#11. CID OFFICERS AS TYPES OF PEOPLE WE SEE IN MARKET : IDEA CREDITS TO ASHDOWN FOREST. I had so much fun writing this! Thank you so much!
Firstly, there are two types of market that we all know.
1. Local market aka Sabji mandi
2. Super market
Accordingly, people are divided into these two markets.
Local Market :
Tarika - The Jagrit grahak. She's the idol of all the customers in local market. She picks perfect vegetables and fruits, she checks them thoroughly before even thinking of buying them. Every vendor in the market knows that he/she just CANNOT fool Tarika by demanding extra money or slipping in some defective stuff along with fresh one. God forbid if she found out, she instantly switches to the Ninja mode!
Example given : If the vendor charged extra money.
Paav kilo aaloo ka 30 hota hai? Kisko ullu bana rahe ho tum? Karu phone consumer redressal mein!? Grahako ko ullu banate ho tum log! Chup chap reasonable bhav mein do warna abhi ke abhi tumhara thela uthva dungi!
turning towards the crowd* Aise vikretao se ullu banana band karo, Jago grahak Jago!
Shreya - Exactly opposite of in two-three months, she goes to market, that too unwillingly because her mother pushed her to. She has no clue of of current aaloo-pyaaz ka bhav. In short, jiske bhi thele pe Shreya jayegi uski lottery lag jayegi. She'll pay what ever amount of money the vendor asks her to pay, without bargaining or asking questions at all, just to get rid of the task! No honey, it doesn't work like that.
Purvi - The chik chik girl. First there are buyers like Tarika, the sound buyers. Then Shreya, blind buyers. Now the third and most dangerous type of buyer, Purvi. No matter what the original price of vegetable is, no matter what the quality of vegetable is, Purvi only knows to bargain!
Purvi : Nahi bhaiya, 15 se zyada ek paisa nahi dungi!
Vendor : Lekin madam, hum ko yeh tomato 20 mein padta hai. Aap 15 mein kaise le sakti hai?
Purvi : Woh sab mujhe nahi pata! 15 matlab 15, na ek rupaya kam na zyada. Baju wale market mein yahi tomato 10 mein de rahe hai.
Vendor : Toh wohi se le lijiye na, madam.
Purvi : Zyada oversmart matt bano. Theek hai chalo na mera na aap ka, 18 mein de do. Lekin yeh kitne chote tomato hai, bade wale kaha chupa ke rakhe hai. Bahar nikalo chalo.
Vendor : Madam isse bade Tarbuj aate hai, aap kahe toh woh de du ab?
And it goes on forever...
Daya - Generally men don't come to sabji market but there's a rare specie of men who're exception to that, who do all the purchasing for home. We call them Gharelu mard or Aadarsh pati. Daya's one of them. He'll go to market while returning from home, have his own carry bag made of cloth, if there are ladies already buying something, he will patiently wait behind and let them finish. In short, he's the gentleman. Lekin kabhi kabhi bhalai ke chakkar mein sab khatam ho jaata hai! I know, it's okay, honey. It's a cruel world out there.
Super market :
Super market is exactly opposite of local market. Here people buy stuff in utmost silence. No bargaining, no arguement, nothing. Come, take what ever you want, pay for it and get the fuck off!
Freddie - The lachaar helpless pati. Basically his wife gives him a proper list of stuff he's supposed to get. He enters in the super market and carries that list like his life depends on it. He picks up every thing just exactly like mentioned in the list. He knows if he goofs up even a single thing, all hell would break loose back at his home.
Abhijeet - The overly curious creature. People like Abhijeet spend hours in asking questions about the product, they want all the information regarding the product, even if there's rush in super market or other people have questions too. Some people would say that Abhijeet is a perfect and wise buyer, but Koyi uss salesman se pucho jiska sar ghis ghis kar phatne ki baari aa gayi hai! Bro, YOU SUCK!
Pankaj Exactly opposite of Abhijeet! Expiry date, Packaging date, Manufacturing date.. who gives a fuck!? It looks amazing! So he will buy it. Pankaj's shopping cart will mostly contain junk food or packaged food. Ice cream, biscuites, snackes, chocolates, maggie etc etc. Life is good with instant food.
Rajat - The guy who takes FOREVER on the billing counter! They litreally have the whole super market in their cart and an endless que of other customers behind 'em!
Some random guy : Excuse me?
Rajat : Yes?
Some random guy : I just have to pay for one packet of chips.
Rajat : Oh, good good!
Some random guy : So can I go ahead of you?
Rajat : No.
I MEAN, COME ONNNN!
Dushyant - The normal customer. I mean, come on. Har banda namuna hone ke liye yeh Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma thodi hai ;p
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- Divyaa26 :)