There are just way too many people in Bangalore
Yes, this is a Bangalore rant.
And I think Bangalore infrastructure is tipping over.
1. It took me an hour and 15 minutes to get back from work this evening. Twenty of those were spent covering the last two kilometres.
2. There was bad traffic at 10:20 pm in Koramangala
3. Mobile phones never work properly, what with the bad signals and call drops. There are just too many users and the service providers aren't able to cope.
4. Service for anything is awful.
- BSNL customer care sucks - I wasn't at home when they called on the landline instead of my mobile as I asked and now they are refusing to entertaining any further complaints because I DIDN'T ATTEND THEIR PRECIOUS CALL!
- Shopkeepers don't care if you are disgusted with their behaviour. They can afford to lose customers.
- Desmonds' - a restaurant I have always lauded for its hospitality and service - was terribly mismanaged by a rude usher (probably because he couldn't cope with the waiting crowd).
5. I cannot do anything after work on a weekday because the traffic makes it impossible to get anywhere in time.
6. Watching a movie or a play or anything remotely popular needs you to plan weeks in advance otherwise the million other people would have already bought the available twenty tickets.
Much as I love the city, I don't think it can offer any quality of living any more.
Not life, but good life is to be chiefly valued -Socrates
And I think Bangalore infrastructure is tipping over.
1. It took me an hour and 15 minutes to get back from work this evening. Twenty of those were spent covering the last two kilometres.
2. There was bad traffic at 10:20 pm in Koramangala
3. Mobile phones never work properly, what with the bad signals and call drops. There are just too many users and the service providers aren't able to cope.
4. Service for anything is awful.
- BSNL customer care sucks - I wasn't at home when they called on the landline instead of my mobile as I asked and now they are refusing to entertaining any further complaints because I DIDN'T ATTEND THEIR PRECIOUS CALL!
- Shopkeepers don't care if you are disgusted with their behaviour. They can afford to lose customers.
- Desmonds' - a restaurant I have always lauded for its hospitality and service - was terribly mismanaged by a rude usher (probably because he couldn't cope with the waiting crowd).
5. I cannot do anything after work on a weekday because the traffic makes it impossible to get anywhere in time.
6. Watching a movie or a play or anything remotely popular needs you to plan weeks in advance otherwise the million other people would have already bought the available twenty tickets.
Much as I love the city, I don't think it can offer any quality of living any more.
Not life, but good life is to be chiefly valued -Socrates