Indian Railways has one of the largest and oldest railway networks in the world. Travelling by train is an unforgettable experience due to the diversity of fellow passengers. The document then describes common types of passengers commonly seen on Indian trains, including "Upper Birth Legends" who prefer the upper berths, "The Flirts" who socialize with others, "Chaiwalas" who constantly sell tea and snacks, "Food Hoggers" who eat whatever food is available, "Radio Channels" who talk nonstop, "Sleeping Beauties" who sleep through the entire journey, "Music Lovers" who listen to music on their devices, "Matchmakers" who try to set up others
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9 Kinds of people you meet in Indian Railways
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2. Indian Railways
• India has one of the oldest & widest railway network
• Travelling experience in these trains is always
unforgettable because of fellow passengers
• On the trip there are all kinds of people & it’s a interesting
thing to observe their behavior's
• Lets have a look at the most common characters on Indian
rail journey
3. “Upper Birth Legends”
• Upper Birth is their favorite
place
• They will rush to upper births
& keep on asking about
stations all the time
• Its like they create their own
small world over there
4. “The Flirt”
• These young boys will scan the
train & do search beautiful girls
• Sometimes harmless flirting with a
member of the opposite sex is cute
• They come up with ideas to start
talking with them
• But when they overdo this, such
people look really creepy
5. “Chaiwalas”
• Train journey is incomplete
without constant visits of chaiwalas
& salesmen
• “Chaaai-Chaaai” is their style &
we are used to it
• Constant visits of these salesman is
quite annoying at some times
• It’s not just tea, the Indian train is
full of salespeople trying to sell
anything & it’s engaging in the
meanwhile
6. “Food Hoggers”
• People who will keep an eye on
other passengers food
• These people will eat anything &
everything that comes by and still
they will be hungry
• On the top of that one should keep
in mind that their bags are full of
different snacks & munchies
7. “Radio Channels”
• These are overfriendly people who
talk nonstop like Radios
• Such people don’t need any
specific reason for chit-chat
• They can talk for hours & hours on
random things
• However much you try to ignore &
even when you don’t respond to
what they’re saying, they still
blabber
8. “Sleeping Beauties”
• Sleeping people on trains can sleep
anywhere, irrespective of time,
place, people, and even noise
• In fact they sleep so much that they
make other people sleepy
• If only people got paid for
sleeping, this breed would be
millionaires
• It feels like they haven't slept for
past two weeks
9. “Music lovers”
• IPods, Mobile phones, Headphone,
Battery chargers are their tools
• Listening to music is their whole &
sole agenda so they don’t bother
other people
• Even if someone asks them
question they will end the
conversation immediately by
putting headphones on
10. “Matchmakers”
• Remember that aunty who asked
you all your information & where
abouts
• The next thing you know was she
pairing you with her niece & you
are totally clueless
• They are always finding eligible
bachelors
11. “Weirdo's”
• Sometimes you don’t even notice
such person, till you get up & catch
them staring at you
• They behave like being part of
investigative agencies
• One should mind that they watch
your every single move silently
• It is maddening when you have
such people around on the journey