USA is a new world in itself, everything different from India so still
figuring out things. like the other day I took a metro shuttle- a bus
that takes u to the closest metro station. knowing not what to do I
just went inside and sat. the driver- a black lady asked me to come
back and get a ticket. I said k so they don't have a conductor. so how
much for a ticket, she said two dollars. I said k- I gave her a
twenty- she looked back at me and said that the machine will not give me any change back so I needed to tender the exact change. I didn't have any so she asked if
some one in the bus had a change for twenty. Everyone was looking around but none
had it so she said- k i'll give u a free ride. I said thanks n was
going back when a white lady in the back just took out two dollars and
gave it to me, asking me to keep it when i offered her the twenty dollar bill. however, what this whole episode did was bring me in notice of a lot of black fellows inside the bus. They started saying things to me, but thanks to their accent I couldn't get a word of what they were saying and I maintained my calm- smiling back at them. Once at the metro station I got off only to find them following me. I hurried downstairs but they caught with me soon and then started saying things. All I could get of the melee was that they were asking for my twenty dollar bill.
I was shit scared- they were four, heavily built and with the stories of guns being so easily available in USA- I literally froze for a moment. But i kept moving and thank god none came in my way allowing me to rush things up. Once on to the platform I kept on walking till I saw a white cop and went straight to him. I
asked him how to get a ticket. He led me to the counter and assisted me
there. Meanwhile the blacks did come over but the cop sensed their
intentions and asked them to move away. Soon the metro was there and I
got lost in its crowd.....
my first near mugging.
now I didn't go looking for trouble but it caught on to me.
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