A trip that turned out to be an adventurous one because of Google
Maps!!!
I was all set on a trip to an unknown place by searching
google maps beforehand (10 days prior to my travel). I took multiple print outs
of the onward and the backward routes so that not to get confused on my way
even though I had the option of accessing google maps from my phone.
At 6.45 AM: Reached the bus stop from where I should board the
bus.
(To a passerby girl, as there were two bus stops)
Me
My
bus 12C is supposed to arrive by 6.56 AM. Where is the bus stop here for 12C
towards Saligramam?
Girl
Is
it 5C or 12C? Hardly, I have heard of 12C.
Me
I
am sure that its 12C because I checked in google maps.
Girl
Oh ok,
so then wait in this bus stop. Your bus will arrive.
(After 10 min of wait, since there were no hints of 12C coming
towards the stop, to a boy)
Me
I
need to get into 12C bus, but it seems that it’s not arriving at this stop.
Is this the right bus stop where I am standing?
Boy
(
Raising his eye brows) I don’t think that there is a bus named 12C. Is it 5C
or 12C?
Me
No,
it’s 12C. (Taking out the
print out of google maps) See the map. The map says that this is
the bus stop where I should wait. This is the bus that I should board into.
Am I right?
Boy
Yes,
right.
Me
So,
now tell me, where is this stop and when is the bus coming?
Boy
Now
it’s 7.05AM. Wait for some more time. Your bus may come.
(Further after 10 min, no hints of 12C coming towards the stop, to
an auto-driver)
Me
I
want to get into 12 C bus but there are no signs of this bus.
A.driver
Where
do you want to go?
Me
Saligramam
by 12C bus.
A.driver
You
can’t go to saligramam from here. There is no 12C bus from this stop.
Me
(Showing the google maps) See the map.
Is this written as 12C and this the bus stop where I should wait, right?
A.driver
But
you can’t go from here to that place and there is no 12C.
(Auto driver calling another nearby auto driver and asking)
A.driver
1
She
wants to go to saligramam by 12C. Tell her that there is no straight bus and
there is no 12C.
A.driver
2
You
have no 12C in this stop and you can't take straight bus from here. You have
to change buses to go to that stop.
Me
(Showing the google maps again) Please, give
answer for this.
A.driver
2
Someone
has given you the wrong paper in your hands.
Me
I
just want 12C. I don't want any other routes. Tell me how to get
12C.
(A.driver 1 to the 2nd auto driver)
A.driver
1
I
have seen a new bus coming these days. It may be that bus.
A.driver
2
May
be, but that bus does not come to this stop. She has to go to the next stop.
A.driver
2
(To
me) Please, go to the next stop and board your bus.
By seeing a three way road at the next stop, I got quite confused.
Where should I wait now for boarding the bus! It was getting quite gruesome.
After seeing 3 traffic policemen, I ran into one and showed google maps and asked him where the stop to wait is.
He showed me the stop. I was waiting there for 10 minutes again. No signs of
bus coming. And I saw a schoolboy standing for bus and asked him,
Me
When
is 12C coming?
S.boy
Is
it 12C or 5C?
Me
12C
to Saligramam
S.boy
That
bus doesn’t come here.
(Another lady overhearing the conversation and coming for help)
Lady
You
don’t have 12C here and you can’t go straight from here to saligramam.
Me
(Showing the google maps again), Is this the
place where I am standing (pointing to the second place after the bus stop,
which I stood earlier).
Lady
Yes!
Me
Now
tell me how to catch 12C. I am waiting for this bus from 6.45 AM. But the bus
didn’t come.
Lady
Take
a bus and go to the third stop from here, get down, take left again and cross
the road. You will get 12C there in the stop.
(Painfully without knowing the other way, I got into some bus
which came over)
Me
I
want to go to saligramam. I want to get into 12C. How should I go?
Conductor
You
don’t have 12C from here.
Me
(Showing the google maps again), please look at
this.
Conductor
There
is no 12C from here.
Me
Ok,
then give me a ticket to 3rd stop from here.
(After getting down at the third stop, I saw a four way road and
confused which road to take and so to a girl passing by)
Me
I
want to get into 12C Saligramam. Where should I stand?
Girl
I
don’t know. I am new to this place like you.
Me
(Showing the google maps again to the girl) Am I standing
in any one of the places mentioned in the map here?
Girl
I
am not sure. Probably, you need to ask someone else about this.
(Seeing a bus named 12C passing by, I started running after the
bus and got into the bus)
Conductor
Where
do you want to go?
Me
Saligramam
Conductor
This
bus will not go to Saligramam. You should have asked someone before getting
into the bus.
Me
But
google maps……(showing the google
maps again)
Conductor
Please
get down, cross the road and go to the bus stop nearby. You will find some
bus.
(Completely enervated and without knowing where to go…found a bus
stop nearby and to a lady waiting in the bus stop)
Me
Do
you know if a bus named 12C comes to this stop?
Lady
Where
do you want to go?
