WELL, I SUPPOSE THINGS DON'T GET WORSE THAN HANGING FROM A HELIUM BALLOON A MILE ABOVE SOME UNRECOGNIZED STATE. OF COURSE, MY GRIP COULD WEAKEN, OR I COULD GET SUCKED INTO A JET INTAKE. THAT'S ONE OF THE REMARKABLE THINGS ABOUT LIFE. IT'S NEVER SO BAD THAT IT CAN'T GET WORSE. - Bill Waterson

Monday, February 1, 2010

Weekend of the creeps

This weekend I encountered creepy men at every corner. The weirdest was a guy (actually 2 guys ) who came up to my friend and me; and here is the conversation reproduced:-

Mr Creep1 - Excuse me , ( suppressed giggle morphed into a smile )

By now, creep1 had vanished from the scene. I guess he caught my icy killer stare. His friend, Mr Creep2 took over.

Creep2 - ( another suppressed giggle/smile was evident here ) - hi, Excuse me.. hmmm ( smile ), excuse me..
By now I was sure that these creeps were up to no good, so I just ignored and walked ahead.

Creep2 - ahem.. Do you think it is ok to break up with someone coz he watches too much porn?

As I caught his words, I was too horrified to react. Mind said, keep ignoring and walking.
My friend just heard the first half of the sentence ..

She replies - I am sorry, I cant help you. Please ask someone else.
We keep walking.

Creep 2 - No, do you really think its ok ? I have this friend and he is really down coz he watches a lot of porn !!
My friend - ( She still didn't hear him fully ) - I am sorry, I really think you should ask someone else.

After this, Creep2 vanishes from the scene.

We were left wondering what exactly it was ! Was it a dare ? Or some nonsense time pass or were they part of some TV show trying to catch people off guard ( this would be a horror !! and the creep did seem decently clad and well groomed :P ). My mind kept thinking of replies I wanted to make. For eg- " Oh no, its not ok. I think they should sit and watch it together!" Or better still - "If the guy is a loser like you, he should forget girls and just watch porn all his life!!"

If this was not enough, as I stopped at a fruit vendor on the way back our man goes -
Fruit seller - Madam, buy 2 kgs of apple.
Me - No, half is enough. I'll come tomorrow.
Fruit vendor - Really? I'll be waiting for you to come ! ( Suspicious smile )
Me ( trying to change the topic ) - Don't you have papaya ?
Fruit vendor - No madam. But I'll get it tomorrow since you are coming !! ( Did I see a wink here or was it just a more suspicious smile ?? )
I just handed him the money and ran from the scene.

And there was another one. I checked out the crossword book sale on sunday and took an auto rickshaw back home. The guy demanded extra money. We haggled a bit and settled for 15 bucks more. Then he seems happy and too chatty for comfort. This is what happened next-

Auto guy - Madam, you came here to do shopping?
Me ( Thinking if I should encourage the banter ) - No, I came to see books.
Auto guy - Ohhh !! So are you in college madam ?
By now I realised I shouldn't be talking too much to this guy. Might turn out to be another creep.
Me - No.
Auto guy - Oh, but only college student look at books ! Am I not right ?
Me - ( Only a smile )
Auto guy - ( humming and singing along the way )

I got off near my apartment wondering whats with the men of this world ! Or was it just my imagination ??

10 comments:

Dee said...

LOL.. I can totally imagine the scenario 2 and 3 but the scenario 1 is UNIQUE.. I swear.. :DDD

Dee said...

LOL.. I can totally imagine the scenario 2 and 3 but the scenario 1 is UNIQUE.. I swear.. :DDD

Sreedhar said...

hmmm...!!!! Being a guy, to be frank, there are lot of frustrated nut cases in this world who would do these type of weird stuff.. :(
I can only conclude that, all these are because of lack of maturity :(

Praveen Krishnan said...

Porn!
Seems to be some kinda weird Po(ho)rney!

Vishal Hemanth V said...

lol... suchi, you've got some experiences there... :P but trust me yours were kinda far better than the ones my other friends (girls) have come across.. :X especially with these 3rd rated over-frustrated auto guys... i wonder whats happenin to our city... :|

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Shwetha said...

OMG! I cannot believe the first set of creeps. You should have socked him right in the eye! ( so he can't watch anymore of anything )
And you're right, when you do meet weirdos like these.... you wonder what on earth!
The veggie vendors and auto guys - you can never tell if they are just un-naturally friendly or just plain creepy - a very thin line there.

Unknown said...

Oopss !! initially it felt more like a filmi story.. seriously ... can;t believe the first one did really happen...
OMG !!!!
hmmmm some strange experiences...

Unknown said...

Nice writing. I could picture the narration in my mind, too real+good writing.

MoodyGemini said...

I completely understand scene No.3. I blogged about Bangalore auto-walas in one of my posts.. Infact it was my first post sorts. They had even motivated me to blog so as to vent my frustation. :)