Sunday, 6 October 2013

Shopping with my sister

I love going out shopping with my sister. She really loves going out shopping and she knows every shop in every nook and corner in Mumbai. She never forgets to take me along with her for shopping, and if I'm unable to come with her, she will drag me along with her for shopping.
My sister buys all sorts of things-be it birthday gifts for friends and family or even food for our pets or even novels to read or of course, great clothes for herself! Shoes are a thing she really loves shopping for. We also go shopping in all kinds of places-be it in the open sun in Linking Road, Bandra or in nice, big air conditioned malls like Palladium, Lower Parel.
My sister's choices of things to buy are really good. She even makes deals with the vendors quite well. Through her, even I got to learn how to choose the best quality things and buy them at the best prices.
While shopping, we had some fun experiences and some sad experiences. It is really fun getting to see the latest stuff and hang out in different places for shopping. A sad experience happened while returning from Atria Mall in Malad. We had gone there for the first time in our lives. When we reached Malad station, we entered directly through a shortcut on platform 1 without having to climb stairs. I saw a train that was about to leave any moment. We had bought return tickets and I thought that the train would take us home such that the next stop would be Goregaon. So I boarded the train and made my sister so the same. But after the train started, the lady on the Mike announced, next station, kandivali. I was really shocked hearing that because we caught the wrong train and thus the train was moving in the direction away from our home! I felt really sorry for making my sister board the train. She was in the ladies compartment. I texted her saying that it was the wrong train and she said that she realised it too on asking nearby passengers. So we got down at the station. There we encountered a ticket checker on the way to the stairs. I tried explaining him my situation but he refused to be even the least understanding. He took me to his cabin where there were a few other such ticket checkers. But they were least bothered about our case, in fact they were ignoring us thinking that they will get to distribute the money among themselves once I was fined.  The cabin was in the platform of Kandivali station. I really pleaded with the ticket checker saying that I would buy a ticket to Malad before catching a return train so that I could make up for the unexpected journey back from Kandivali to  Malad and tried to be as polite as possible but he still kept asking for a fine of Rs. 500/-. But then he blackmailed me that I would be taken to the police if I didn't pay. That was so rude in spite of me showing him that I had a return ticket from Malad to CST. I didn't want to get arrested. I had a whole education to complete. So I decided to pay him. :'(. We are always dressed in designer outfits and that ticket collector saw that we looked loaded with cash and that's why he didn't go easy on the fine. They will usually never forget to ask well-clothed people if they have gotten a ticket or no because the ones in tattered clothes will give them bad words and really manage to argue and get away with their behaviour. So after I gave him the money he gave me a vague-looking receipt and allowed me to leave using the receipt as a return ticket. I felt really sad and angry since because of him I lost such a big amount...Helplessly, I had to pay. He had dropped us to the platform too and then he pretended to really understand thoroughly our situation. I asked for the money back but he refused to give it back. So then we caught the train and went home.

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