HATE U , NO I DONT 😈

 H # Hate you, No I Don't,  But I wish u were on fire 🔥 and I had water, I'd rather drink it. 

Disclaimer: I am participating in Blogging from A-Z challenge 2022 and this is my 8th post for H # 

HATE U , NO I DON'T 

It was during my final year in college. I was also enrolled in APTECH for my Diploma in software management course. I had scheduled my classes at Aptech such that, just after finishing I could go straight to my college which was only within walking distance. My computer classes used to be from 6 to 8 AM and college from 8:30. It was a perfect arrangement. 

Once it was a holiday in college, so after my computer class I could straightaway head home. I thought to take the Metro to save time, reach sooner and go off to sleep.

Normally I used to go by bus with my friends after college was over. But today it would be more comfortable and convenient to use the Metro, or so I felt. 

I climbed down the subway to reach the station. Except for a few people the station seemed deserted. It was just 8:10 in the morning, moreover, it was a Saturday, I thought 🤔. I walked to the counter to buy my ticket.  Then casually humming a song, strode towards the flight of stairs to reach the platform and wait for the train. As I started my ascent, I felt hurried footsteps from behind, As I was about to turn, a man in his mid-thirties or so came and fixed himself at a little distance from me. He looked at me and grinned, I was puzzled. In a second he opened the zip of his pant. I froze for a moment and then horrified I turned around and ran as fast as my feet could carry me. I could hear his laughter.  Oh God, help me. I didn't call out or shout, just kept running. I jumped over the entry point and ascended the subway steps 2 in one go tumbling, falling I just kept running on the road in the open, till I reached my Computer Centre. The receptionist asked, seeing me out of breath if everything was ok. And if had left behind something. I simply shook my head and sat down on the sofa. A few of my friends stopped on seeing me, distress written all over my face. I said that I was not feeling well and just wanted a glass of water. After sitting for some time, I felt a little better.  Taking control of myself, I asked one of my friends to walk me to the bus stop. He, sensing my nervousness enquired if he should call my parents or escort me home. I frantically refused, JUST TO THE BUS STOP ✋, I said.

On my way back home, throughout the bus ride, my heart kept racing out of anger and disappointment. I kept thinking about the incident and my cowardly flight from it. I had never faced this kind of trauma before. How I wished to teach that creepy man a lesson. I wish I was a master at Martial Arts or had the physical and mental strength to stand up against his disgusting behaviour. I wished I had shouted or complained about him ( but to whom, there seemed no one around, the ticket counter was way behind ) I could've at least asked him in the loudest of voices, to do the same in front of his Mother and Sister.

But to be honest, I don't know if any of it would have been tough enough to straighten up these weird people.

On one of my bus rides after this incident, faced with a similar but less harassing situation, I asked the middle-aged man in Bengali " Dada apnaar ghore ki Maa Bon achche na ( Sir, don't u have a mother or a sister at home, considering your inappropriate behaviour) ", to which he replied " Maa -Bon toh achche kintu Bou achche na ( I have a mother and a sister but don't have a wife ) "🙄  . Who will marry such a creepy man, I thought.  I gave him a look of disgust, called the conductor asked him to stop the bus, and told him  I was getting down before my designated stop, just because this " Uncle doesn't have a Wife ". Although the rest of the passengers stared at the idiot, I got down, without feeling any better. 

I could have stayed and had him thrown out of the bus, but I intended he be objectified by the rest of the passengers for the rest of his journey. 

LESSON LEARNT #  To teach such people a lesson, one needs to be Vocal, loud and clear.

REPERCUSSIONS # I still can't forget these despairing situations, but I guess now I can handle them better 👍 ( I hope 🤞)

Disclaimer: I am participating in Blogging from A-Z challenge 2022 and this is my 8 th post 

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