Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Non-existent Deterrence

Me to the Autowalla "Why are you going via the incoming traffic's lane?"
"Because that truck is going, I can easily go behind him"
"But if that truck drives into a well, will you drive into a well too?", sez I
"Oh nobody stops him, so nobody will stop me either", aces him

When it comes to traffic, we are a tolerant society not by choice. There's just no other way :).

2 comments:

  1. Maybe you should have told him about the ticket your previous autowallah received.

    The herd mentaility is very popular in India. We both are culprits of this mentality. I still don't have a clear answer as to why I did my masters. Do you?

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  2. Umm, well it wasn't all mindless following. I knew that the education I was getting wasn't good enough, and I was interested in studying further. Now, the herd part comes where everyone in my sphere of influence did either ms, mtech, mba (phd is a 1 in 1000 proly), so I chose what was the most interesting option to me.

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