Saturday, August 8, 2009

Hitchhikers Guide To Hitchhiking

Recession has affected a lot of things in my life , but there is one positive aspect of it which I need to appreciate. It has made people more sympathetic to poor lift takers like me. I used to take lifts during my intern time at Hyd and now to go to my office. And man, is there a differance!!

Anyways, Hitchhking a.k.a lift taking.The most obvious reason why you would Hitchhike is due to lack of decent affordable transport, or like in my case , you are just a born prudent cheapo who hates giving the auto guys 30 bucks for the minimum distance. Here are some more reasons why you should give lift a try.
  • Savings: on petrol, pollution and the whole Go Green thing.
  • Contacts: You can start a conversation with them . And you never know. He could be a big shot in that next door posh company in ur Sez into which you've always tried getting into but felt they would not even allow you from their backdoor cafetaria entrance. And he gave you a lift implies he is in a benevolent mood. Take its the refferal I say.
  • Timepass:Quite a few lift givers are expansive talkers, boring at that. But still, the poor guy is giving you a lift dude. Acknowledging them by atleast nodding your head is minimum courtsey.
  • More timepass:You can meet a good open minded person of the opposite sex, making for atleast an addition in that fast shrinking single girls/boys list of yours. How you take it from here and form further scope entirely depends on you.( Ok, even this almost never happens)
Here are a few things i found helped me get faster and easier lifts.
  • Dress properly. A sincere attires helps.
  • Show of your office tag. This is the only time outside office that I show my office tag, so that the person knows I am new age Indias corporate slave dog .I mean, a harmless liftable person.
  • Try taking lift at junctions or road bends or speed breakers or wherever vehicles go slower than pedestrians. People almost never stop for you if they are already going at high speeds.
  • Taking lift near temples. About 50% of the people somehow slow down when they pass a temple, giving a silent prayer hoping the client will be more reasonable this time around atleast. Although that never happens, it presents an oppurtunity for us lift pouncers to lift that much tired left hand with thumbsup for the lift call. They will most certainly give a lift, assuming they are doing a good samiritan deed. Nice dumbos they r.
  • Avoid cars. they almost never give lift. And even if they do , it will b some call centers cab returning from work and hoping to make a quick buck out of you. Bikers are soo much better.
Ah, felt nice blogging after long:)

21 comments:

Chuck said...

psst.. pst... *whisper* dude, r u sure u want ppl to knw ur BIIIIIG secret/formula???!!! i mean, after all, it is a profession whr each man/hitchhiker for himself aint it? :P

C3 said...

abt the getting lift from a car...
u will get a lift if one were a girl...

abt wearing office tag...sure will try it from next time

Sudarshan J said...

Senior-speak! :P

Nice one, though.. :)

amrit said...

Good stuff! :D

Anupam Chakilam said...

@chuck:lol.. no dude..hitchhiking should be a brotherhood.. we should ideally share fundeas online and have hitchhikers parties and encyclopedias and all..oh wait..i think there already is a hitchhikers guide to galaxy.so no, its not a profession whr each man is for himself:P

Anupam Chakilam said...

@c3: ok, sarcasm noted. will make changes to that part of the post.

@naren: thanks macha.. u r exempt from ragging now:D

Anupam Chakilam said...

@amrit: thanks mama. Its too much of a compliment coming from a seasoned blogger like you:)

Vadrevu said...

I am soooooo......... laughing......

Gauts said...

i guess blogging is something done when people are jobless....but as u said i guess this is also one frustration about working...:P..anyways stud post...do It more often..

@c3: in order to get a lift from a car no need to be a girl u even get it if Ur accompanied by a girl...:P

@pam: think abt it...egl has stud max girls working..gud Luck

Anupam Chakilam said...

@swathi: I'm glad

@gau: heh. thanks re..will post atleast once a month from next time. and stud rape u put to c3:D..manodu patharojulu kastha marchipoyadu..yaad cheddam.

and yeah, egl babes, here i come..no wait, im already here anyways..

Nik said...

good one! good to see you blogging again...

Ravi Teja Synti said...

lol, good one :D
but how long can we keep beggin ppl for lifts? :P everyday?

Anupam Chakilam said...

@niks: thanks babai:)
@synti: i beg for lifts, twice a day da.. and need to take lifts mama.. u r talking to a guy employed in mu sigma.

Ravi Teja Synti said...

ayyo paapam! :(
i'm planning on buying a cycle and going to office on that daily :P
adi kakapothe, maybe a skateboard for cool factor ;) :P

Bharath said...

Hmmm. Surprisingly sensible and interesting, specially after listening to you for four years :P.

Anupam Chakilam said...

ah well.. i had to dumb myself down to write all this direct stuff da bertha:P

and synti: cool dude.. skates and all in mumbai:)

Kutraj said...

Pyaamesh!

Puts its R15 macha! Jibbu also r there no? Puts it the bike-ness and puts correction macha!

Cha... your image full-a went off.

Warasht!

:P

Anupam Chakilam said...

@cute raj: cant macha.. the absolute point of lifting is cuz of lack of cash for r15..

and Jibbu is big time chund.. refuses to get his own bike from chennai for fear of sharing. Cant really blame him thou..

SandeepS said...

kljhe

Vadrevu said...

pam!!!!!

Niras said...

true to the core.... could i get in touch with you sometime... you seem to be an interesting person...