The writing of this book and thinking about Mira’s dilemma had attuned me to the Bitch
Goddess out there . I want to share one such story with you.
This was at the security check queue at the
airport. We were in queue to place out cabin bags for screening before going
through security gate- you know, where they freely frisk you-yeah that one.
Anyway- the queue was long and tempers
short . Everybody seemed to have lap tops that needed to be removed from
their cases, handbags and a shoulder bag
and all were eager but waiting for their turn. It didn’t help that the queue
was getting longer.
I had inched up to the fifth or the sixth
place and had glimpsed the baggage screening machine, a sight by then almost as
dear as paradise. And as we waited there for our turn, there strode up, oh-so casually,
one madam who by –passed the queue and nonchalantly placed her bag on the
machine and went in to the security check line.
I saw red. “Excuse me, there is a queue here .” I said.
I saw red. “Excuse me, there is a queue here .” I said.
She turned and said, “So what? If you want ,
you put your bag here too.”
And walked off. I wanted to fling her bag
off the machine and yell. Now. Then of course, I was just fuming and could
think of nothing to do or even say.
Needless to say, she got away with her
obnoxious behaviour. As you can see, there are lots of inspiration and role models
for this book.
What’s your Bitch Goddess Story?
Hi mam, just read your blog...the theme sounds so realistic...yes we all have encounters with such bitch goddess....
ReplyDeleteOut of the 22 finalist for the Galdrags Mrs India five of us were from Northern India and were boarding together from New Delhi to Mumbai in same flight at the same time.While we four of us stood in one queue, one chose to take another one. We thought we will all occupy the seats together so that we could enjoy the flight.To our surprise she exchanged her seat with some one and went much ahead of all four of us. The same lady kept aloof all through the pageant stay as well.We learnt from others that she believed by being close to any of the contestants, her chance of winning the pageant would reduce...... she never got the crown....she grew horns later and verbally abused all four of us....