The guy with the Walkie-Talkie

My first post (well technically my second...but still) is dedicated to the guy with the Walkie Talkie, also substitutable with the guy with the badge, or the guy at the desk. 

 

This particular breed of person can be seen at college cultural fests pretending to be extremely important and with immense power. 

 

I got thinking about this person when 2 friend of mine and I went to see a concert during a college cultural fest and all of us were waiting outside for the gates to open. So there was this bus parked 50 meters away from the gate and out comes our hero, armed with his walkie talkie in hand, and from the gates shouts out to the bus driver something that neither the crowd nor the bus driver understood, but the point was made! The guy has the power to order the bus driver around! 

And this was followed by a conversation with someone as loud as he could get! Yes... he sure is important! 

 

Some characteristics of the walkie-talkie man is the look on of absolute seriousness in his face, the loud voice so that everyone around hears him, and the fact that he moves only through the middle of crowds. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not accusing all guys with walkie-talkies to be of such a nature, some of them do require them and they are absolutely necessary at time. But this post is just regarding those who suddenly are overcome with a sense of purpose once this electronic gadget is stuck to their palms.

 

I know that I’ve exaggerated and been extremely sarcastic, but let’s face it, we’ll all been this guy. Well I know I’ve done it, and if you look deep into how you behave, there is a good chance you were in his shoes once upon a time.

 

Is it because of our need for getting attention or is it because we just want to impress the girls (and if you are a girl, guys)?

 

And the worst possible crime for a friend to do at such a moment would be to go make fun of him! That would be as bad as someone insulting a senior right in the middle of him ragging a junior. All credibility is compromised and you end up looking like a fool!

 

But as I look at this guy and thought of how silly he seemed, I realized that there have been so many incidents where I have done the same.

 

At this point, I sign off, hoping that come Chaos 09, I don’t turn into this person again.