The RUDE Maharaja

"Chala chal pudhe chala".... (keep moving ahead)
"Uppar number likha hai padke aage jao?...." (Numbers are written above, read and move ahead)
Where do you think I heard this?......In the Mumbai bus? Neah.. we dont have numbers... Then? Perhaps in the train u would guess? Or In the State transport Bus...... neaah?... Its the Bus, its the train.......NO its in the Plane.....!!!!!!!!! (Well that last sentence is the influence of watching Superman.. please excuse me).
These were the words of our own Maharaja...the Air hostess of Air India Flight AI 824 from Riyadh to Mumbai. These were the words uttered by her when a fellow passenger showed her the boarding pass while boarding the plane...!!!!!
Well ok heres another shocker.......
The incident goes like this.....
The air hostess has started distributing drinks. The drinks visible on top are the usual Coke and some juices. This is how the conversation goes between the air hostess, me and the guy in the seat ahead (perhaps a first time traveller)
Air hostess: Kya chahiye? (What do you want?)
(perhaps AI instructs hostesses to use English as second language)
Guy: Kya hai? (whats there)
AH: Coke ....
Guy (cranes his neck to see if theres anything else) : OK de do (Give)
AH pours half a glass of Coke plunks in some Ice to fill in the rst of the glass and dumps it unceremoniously on the guys table, spillin a few drops on his table in the process.
AH to me: .......... (Just lifts an eyebrow asking what I want)
Me: Do you have some beer?
AH:........ (Says nothing, Perhaps she doesnt like my face)
Dumps 2 tins of Beer, removed from the cabinet of the trolley, dumps them on my table. Somehow her mannerisms make me beleive she was formerly employed in the Central jail canteen.... remember how they dump food there .... phataaaak in your plate... (Not that I have been their.. just seen in the movies..:-))
Anyway, the guy in front of me suddenly realises....theres beer tooo... Oh my god!!!!!!!! how can i drink coke?
Guy: Excuse me ...ummm.....i also want beer......
AH with a stern look that could make Mithun jump up 1 floor and shout " ayyee saala"
AH: What do u mean you want beer? Tum abhi coke liya ahi Beer bhi chahiye... aisee kaise? Ek barr decide karbe nahin hota kya......????
I suddenly started seeing the AH as the Schoolmaster and the guy as the poor 1st year kid shivering when he realises the GROSS mistake of his life he made by pulling the masters pants down.....
With this remark the AH moved on... mumbling under her breath.....and the poor guy reeling from the 7.5 richter scale earthquake he just experienced.....and me as dazed and amazed as u guys are right now.....
These incidents suddenly made me realize what the "Maharaja" - the mascot stands for....
He says " I am the Maharaja....so treat me like one u mortal denizens of the Air world... Its your lady luck smiling which has allowed u my royal company in air.. dont you dare ask questions .....dont you dare expect more courtesy... I dont need u... You need me"
Long Live the MAHARAJA... Long Live Air India.....