GETTING/NOT GETTING LOWER BERTH IN TRAIN - 145
All of us have Booked Reservation Tickets either by using the IRCTC Online App or by visiting the nearest Railway Station . Self and wife being Senior Citizens usually opt for the Lower Berth Option . There have been times when we have been lucky and also times when we have not been so lucky .
Both have their attendant comical consequences .
1) BOTH GETTING CONFIRMED LOWER BERTHS : Though this is most welcome , it is only on rare occasions that both of us can make use of the lower berths . There is always an older person in the bay , or a younger person who has physical complications and not in a position to make use of the middle or upper berth , all the other passengers are ladies who can't make use of the steps , lady at a late stage of pregnancy , lactating mother , mother with an infant . Though the lower berth of my better half remains intact, yours truely is more often than not in the middle or the upper berth .
2 ) BOTH OF US FAILING TO GET A LOWER BERTH : In this scenario the worry starts from the time you get to know of your Berth Position .With the doing away of the reservation charts you start looking for a possible candidate with whom you can exchange your berth or some other youngster in a different bay with a lucky lower berth with whom you can exchange your Berth .
( It must be highlighted here that not many youngsters come forward to help you , youngsters in the late 20 s or early 30 s often cite their own physical deformity and helplessness )
The next best option is the middle berth . This does not find favour with the youngsters as it is a bit stuffy especially during the summer months and they are ready for an exchange with the upper berth.
I guess we have to learn to live with it and make the best of the bad bargain you entered in to when you booked the ticket and knowing fully well the berth allotted to you .
PS : PLEASE ALSO SEE MY BLOG - 37 RELATED TO THIS TOPIC
Both have their attendant comical consequences .
1) BOTH GETTING CONFIRMED LOWER BERTHS : Though this is most welcome , it is only on rare occasions that both of us can make use of the lower berths . There is always an older person in the bay , or a younger person who has physical complications and not in a position to make use of the middle or upper berth , all the other passengers are ladies who can't make use of the steps , lady at a late stage of pregnancy , lactating mother , mother with an infant . Though the lower berth of my better half remains intact, yours truely is more often than not in the middle or the upper berth .
2 ) BOTH OF US FAILING TO GET A LOWER BERTH : In this scenario the worry starts from the time you get to know of your Berth Position .With the doing away of the reservation charts you start looking for a possible candidate with whom you can exchange your berth or some other youngster in a different bay with a lucky lower berth with whom you can exchange your Berth .
( It must be highlighted here that not many youngsters come forward to help you , youngsters in the late 20 s or early 30 s often cite their own physical deformity and helplessness )
The next best option is the middle berth . This does not find favour with the youngsters as it is a bit stuffy especially during the summer months and they are ready for an exchange with the upper berth.
I guess we have to learn to live with it and make the best of the bad bargain you entered in to when you booked the ticket and knowing fully well the berth allotted to you .
PS : PLEASE ALSO SEE MY BLOG - 37 RELATED TO THIS TOPIC
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