my mixture packets even. Got nothing ! enquired abt ma branch & year ! I could now presume that I m going to get to my alma soon ! He became soft & his voices followed him as well. So this the spookier TTE had turned to ma TTE uncle & I started to confer in ENGLISH to give him a hint that I m really an engineering lass. Finally our climax conversations were,
TTE (recently truned uncle): Tomorrow U would go to foreign & u would be A class officers would u repeat the same stuff. Would u like to be caught by a RPF again ?
Me: Sorry ! uncle.
He took me to the stairs & then told a lady TTE to allow me to go.
I thanked him, sayin “THANK YOU very much uncle !”
This is how I escaped, nah ! not exactly escaped but was legally advised,
is’nt that ?
I arrived @ the BBSR platform, had 90/- in walletS & din’t wanted to get the ticket but the previous day while coming from palasa to BBSR in Vishaka express, in general boggies I had been caught by TTE for not having a ticket & I fooled him by saying that sir ! coz of the rush & the boisterous nature of line I couldn’t get the ticket, the man was really nice & abalzed by my confident look jst asked me to pay the nominal charge i.e. the fare itself, 70/-. It was so painful for me to loose my papa’s 100/- note.
One thing I have always encountered & I donn know whether its only with me or so…that wheneven I have a ticket no one comes to enquire & no one checks, I get angry feels as if I did a mistake getting the ticket. This time I really dint want to get one. But the spookier TTE’s face appeard bfore me & I got a sub-ticket. Ya ! A sub-ticket I mean it…, which means ticket upto the penultimate station not the actual station. So I got the ticket upto Berhampur coz it was 50/- (a round figure). I had low balance in my wallet & cell as well. I had planned as to save 20/- so that I can pay the bus fare & can get safely to Paralakhemundi the place where my ALMA MATER is. It was a very asymmetric kinda feeling, u know when u have no money & still u have to travel & reach as it’s a compulsion, so with the ticket to Berhampur I was ON to get to PALASA. I ran to the platform as it was getting late & I boarded into PRASHANTI express @ 5.45am at platform 3. The journey was nice, I managed to get a seat later, spent some time sitting at the door plate facing outwards. So after 4 hrours of journey I landed @ PALASA & as the boggie was just next to the engine so it actually stopped very far jst near to the place where the platform ends. So I got down & was walking down, wandering what if I m caught again, how would I manage to escape. In the mean while I could see the TTE catching the people who were tryin to escape from the rear end & through the tracks. I decided to sit up for some time & the by the time the checking would be over & I woul safely escape. BUT destiny has something else in store for me, some more surprises ! haha…Some one patted me from the back.
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- Preson: TICKET please !
- (Oh ! my GOD this is what I was thinking about, how cum he knew, Is he a clairvoyant ? )
- Me: Yes sir !.................................. (I showed the ticket)
- Person: What is this ?
- Me: sir, I fell asleep & by mistake missed the Berhampur station.
- Person: okay ! Pay the fine 275/- ……(I ridiculed !)
- Me: Sir, I m a student can’t pay so much !
He handed me over to the head TTE.
The head scolded me & I defended as it was not ma destination & it all was a mistake! I pretended, again ma confidence saved me ! I had maintained a very confident look & jst peeped into TTE uncle’s eyes. He was trying to frighten me but invain. I said sir ! im an enginnering student @ Paralekhemundi but on the occasion of GANESH PUJA I had to go Berhampur. He said , its ur mistake & its not a sleeper or nite time tat u fell asleep, I refuted.
Later he asked me my I-card, shit ! I dint carry it sir !
He said, “ how can I presume that ur not telling a lie, u must have the i-card in ur wallet else I can’t help U”.
I defended as sir ! I was in a hurry. He asked me to come with him, I followed.
In the mean while he caught another person who dint have a ticket & fined him heavily. I knew I m going to be safe ! so I sat confidently. He even offered me to pay 100/- & fly away else I would be fined. I said. “sorry ! sir I have only 30/- in hand u can check! ”. He told me to open my bag searched ma pockets, pant pockets, my mixture packets even. Got nothing ! enquired abt ma branch & year ! I could now presume that I m going to get to my alma soon ! He became soft & his voices followed him as well. So this the spookier TTE had turned to ma TTE uncle & I started to confer in ENGLISH to give him a hint that I m really an engineering lass. Finally our climax conversations were,
TTE (recently truned uncle): Tomorrow U would go to foreign & u would be A class officers would u repeat the same stuff. Would u like to be caught by a RPF again ?
Me: Sorry ! uncle.
He took me to the stairs & then told a lady TTE to allow me to go.
I thanked him, sayin “THANK YOU very much uncle !”
This is how I escaped, nah ! not exactly escaped but was legally advised,
is’nt that ?
