An Unforgettable Rainy Episode

Well, there couldn’t be a better platform to convey a recent rainy incident that tested me big time.

Even though it was the rainy season, When I started off from my office on my bike on that day, there were no signs of any rain on the horizon. The weather was quite clear.

I had ended my shift at 8:30 pm and driving back to my home on my bike. Usually, during the rainy season, I would wear or carry my raincoat. But, unfortunately, I forgot to carry my rainy coat on that fateful day and God must have been in a naughty mood that day and decided to play with some of his creations and I was one of the ‘Chosen Ones’.

It so happened that when I was midway, God suddenly turned the ‘Rain’ button on at ‘High’ level. Suddenly out of the blue, it started raining ‘Dinosaurs and Whales’! More flavor was added to the proceedings in the form of a traffic jam. All this happened in a matter of few minutes and me along with many others were at standstill amid heavy rain.

Well, here comes the uninvited twist, folks; It was more than 20 minutes and the traffic wasn’t moving at all, the rain showed no signs of stopping anytime soon. Amid all this chaos, my bladder slowly started corresponding with my brain to allow it to take a leak! Wow, I exclaimed to myself! What a timing, dear bladder. Please cooperate… I was trying to communicate with my bladder in a yet undiscovered bio-telepathic kind of way.

But, biological organ as it was, it didn’t have any emotions or social obligations; It was acting as meant to be in the most natural way possible.

I was ‘google-mapping’ the nearest exit points and public toilets on that route in my mind. But that’s possible only when the traffic moves, Right? And here, there was no sign of it at all.

It was roughly 20-25 minutes more, I guess, since my bladder’s first notification to me. I was not sure if it had a timer of its own, like a time-bomb! All kinds of apprehensive weird thoughts were crossing my mind. What if the time bomb explodes…

Suddenly a weird funny thought struck me; So, what if the time bomb explodes, it was raining and I was getting drenched in the rain, who’s going to notice? Only I will be aware of the huge thing happening on the bike in that huge traffic!

Maybe, my brain leaked this info to my bladder, it thought I was seriously about to take this step and it started acting erratically. I started getting nervous, when God must have thought, ‘Enough is enough’ and slowly for the first time since eternity, the traffic started to move. I never felt so delighted to put the first gear of my bike into motion in my lifetime.

Half an hour later, I kind of experienced Nirvana; The public toilet seemed like paradise to me. 

It was still raining, but it didn’t matter now. I was equipped or rather relieved to ride till the end of the world!

Well folks, that’ my weather story and who would have imagined that a full bladder situation on a rainy night in a traffic jam would form a base for a contest. (And maybe win it too… ). Well, that’s life at its naughtiest best for you! As they say, ‘Whatever happens, happens for the best’!

After that incident, I searched for a weather app that would provide reliable forecasts and happened to download, ‘The Weather Channel’ app which had quite good ratings apart from being the most downloaded weather app.

But apart from all these factors, I loved one of its tag lines, “Never get caught in bad weather again”! None can relate more to it than me…