Comments on: Strangers…they are indeed strange http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2006/03/05/strangersthey-are-indeed-strange/ A cocktail of views, reviews and a few things more Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:52:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: confused http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2006/03/05/strangersthey-are-indeed-strange/comment-page-1/#comment-82 confused Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:05:00 +0000 http://coolshankin.gaddarinc.com/blog/?p=43#comment-82 Nice,<br/><br/>Its just that its so difficult to trust someone, much more easier to distrust. Simply because trust takes a long time to form, distrust, one incident is enough. Nice,

Its just that its so difficult to trust someone, much more easier to distrust. Simply because trust takes a long time to form, distrust, one incident is enough.

]]> By: Sriram http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2006/03/05/strangersthey-are-indeed-strange/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Sriram Tue, 18 Apr 2006 10:04:00 +0000 http://coolshankin.gaddarinc.com/blog/?p=43#comment-81 i once left a pair of ray-bans in an auto.and sa soon as i realized that i started running after the auto. but he either didnt see me or didnt want to stop.<br/>and needless to say he hsant come to my house to return it or anything like that.<br/>and i have seen so many cases where auto guys overcharge .<br/>but i'll give u one thing...not every1 is bad and not every1 is good.<br/>some are bad while the rest are good. and if we are lucky we interact only with the good ones. i once left a pair of ray-bans in an auto.and sa soon as i realized that i started running after the auto. but he either didnt see me or didnt want to stop.
and needless to say he hsant come to my house to return it or anything like that.
and i have seen so many cases where auto guys overcharge .
but i’ll give u one thing…not every1 is bad and not every1 is good.
some are bad while the rest are good. and if we are lucky we interact only with the good ones.

]]> By: Shankar http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2006/03/05/strangersthey-are-indeed-strange/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Shankar Tue, 07 Mar 2006 16:38:00 +0000 http://coolshankin.gaddarinc.com/blog/?p=43#comment-80 @manohar<br/>I knew it was ashish....the first thing he told me when we met was that he had seen me somewhere in bangalore.<br/>@ravi<br/>that is quite an experience....even i have had my share of such experiences, but never has gone to the use of swear (thankfully).<br/>also... i guess i grossly underestimated my readership....i had to publicise this post hazaar though.....and three of the twelve comment are by me :p @manohar
I knew it was ashish….the first thing he told me when we met was that he had seen me somewhere in bangalore.
@ravi
that is quite an experience….even i have had my share of such experiences, but never has gone to the use of swear (thankfully).
also… i guess i grossly underestimated my readership….i had to publicise this post hazaar though…..and three of the twelve comment are by me :p

]]> By: Ravi http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2006/03/05/strangersthey-are-indeed-strange/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Ravi Tue, 07 Mar 2006 01:14:00 +0000 http://coolshankin.gaddarinc.com/blog/?p=43#comment-79 First of all, lets get this straight. Do not degrade the lot of the normal stranger one would meet by linking him/her with an autodriver. True, there may be a few good autodrivers around. There was this one guy who once took some 3 bucks off my fare because neither of us had change, when i was in 7th std, i think. But most of them are cheap, unscrupulous b@$t@r&s.<br/>Take the guy i had the misfortune of being a fare of just this morning. He said he would take 20 bucks off my fare if i let him pick up another passenger <b>on the way</b>. I didn't see a problem. He takes me to his auto which is parked right next to this stinking garbage dump with population of rats = inverse(population of females in IITM). He then takes 10 bucks from me, lest i run away while he's gone, and disappears, without explanation, for about 30 minutes!!! Finally he returns with 2 hefty buggers and loads of luggage, leaving no space for my bag, which is then unceremoniously placed under this driver's feet in the front! Then i get a fairly comprehensive education of Chennai roads at 5:30 am, and on finally getting to campus, this a$$^*!e has the b@!!$ to bargain for ten more bucks!!<br/>And once the chap, after charging 2.5 times the meter fare, started abusing very loudly and vulgarly in front of my apartments for an extra ten bucks! <br/>I dunno...i remember way more 'untrustworthy' auto-drivers than good ones.<br/>Here's a 12th comment to a post of the blog which <b>nobody except shankin</b> reads First of all, lets get this straight. Do not degrade the lot of the normal stranger one would meet by linking him/her with an autodriver. True, there may be a few good autodrivers around. There was this one guy who once took some 3 bucks off my fare because neither of us had change, when i was in 7th std, i think. But most of them are cheap, unscrupulous b@$t@r&s.
Take the guy i had the misfortune of being a fare of just this morning. He said he would take 20 bucks off my fare if i let him pick up another passenger on the way. I didn’t see a problem. He takes me to his auto which is parked right next to this stinking garbage dump with population of rats = inverse(population of females in IITM). He then takes 10 bucks from me, lest i run away while he’s gone, and disappears, without explanation, for about 30 minutes!!! Finally he returns with 2 hefty buggers and loads of luggage, leaving no space for my bag, which is then unceremoniously placed under this driver’s feet in the front! Then i get a fairly comprehensive education of Chennai roads at 5:30 am, and on finally getting to campus, this a$$^*!e has the b@!!$ to bargain for ten more bucks!!
And once the chap, after charging 2.5 times the meter fare, started abusing very loudly and vulgarly in front of my apartments for an extra ten bucks!
I dunno…i remember way more ‘untrustworthy’ auto-drivers than good ones.
Here’s a 12th comment to a post of the blog which nobody except shankin reads

