Lesson 2: Red Light
A red light at a traffic signal is a place to stop - and RELAX. A place to do your daily shopping, saving on time and petrol (not to mention escaping bombs at your local market). A place where you can buy the latest books and magazines, Cosmopolitan to Better Homes & Gardens to Tehelka, even an IKEA catalogue - you name it, we have it! A place to pick up the latest made-in-China gadgets: mosquito exterminators, "Nokia" chargers, or plain old calculators. Fake beards last month have been overtaken by the demand for cowboy hats this month - in all colours, but only one size. I was intrigued by one in deep blue, and tempted to ask the price, but the light turned green. Dusters? Towels? Try the next red light! You need red roses? Check out the Moti Bagh red light.
Of course, there are those restless drivers who do not know how to RELAX, and start blowing the horn the moment the light turns green, without any consideration for the fact that the driver in the car ahead is still paying for his or her purchases ... Wasn't there a law against blowing the horn at a traffic light?
And then there are the drivers in too much of a hurry to stop at all when a light turns red - usually the ones behind the wheel of a blueline bus or a BMW ...
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