Things don't always happen as the way we plan...
Its not "the complaint"... But it happens many a times and it is the fact as well.
A classic example:
Though, I have experienced similar kind earlier and not exactly the same.
I had planned to Nano manufacturing plant for official trip. Due to the non-availability of the tickets from Pune to Ahmedabad, travel desk has booked from Mumbai to Ahmedabad.
Hence, I need to travel by road from Pune to Mumbai.
I planned to take bus at Bangalore-Mumbai highway road. Generally, the travel time on road takes about 3 hours. I anticipated traffic and other unexpected factors in-place and had 2 hours extra time in my pocket. Hence I started 5 hours early.
I traveled quite a distance. But the funniest part was that the traffic of Mumbai was not the one, which I anticipated. I was taking help from my friend to know the distance between the place I was in, and the Mumbai airport. As and when, he mentioned 15 km, 12 km, I was checking my watch and calculating the remaining time to check-in. It was real tension to my head.
Though, I knew what answer would come from the bus cleaner, I asked him, what would be time that the bus would reach the closest place of airport. The answer was obvious and he said "It all depends on the traffic". I was telling myself, why could he not say, it would take only few minutes...
It was only 50 minutes left when I got down from the bus. By the time, I searched for an auto, took it and stepped into the airport, it was almost 40 minutes left. I reached the counter. Murphy's law!!! The counter did not work and they closed it. I approached next one! They tried giving me a boarding pass. Since there was no extra baggage or than my hand-baggage, it was easy for them. However, they need to check with their superior for clearing my boarding pass. Finally I got my boarding pass. The check-in process was so quick and it was literally 2 min from the time I got my boarding pass and the time I entered the gate to board. I got into the aircraft and sat on my seat.
I could able to take a big sigh and "Thought things don't happen always as the way we plan" !!!
I traveled quite a distance. But the funniest part was that the traffic of Mumbai was not the one, which I anticipated. I was taking help from my friend to know the distance between the place I was in, and the Mumbai airport. As and when, he mentioned 15 km, 12 km, I was checking my watch and calculating the remaining time to check-in. It was real tension to my head.
Though, I knew what answer would come from the bus cleaner, I asked him, what would be time that the bus would reach the closest place of airport. The answer was obvious and he said "It all depends on the traffic". I was telling myself, why could he not say, it would take only few minutes...
It was only 50 minutes left when I got down from the bus. By the time, I searched for an auto, took it and stepped into the airport, it was almost 40 minutes left. I reached the counter. Murphy's law!!! The counter did not work and they closed it. I approached next one! They tried giving me a boarding pass. Since there was no extra baggage or than my hand-baggage, it was easy for them. However, they need to check with their superior for clearing my boarding pass. Finally I got my boarding pass. The check-in process was so quick and it was literally 2 min from the time I got my boarding pass and the time I entered the gate to board. I got into the aircraft and sat on my seat.
I could able to take a big sigh and "Thought things don't happen always as the way we plan" !!!
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