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2006/03/05/strangersthey-are-indeed-strange/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Anonymous Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:32:00 +0000 http://coolshankin.gaddarinc.com/blog/?p=43#comment-78 I completely agree with u Shankar that we can safely trust MOST of the strangers.One of the main reasins why people suspect strangers is bcos of all the stories they would have heard.It is a fact that ppl always tend to talk about their bad experiences with strangers and they invariably fail to mention or even recollect how some unknown person had helped them the other day.Negative emotions always spread quickly.<br/>Whenever I go to Bangalore,somebody always asks me how I manage to go out in Chennai without the knowledge of Tamail.They seem to think of native Tamilians here as very unkind.But both u and me know that this is a misconception.Whenever I have gone out ppl have helped me a great deal.<br/><br/>By the way if u still have'nt figured out that anonymous comment was by Gandhe.<br/><br/>S.Manohar I completely agree with u Shankar that we can safely trust MOST of the strangers.One of the main reasins why people suspect strangers is bcos of all the stories they would have heard.It is a fact that ppl always tend to talk about their bad experiences with strangers and they invariably fail to mention or even recollect how some unknown person had helped them the other day.Negative emotions always spread quickly.
Whenever I go to Bangalore,somebody always asks me how I manage to go out in Chennai without the knowledge of Tamail.They seem to think of native Tamilians here as very unkind.But both u and me know that this is a misconception.Whenever I have gone out ppl have helped me a great deal.

By the way if u still have’nt figured out that anonymous comment was by Gandhe.

S.Manohar

]]> By: Shankar http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2006/03/05/strangersthey-are-indeed-strange/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Shankar Mon, 06 Mar 2006 11:46:00 +0000 http://coolshankin.gaddarinc.com/blog/?p=43#comment-77 @ashish<br/>thanks.....we have to beware of the 10%.....(read previous comment by me). @ashish
thanks…..we have to beware of the 10%…..(read previous comment by me).

]]> By: Ashes are gone, they blogged here http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2006/03/05/strangersthey-are-indeed-strange/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Ashes are gone, they blogged here Mon, 06 Mar 2006 11:40:00 +0000 http://coolshankin.gaddarinc.com/blog/?p=43#comment-75 Nice post, Shankin. I agree with Mahesh. The quality of your posts is increasing with every post.<br/><br/>I agree with Buswi too. There <i>is</i> a lot of good in the world (which I am grateful for), but we don't notice it because it is fogged by the (outnumbered according to me but still making a great effect) anti-social elements. <br/><br/>Unfortunately, our judgement of strangers is highly determined by what we see them as. It is easy to spot a bad guy, a ruffian in a crowd. On the other hand, searching into the minds and hearts of people to discern if they are nice and kind, is close to impossible. Nice post, Shankin. I agree with Mahesh. The quality of your posts is increasing with every post.

I agree with Buswi too. There is a lot of good in the world (which I am grateful for), but we don’t notice it because it is fogged by the (outnumbered according to me but still making a great effect) anti-social elements.

Unfortunately, our judgement of strangers is highly determined by what we see them as. It is easy to spot a bad guy, a ruffian in a crowd. On the other hand, searching into the minds and hearts of people to discern if they are nice and kind, is close to impossible.

]]> By: Shankar http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2006/03/05/strangersthey-are-indeed-strange/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Shankar Mon, 06 Mar 2006 11:40:00 +0000 http://coolshankin.gaddarinc.com/blog/?p=43#comment-76 @arvind @bhaand<br/>thanks<br/>@ashwin<br/>90% of people are good, the rest 10% are the ones who rule. they are able to because of the 90%<br/>@anonymous<br/>i knew it was you.... @arvind @bhaand
thanks
@ashwin
90% of people are good, the rest 10% are the ones who rule. they are able to because of the 90%
@anonymous
i knew it was you….

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2006/03/05/strangersthey-are-indeed-strange/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Anonymous Mon, 06 Mar 2006 11:32:00 +0000 http://coolshankin.gaddarinc.com/blog/?p=43#comment-74 Shankin, you remember that I had told you in the first year that I had seen you somewhere in Bangalore before coming here? That stranger in the auto was me.... I indeed was doing some small research in a medicinal-lab. Shankin, you remember that I had told you in the first year that I had seen you somewhere in Bangalore before coming here? That stranger in the auto was me…. I indeed was doing some small research in a medicinal-lab.

]]> By: Aswin http://www.coolshankin.com/blog/2006/03/05/strangersthey-are-indeed-strange/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Aswin Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:03:00 +0000 http://coolshankin.gaddarinc.com/blog/?p=43#comment-73 I guess most people are honest, by nature, for it is repulsive to us to be otherwise. Unfortunately, as always, the silent, nice, honest majority are not as visible as the minority, who never miss a chance to con, trick or deceive other people.<br/>I guess all such heart-warming incidents don't really mean much, for it is not as if the majority of people are bad, it is just that they rarely show themselves at the right places and times, or, alternatively the "bad guys" are the ones who usually show up. I guess most people are honest, by nature, for it is repulsive to us to be otherwise. Unfortunately, as always, the silent, nice, honest majority are not as visible as the minority, who never miss a chance to con, trick or deceive other people.
I guess all such heart-warming incidents don’t really mean much, for it is not as if the majority of people are bad, it is just that they rarely show themselves at the right places and times, or, alternatively the “bad guys” are the ones who usually show up.

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