Me
Saligramam
Lady
I
don’t know if the bus goes to Saligramam, but 12C comes to this stop. Wait
for some time.
(Few min later, as there were no signs of bus, I approached a
police lady standing nearby)
Me
I
want to go to Saligramam by 12C. Will that bus come to this stop?
P.
Lady
Yes,
it comes and it is not frequent like the other buses. When do you want to
reach your destination?
Me
At
10 AM.
P.
Lady
Don’t
worry. You have plenty of time left over. It’s just 8.30 AM now. Whatever
reason you are going for, it will go on smoothly. I will tell you when the
bus arrives. Wait in the bus stop for some more time.
(Bus arrived after sometime)
P.
Lady
Your
bus has arrived.
Me
(With
a smile) Thank You.
(In bus, to the conductor)
Me
(Mentioning
my destination and asking for a ticket) Sir, I do not know when my
destination arrives. Could you please let me know when it arrives?
Conductor
(After
issuing the ticket) Yes sure. But this bus will not go the destination that
you are asking for.
Me
!!!!!!
Conductor
You
have to get down in another stop and walk towards your destination.
(Conductor to the nearby girl) Please, do let her know when the particular
stop comes over.
Girl
(To
me) Where do you want to go?
Me
Saligramam. (By showing the google maps) Do
you know any of the places mentioned in the google maps here? Where am I now?
Girl
Don’t
worry. I know the place in the map which is mentioned prior to your
destination. I am going through that route. So when the stop arrives, I will
let you know.
(Stop arrives and girl told me)
Conductor
This
is not the stop which you were asking for. So take right and walk towards the
main road. You will find your destination.
Me
Thank
You.
(Walking towards the right and then towards the main road. My stop
is there. Yayyyy!!!!)
@ Google maps: You told me that I
have to take just a 12C from my place and so I could reach my destination in
half an hour. I started at 6.45AM and now it’s around 9AM. Where is the 12C
that you mentioned !!!!!!!!?
A trip that turned out to be an adventurous one because of Google
Maps!!!
I was all set on a trip to an unknown place by searching
google maps beforehand (10 days prior to my travel). I took multiple print outs
of the onward and the backward routes so that not to get confused on my way
even though I had the option of accessing google maps from my phone.
At 6.45 AM: Reached the bus stop from where I should board the
bus.
(To a passerby girl, as there were two bus stops)
|
Me
|
My
bus 12C is supposed to arrive by 6.56 AM. Where is the bus stop here for 12C
towards Saligramam?
|
|
Girl
|
Is
it 5C or 12C? Hardly, I have heard of 12C.
|
|
Me
|
I
am sure that its 12C because I checked in google maps.
|
|
Girl
|
Oh ok,
so then wait in this bus stop. Your bus will arrive.
|
(After 10 min of wait, since there were no hints of 12C coming
towards the stop, to a boy)
|
Me
|
I
need to get into 12C bus, but it seems that it’s not arriving at this stop.
Is this the right bus stop where I am standing?
|
|
Boy
|
(
Raising his eye brows) I don’t think that there is a bus named 12C. Is it 5C
or 12C?
|
|
Me
|
No,
it’s 12C. (Taking out the
print out of google maps) See the map. The map says that this is
the bus stop where I should wait. This is the bus that I should board into.
Am I right?
|
|
Boy
|
Yes,
right.
|
|
Me
|
So,
now tell me, where is this stop and when is the bus coming?
|
|
Boy
|
Now
it’s 7.05AM. Wait for some more time. Your bus may come.
|
(Further after 10 min, no hints of 12C coming towards the stop, to
an auto-driver)
|
Me
|
I
want to get into 12 C bus but there are no signs of this bus.
|
|
A.driver
|
Where
do you want to go?
|
|
Me
|
Saligramam
by 12C bus.
|
|
A.driver
|
You
can’t go to saligramam from here. There is no 12C bus from this stop.
|
|
Me
|
(Showing the google maps) See the map.
Is this written as 12C and this the bus stop where I should wait, right?
|
|
A.driver
|
But
you can’t go from here to that place and there is no 12C.
|
(Auto driver calling another nearby auto driver and asking)
|
A.driver
1
|
She
wants to go to saligramam by 12C. Tell her that there is no straight bus and
there is no 12C.
|
|
A.driver
2
|
You
have no 12C in this stop and you can't take straight bus from here. You have
to change buses to go to that stop.
|
|
Me
|
(Showing the google maps again) Please, give
answer for this.
|
|
A.driver
2
|
Someone
has given you the wrong paper in your hands.
|
|
Me
|
I
just want 12C. I don't want any other routes. Tell me how to get
12C.
|
(A.driver 1 to the 2nd auto driver)
|
A.driver
1
|
I
have seen a new bus coming these days. It may be that bus.
|
|
A.driver
2
|
May
be, but that bus does not come to this stop. She has to go to the next stop.
|
|
A.driver
2
|
(To
me) Please, go to the next stop and board your bus.
|
By seeing a three way road at the next stop, I got quite confused.
