tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217755533029211.post1187729578691673742..comments2023-04-05T18:45:52.078+05:30Comments on kicking.and.screaming: Ladies Seatkicking.and.screaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01344307290195001129noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217755533029211.post-92204212883715872632011-08-01T22:19:34.907+05:302011-08-01T22:19:34.907+05:30Lol keeping the change, another issue of my ire!Lol keeping the change, another issue of my ire!kicking.and.screaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01344307290195001129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217755533029211.post-88720590093162462482011-08-01T21:33:42.359+05:302011-08-01T21:33:42.359+05:30Thanks for telling me about this post, Mickey. I i...Thanks for telling me about this post, Mickey. I invariably sit in the non-reserved category in BMTC & nobody seems to care. But in Madras, oh no, its really considered lethal to even try to edge towards the male side of the bus. So all sorts I guess. One interesting aspect of Bangalore is also the Lady-Conductor species- they are tough, efficient and never 'keep the change'.Bamboosonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07262059959870412584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217755533029211.post-83480266466361112862010-10-28T14:40:56.459+05:302010-10-28T14:40:56.459+05:30@ All,
Geez Im terrible, sorry about being so late...@ All,<br />Geez Im terrible, sorry about being so late in replying :(<br /><br />@ Ark<br />Beats me why I passed your comment up.<br />Anyway, yeah I get. This is the feminist conundrum, or for that matter, the fix with all minority-equality issues. <br />What do you think about different but equal?<br /><br />@ Parnika<br />Hello and welcome:).<br />Chi, some women conductors are really tough :-o<br /><br />@ FEP Blog and Guru<br />Lol, I hope I corrected it. I think I did. Aiyo, will check!<br /><br />@ Anon<br />True true. There's a lousy degenerate in all of us!kicking.and.screaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01344307290195001129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217755533029211.post-29403862511618002152010-10-13T23:39:33.972+05:302010-10-13T23:39:33.972+05:30Don't blame the poor men who know no better. B...Don't blame the poor men who know no better. Blame the conductor, he gets his pay for a reason, not just to push people in or out. And i've seen the conductors arse comfortably cushioned in these reserved seats as well, several times. It is him who should enforce these rules. And yes, i have seen men get up and give seats in many cases but women are soo scared/sh to take these seats. They look on and pretend to have ignored the existance of this seat, a convenient blind spot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217755533029211.post-45571019630536883922010-10-02T22:29:47.773+05:302010-10-02T22:29:47.773+05:30Please spell Kannada correctly!Please spell Kannada correctly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217755533029211.post-61298617090195279902010-10-02T22:27:26.978+05:302010-10-02T22:27:26.978+05:30You spelt Kannada wrongly. :XYou spelt Kannada wrongly. :XGuruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618335402918256456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217755533029211.post-87622450333516037062010-09-07T18:48:14.447+05:302010-09-07T18:48:14.447+05:30There's supposed to be a 100 rupee fine levied...There's supposed to be a 100 rupee fine levied on such 'pigs'. never seen it enforced. But I love getting onto a bus with a woman conductor! :DParnikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982649948966649052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217755533029211.post-84979559769061124042010-09-07T18:46:24.825+05:302010-09-07T18:46:24.825+05:30There's supposed to be a 100 rupee fine levied...There's supposed to be a 100 rupee fine levied on such 'pigs'. never seen it enforced. But I love getting onto a bus with a woman conductor! :DParnikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982649948966649052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217755533029211.post-69819766752179201732010-07-04T13:55:25.898+05:302010-07-04T13:55:25.898+05:30@ Cheesecake!
Bubbish!
Sandwich and banana.. very...@ Cheesecake!<br />Bubbish!<br /><br />Sandwich and banana.. very possible to eat in bus. Sometimes I take cornflakes in plastic dabba.<br /><br />@ Anon<br />Lol, try me some time.<br /><br />@ Shogun<br />Sometime in a long while from now, I have every intention to journal the differences in public transport in the different parts of India. I have some matter but not enough as of now.kicking.and.screaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01344307290195001129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217755533029211.post-78017105392978274152010-07-04T09:09:05.537+05:302010-07-04T09:09:05.537+05:30In the Madras Transport Corporation buses, which c...In the Madras Transport Corporation buses, which caters to a whopping 79% of all commuters (including those who own a vehicle), <i>women</i> occupy seats reserved for <i>males</i> and refuse to budge. Oh, and men never sit in the women's section when there are standing women. Not once have I seen that, and I use the MTC frequently.<br /><br />Ah, these delightful little ironies of life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217755533029211.post-9544368272017513922010-07-02T00:10:25.152+05:302010-07-02T00:10:25.152+05:30You come across as incredibly persuasive for the w...You come across as incredibly persuasive for the womenfolk with your view points of men being "chauvinistic pigs". However, what amuses me is that your thinking that women and men are compared as equals only when it boils down to the seat in a bus(or train for that matter). <br /><br />What I would like to ask u is if you would prefer if men and women were equals in all aspects of the world(which as we obviously know isn't possible). So where does this view of yours of men taking women-reserved seats stand? You demand a reservation and then protest at one. You beseech for equality and are then mortified when there's no preferential treatment meted out.<br /><br />I'm not saying however, that men who treat women disrespectfully are ever justified. Just that piggybacking on words doesn't leave men with much of a chance to understand women(which anyway is remote).ark of conwhealshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341664701963382708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217755533029211.post-59042803219076193792010-06-30T19:57:41.716+05:302010-06-30T19:57:41.716+05:30i've tried giving my seat to a lady. several t...i've tried giving my seat to a lady. several times. they don't take it. so there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217755533029211.post-59630806247380468482010-06-22T10:48:21.668+05:302010-06-22T10:48:21.668+05:30Well if it's any consolation, the women's ...Well if it's any consolation, the women's section is less crowded than the mens section. I can't count the number of times I've been standing so close to someone that I feel myself beginning to get absorbed in him. Theres the added benefit of carrying around his odour for a few days as well.<br /><br />Also I think sitting in a womens seat is emasculating somehow. (It only <i>sounds</i> sexist, it's not, really. God-promise)<br /><br />Also, how do you eat your breakfast in the bus?Cheesecake!https://www.blogger.com/profile/10920479576469222815noreply@blogger.com