I was driving through one of the lanes today and saw this pulsar parked right in the middle of the road. There was another car coming from the other way and this bike was obviously blocking the way. So the car stopped and let me go first. I parked my car on the left a little ahead and got down to buy a recharge card in a shop, in front of which the pulsar was parked. When I asked the shop guy who’s bike it was, he pointed to a man say about 50, who was on the phone. After he got off the phone, I politely asked him to move his bike to the side since it was causing trouble. And this guy carelessly says, this is not the main road, is it causing YOU a problem? I said, yes it did cause inconvenience some time back and asked him again to park it on the side. Then he says, it’s none of your concern, don’t tell me where to park my bike. I said, it’s just common sense to not park in the middle of the road and he just flared up and said don’t teach me bloody sense. I was like Wow, he’s my dad’s age, I talk to him with respect and look what he has to say. Then he says people like these are very arrogant. And I said So are you.
This, I guess, is an example of how some people react when you ask them to use COMMON SENSE. It reminds me of what one of my professors used to say, that, COMMON SENSE IS NOT COMMON. Ironically, people like the person above get all offensive when you ask them to use sense. I mean, if you had any sense would you, as a sane person, park your bike right in the middle of the road? Now I often want to tell people who spit on the road not to do so. I wonder what response will I get if I go ahead and do that.
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