Where should I wait now for boarding the bus! It was getting quite gruesome.
After seeing 3 traffic policemen, I ran into one and showed google maps and asked him where the stop to wait is.
He showed me the stop. I was waiting there for 10 minutes again. No signs of
bus coming. And I saw a schoolboy standing for bus and asked him,
|
Me
|
When
is 12C coming?
|
|
S.boy
|
Is
it 12C or 5C?
|
|
Me
|
12C
to Saligramam
|
|
S.boy
|
That
bus doesn’t come here.
|
(Another lady overhearing the conversation and coming for help)
|
Lady
|
You
don’t have 12C here and you can’t go straight from here to saligramam.
|
|
Me
|
(Showing the google maps again), Is this the
place where I am standing (pointing to the second place after the bus stop,
which I stood earlier).
|
|
Lady
|
Yes!
|
|
Me
|
Now
tell me how to catch 12C. I am waiting for this bus from 6.45 AM. But the bus
didn’t come.
|
|
Lady
|
Take
a bus and go to the third stop from here, get down, take left again and cross
the road. You will get 12C there in the stop.
|
(Painfully without knowing the other way, I got into some bus
which came over)
|
Me
|
I
want to go to saligramam. I want to get into 12C. How should I go?
|
|
Conductor
|
You
don’t have 12C from here.
|
|
Me
|
(Showing the google maps again), please look at
this.
|
|
Conductor
|
There
is no 12C from here.
|
|
Me
|
Ok,
then give me a ticket to 3rd stop from here.
|
(After getting down at the third stop, I saw a four way road and
confused which road to take and so to a girl passing by)
|
Me
|
I
want to get into 12C Saligramam. Where should I stand?
|
|
Girl
|
I
don’t know. I am new to this place like you.
|
|
Me
|
(Showing the google maps again to the girl) Am I standing
in any one of the places mentioned in the map here?
|
|
Girl
|
I
am not sure. Probably, you need to ask someone else about this.
|
(Seeing a bus named 12C passing by, I started running after the
bus and got into the bus)
|
Conductor
|
Where
do you want to go?
|
|
Me
|
Saligramam
|
|
Conductor
|
This
bus will not go to Saligramam. You should have asked someone before getting
into the bus.
|
|
Me
|
But
google maps……(showing the google
maps again)
|
|
Conductor
|
Please
get down, cross the road and go to the bus stop nearby. You will find some
bus.
|
(Completely enervated and without knowing where to go…found a bus
stop nearby and to a lady waiting in the bus stop)
|
Me
|
Do
you know if a bus named 12C comes to this stop?
|
|
Lady
|
Where
do you want to go?
|
|
Me
|
Saligramam
|
|
Lady
|
I
don’t know if the bus goes to Saligramam, but 12C comes to this stop. Wait
for some time.
|
(Few min later, as there were no signs of bus, I approached a
police lady standing nearby)
|
Me
|
I
want to go to Saligramam by 12C. Will that bus come to this stop?
|
|
P.
Lady
|
Yes,
it comes and it is not frequent like the other buses. When do you want to
reach your destination?
|
|
Me
|
At
10 AM.
|
|
P.
Lady
|
Don’t
worry. You have plenty of time left over. It’s just 8.30 AM now. Whatever
reason you are going for, it will go on smoothly. I will tell you when the
bus arrives. Wait in the bus stop for some more time.
|
(Bus arrived after sometime)
|
P.
Lady
|
Your
bus has arrived.
|
|
Me
|
(With
a smile) Thank You.
|
(In bus, to the conductor)
|
Me
|
(Mentioning
my destination and asking for a ticket) Sir, I do not know when my
destination arrives. Could you please let me know when it arrives?
|
|
Conductor
|
(After
issuing the ticket) Yes sure. But this bus will not go the destination that
you are asking for.
|
|
Me
|
!!!!!!
|
|
Conductor
|
You
have to get down in another stop and walk towards your destination.
(Conductor to the nearby girl) Please, do let her know when the particular
stop comes over.
|
|
Girl
|
(To
me) Where do you want to go?
|
|
Me
|
Saligramam. (By showing the google maps) Do
you know any of the places mentioned in the google maps here? Where am I now?
|
|
Girl
|
Don’t
worry. I know the place in the map which is mentioned prior to your
destination. I am going through that route. So when the stop arrives, I will
let you know.
|
(Stop arrives and girl told me)
|
Conductor
|
This
is not the stop which you were asking for. So take right and walk towards the
main road. You will find your destination.
|
|
Me
|
Thank
You.
|
(Walking towards the right and then towards the main road. My stop
is there. Yayyyy!!!!)
@ Google maps: You told me that I
have to take just a 12C from my place and so I could reach my destination in
half an hour. I started at 6.45AM and now it’s around 9AM. Where is the 12C
that you mentioned !!!!!!!!?
this sort of thing happened to me twice ka..
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