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| These guys have got sole. (ba-dum-tss) |
Nobody likes waiting for a train when you’ve got
somewhere important to be. It’s just the act of standing around aimlessly while
you miserably await the arrival of your train that makes you want to swear
loudly. So while you mutter curses at the motorman who’s driving the train and
try to bring ruin to him and his family in your mind, your eyes tend to wander
and pick up things that you might not normally notice in your hurry to get to
wherever you have to go.
Shoe shines at railway stations are a common sight in pretty much any city in the world, and this city is no exception. However, you will probably never see a more sincere lot than the ones at the local train stations in Bombay. Seeing that my train wouldn’t be arriving for another 10 minutes (a rare occurrence on a usually very reliable train service), I decided to divert my attention away from the rats scurrying around on the tracks and onto the shoe shines seated at regular intervals along the platform.
Shoe shines at railway stations are a common sight in pretty much any city in the world, and this city is no exception. However, you will probably never see a more sincere lot than the ones at the local train stations in Bombay. Seeing that my train wouldn’t be arriving for another 10 minutes (a rare occurrence on a usually very reliable train service), I decided to divert my attention away from the rats scurrying around on the tracks and onto the shoe shines seated at regular intervals along the platform.
