Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Handsfree and cycling... ummm... talk about setting wrong examples!


No no... not Panda shots vala handsfree! Maybe that too, but no. Its about my phone vala handsfree.
Even as I could take my cycle out of the parking, my friend called me. As I started talking, I realised that the conversation is not going to get over so soon. Primarily because I wanted to talk about whatever we set out discussing. So I though of not wasting time and started riding on my usual route. It was quite a discussion. I guess people though, yet again, that I was a mad woman on a cycle who talked aloud while riding. But I let that feeling pass because i was really involved in the conversation, all the while minding the traffic and avoiding any mad drivers. It helped that there was less traffic on Pune roads today because of the bandh and the holiday season.
So I cycled from My house to Law college road - a distance of about 3 kms in 10 mins, talking all the while. and then I reached my destination, I realised I just had the longest phone conversation while I was on my bike.
Ok so... this is NOT advisable! I must avoid doing it often!
Also today evening, there was a girl riding her activa on a turning talking into a phone she was holding with her left hand... I shouted at her to keep her phone down while riding... But then i thought about how I talk on the phone while riding. But i am marginally better than she is because I keep my hands free to hold the handlebar! Or am I?
Well... talk about setting the wrong example...
And I still haven't bought a new cycle because everytime I think of getting a new one the Lumala looks at me with sad eyes asking... almost screaming at me to reconsider! Emotional blackmail! Sigh...