Comments on: The request seat http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/ Priyank's personal journal Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:40:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: strawberrymargaritas http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-68009 strawberrymargaritas Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:12:51 +0000 http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-68009 Oh ya..i totally overlooked it :P Oh ya..i totally overlooked it :P

]]> By: Priyank http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-67974 Priyank Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:23:39 +0000 http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-67974 <b>Strawberrymargaritas</b>: Thanks for rejuvenating this post which is so old that I had almost forgotten. I miss Mumbai trains but it won't be long before I travel there again. Thanks. There is a trackback option btw, but I didn't understand, did you mean rss option? Thats present too on the menu to the left. Strawberrymargaritas:
Thanks for rejuvenating this post which is so old that I had almost forgotten. I miss Mumbai trains but it won’t be long before I travel there again. Thanks.

There is a trackback option btw, but I didn’t understand, did you mean rss option? Thats present too on the menu to the left.

]]> By: strawberrymargaritas http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-67947 strawberrymargaritas Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:27:30 +0000 http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-67947 btw, you can keep a trackback option for readers :-) btw, you can keep a trackback option for readers :-)

]]> By: strawberrymargaritas http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-67946 strawberrymargaritas Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:25:58 +0000 http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-67946 and i just realized how i am responsible for keeping the comment chain active for two years! :D and i just realized how i am responsible for keeping the comment chain active for two years! :D

]]> By: strawberrymargaritas http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-67945 strawberrymargaritas Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:24:25 +0000 http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-67945 lol...and how the scene changes in the first class, where every one is expected to be meek and liberal even if, deep down they belong to some other category. lol…and how the scene changes in the first class, where every one is expected to be meek and liberal even if, deep down they belong to some other category.

]]> By: Priyank http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-22067 Priyank Wed, 16 May 2007 17:13:35 +0000 http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-22067 Ravi: Thanks for your comments man! Ash: That's biology ;) Mahesh: तुला आवडलं ना?? बस् तर मग! Mumbaikar: Yeah I read about it, but havent seen it on any trains yet. Is it on the Western railway? I travel mostly on Central suburban line! Kavita: Ofcourse I remember you. More in email... Vi: Yeah you cant miss it in Mumbai Pharoh: Yeah the heat and humidity ruins the composure. I have traveled in Toronto subways and they are not much different:) Kaushal: hahaha! I remember the wired feeling when I first got into a first class compartment! It was funny indeed! Ravi:
Thanks for your comments man!

Ash:
That’s biology ;)

Mahesh:
तुला आवडलं ना?? बस् तर मग!

Mumbaikar:
Yeah I read about it, but havent seen it on any trains yet. Is it on the Western railway? I travel mostly on Central suburban line!

Kavita:
Ofcourse I remember you.
More in email…

Vi:
Yeah you cant miss it in Mumbai

Pharoh:
Yeah the heat and humidity ruins the composure. I have traveled in Toronto subways and they are not much different:)

Kaushal:
hahaha! I remember the wired feeling when I first got into a first class compartment! It was funny indeed!

]]> By: kaushal http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-10439 kaushal Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:56:15 +0000 http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-10439 sir, i think you forgot to mention about second class here. In first class the scene is different. Though the seats still have 3 1/4 person space, no matter how politely you ask, the person sitting would doubt you, taking you as a criminal who just did a crime of getting into first class on a second class ticket. sir, i think you forgot to mention about second class here. In first class the scene is different. Though the seats still have 3 1/4 person space, no matter how politely you ask, the person sitting would doubt you, taking you as a criminal who just did a crime of getting into first class on a second class ticket.

]]> By: Pharoh http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-10423 Pharoh Sun, 26 Nov 2006 14:13:20 +0000 http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-10423 I traveled by the trains in Mumbai during last visit to India. They are so crowded, oh boy. We also have crowded tubes but they are much clean and people are tidy too. I guess its too much humidity and heat also the trains cater to low rung workers. But nice experience indeed. I traveled by the trains in Mumbai during last visit to India. They are so crowded, oh boy. We also have crowded tubes but they are much clean and people are tidy too. I guess its too much humidity and heat also the trains cater to low rung workers.
But nice experience indeed.

]]> By: Vi http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-10384 Vi Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:51:42 +0000 http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-10384 I don't live in India, but I have noticed this phenomena the few times I've visited and have taken the train (which I must admit hasn't been all too often). I don’t live in India, but I have noticed this phenomena the few times I’ve visited and have taken the train (which I must admit hasn’t been all too often).

]]> By: Fourth Seat Occupants at Blogbharti http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-10374 Fourth Seat Occupants at Blogbharti Fri, 24 Nov 2006 02:44:17 +0000 http://priyank.com/weblog/2006/11/22/the-request-seat/#comment-10374 [...] Priyank writes about different types of fourth seat occupants in Mumbai suburban trains Benches in Mumbai’s suburban local trains have a fundamental flaw. They accommodate 3¼ persons each. Usually the trains are crowded and the entering commuters are on a mission to grab a place to sit. It takes monumental effort to snatch the first 3 places on the bench. But the mission doesn’t stop there. There is an equal urgency to occupy the balance ¼th piece of real estate – the fourth seat, erstwhile known as ‘request seat’. The fourth seat means compromise and submission to constant brushing against outgoing and incoming commuters. And whats worse, you just get to rest your butt partly. Posted by Krish [...] [...] Priyank writes about different types of fourth seat occupants in Mumbai suburban trains Benches in Mumbai’s suburban local trains have a fundamental flaw. They accommodate 3¼ persons each. Usually the trains are crowded and the entering commuters are on a mission to grab a place to sit. It takes monumental effort to snatch the first 3 places on the bench. But the mission doesn’t stop there. There is an equal urgency to occupy the balance ¼th piece of real estate – the fourth seat, erstwhile known as ‘request seat’. The fourth seat means compromise and submission to constant brushing against outgoing and incoming commuters. And whats worse, you just get to rest your butt partly. Posted by Krish [...]

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