The Obnoxious Morons

You find them everywhere, at every nook and corner. You turn and you will find them there, totally oblivious to the world, thinking they are above the ordinary. You name it and you’ll find there.

In the office these are the loud mouths who insist on taking calls at their desk, on their speaker phones, in their put-on accents, at times taking their personal calls in the office premises, making us privy to their bitchiness about their mother-in-law and servants, making us an unwilling eavesdropper to their conversation. These are the one who insist on talking, scolding and discussing loudly, much to the annoyance of the people who work near them. They are the ones who think it’s beneath them to stand in line when warming food and and keep the oven door open. 

These are the higher ups who have lost all sense of empathy and feel that everyone beneath them are there to slave for them and client visits are their birth rights, their paid vacation. They talk loudly and greet each other and keep their cabin door open (once again making have to go through all their stupid talks) but will shut it immediately when it comes to the good bit. These are the ones who act totally daft and ask the silliest questions and dress in a way they feel that they are the trend setters and pass snidey comments. But in their defence the air up there is thin and their brains don’t get sufficient oxygen.

While travelling you find them busily chatting on their phone, totally ignoring the orderly queue that is formed, often going beyond the yellow line even though the poor announcers keeps telling them otherwise. They are the ones who block the doors even though there’s just two more station to go for the last stop, and just refuse to budge. They are the one who will wriggle and push and make others uncomfortable so that they can play their games or watch their shows.

On television these are the realty show judges who know nothing about judging but just pander away for the rating really silly catch phrases. Hindi shows who assume that everyone has an IQ of zero.

On the roads these are drivers and riders whole love their horns and keep using them at every opportunity though it’s not called for, who think the road is their property (sometimes you wished they paid for the repairs of it as well). They are the ones who believe that traffic rules are meant to be broken, they’ll jump signals, ride triple seat, helmetless most of the time, on the wrong side of the road. They drive their big cars, but will open their doors to throw trash and spit their paan and tumbacoo.

Even in running you find them. They walk and block and just refuse to budge even if you you ask them to give way. These are the ones who will take selfies in the middle of the route. Sometimes I wonder if with all that pouting would they end up with a duck face.

These are the obnoxious morons that you can’t escape no matter how hard you may try. Sometimes you wonder where were they when God was distributing brains. But then you know you can’t help it because it’s a manufacturing defect.