The scene in this photograph mirrors the scene outside every bank in India on at the time of writing.
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Long queues of people trying to deposit, exchange or withdraw the now scrapped Rs.500 and Rs.1000 notes were witnessed outside every bank and post offices in every city or town of the country.
Thankfully, the winter is here and the sun is not being too harsh. But even then some are complaining about the long queues.
One Twitter user posted this in response to a news agency’s photo of the long queues.
@ANI_news But we dont show the serpentine ques to get tickets in cricket matches, rock concerts,movies shows,etc.
— Sanjaya Patnaik (@SanjayaPatnaik) November 11, 2016
He got a response from another user who argued that the people standing in the queues were those who were “forced” to stand in the line.
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AdvertisementDon’t you understand difference between forcefull and willful.
— सर्जिकल गोली (@AAPonALLgone) November 11, 2016
And in what can be called a brilliant reply, the original commentator pointed out the hypocrisy we as a society have.
@ANI_news Willful/force doesnt matter. We Indians happily wait fr hrs fr movies bt get irritated if stand fr 30 minutes fr country’s shake.
— Sanjaya Patnaik (@SanjayaPatnaik) November 11, 2016
(He corrected the spelling of ‘sake’ in another tweet.)
It is indeed true that fans can wait for incredibly long and often unearthly hours to catch a glimpse of our favourite superstar, movie, cricket match, and product. Forget about complaining, we don’t even show any signs of discomfort on our faces. But whenever we are asked to stand in a line for some necessary official purpose, we start complaining.
