A recent memory
Sometime around the middle of November, I had gone out to take care of some work. On my way back, at a red light, I heard insistent sirens behind me. I looked out of my auto and saw three fire brigades stuck in traffic.
I asked the auto driver to pull up to the side of the road, got out, strode to the middle of the road and started directing the traffic to line up on both sides of the road. I am still not sure why they listened, perhaps that bit about people responding to apparent authority, but they did. And soon, there was space enough for the fire engines to go do their work.
I'd have been more impressed had the lead engine not stopped to ask me for directions to the place they were supposed to go [it was in my colony and instructions were given] but it was still nice to be saluted by the drivers of the other two engines as they drove past.
The whole experience was fun. :)
Right, back to moving stuff.
I asked the auto driver to pull up to the side of the road, got out, strode to the middle of the road and started directing the traffic to line up on both sides of the road. I am still not sure why they listened, perhaps that bit about people responding to apparent authority, but they did. And soon, there was space enough for the fire engines to go do their work.
I'd have been more impressed had the lead engine not stopped to ask me for directions to the place they were supposed to go [it was in my colony and instructions were given] but it was still nice to be saluted by the drivers of the other two engines as they drove past.
The whole experience was fun. :)
Right, back to moving stuff.