Mutant Space Conductors from hell....

Beware!! its their day.their night.They have taken over!! Soon you too will be overwhelmed...

ok.. that was a super lame attempt at trying to be like a b grade horror flick..What i wanted to write about was the ultra rude conducters you come across in the buses of delhi these days.I remember an article in week a couple of months ago that classified delhiites as among the rudest ppl in India.I did not believe that one bit.I was in trivandrum,homesick as hell and no one was gonna tarnish my good memories.But today and yesterday when i had to escort a friend to an interview in noida i came across two of the most vile people i have ever laid eyes on.
Yesterday,on the 355, the guy was unshaven brute of around 27.He talked in the most pedestrian manner, leering at passengers and acting like an all around idiot.He made a guy get up from the conductor seat,a very innocent looking guy who didn't even protest.He then went on to announce his supremacy, by smiling triumphantly around.He also went on to scold a passenger for resting his arm on the window(kitni baar bolu? tera haath koi udaa le jaayega).The meek passenger complied.Ok he was doing his duty but the way he bossed around, i had a good mind to give him a piece of my mind,but i restrained myself.
today ,again on the 355( is the problem with the number?)a conductor made a passenger get up and that too rather rudely.I wanted to stand by the passenger, a ticket entitles you to a seat.its the conductor's courtesy to stand up for a passenger.He argued that he had to shout out through the window.Couldn't he do that through the door??he made a timid passenger get up for a lady,while the ladies' seat was way ahead.But when a poor family of farmers got in he was unconcerned about seating the lady.no concern for the poor ppl eh??He then went on to have a little nap while his asst did all the collecting.This guy too ,made me wanna hurl punches and swears.But again the coward in me prevailed.
The rude conductors seem to be only in the blue lines not in the DTCs.I have seen some very menacing conductors over the years.One guy was so fat he occupied two seats and bellowed at passengers ,promising to come to their homes and collect if they did not buy tickets.But there are also wimps who even accept "Staff hai" from school kids.I believe they should go through some basic etiquette course.Anyone can become a conductor,isn't it??.there is no min qualification.Well ,its time there was some...