7 bizarre things I heard while waiting in line to get some cash

I belong to the 'work hard, party harder' school of thought. So after keeping my ass to the grindstone the entire week, a chilled out weekend is all I look forward to in life.

Except, this weekend happened to be far from it. Thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's master stroke-the demonetization of 500- and 1,000-rupee notes.

Even though the drive is meant to harass black-money hoarders, it's the salaried, white-money bearers like me, who have had to wait in the seemingly endless queues in order to withdraw money to meet our daily needs.

The idea of staying hungry the entire day seemed more appeasing to me than joining the money-short crowd assembled outside banks and ATMs. However, I pushed myself to take the plunge, thinking how I'd reach work on Monday. After all, it's just a little bit of inconvenience for the greater good of the nation right? Well, not really.

A short ride and long queue later, I left the bank empty-handed (the cash had run out by the time my turn came). However, the tumultuous journey also offered some quality entertainment at no cost-who has money for anything anyway-as I overheard people saying some rather bizarre things.

Just for the record: I wasn't eavesdropping, but some of us have a tendency to express ourselves at a Bose-level volume.

So here, a compilation of some crazy dialogues that will hopefully get you through that terrible wait too.

"Ache din aur Rakhi ke Karan-Arjun kab aayenge, pata nahi."

Now that's some next-level correlation, isn't it?

"Haye, kam se kam womans ko toh exaampt karna chahiye tha naa."
Hello Miss. Feminism much?

"Party skip kar ke relatives ke ghar gai thi. Socha who sagan denge aur thodi kamai ho jayegi. Poore five hundred waste."
Waste? It's funny how people seem to have forgotten that you can totally get your money changed. Tsk Tsk.

"Subah mera watchman sau ke note gin raha tha mere saamne. Itni jealousy toh mujhe us Priyanka se bhi nai hui, jo mere boyfriend ke saath chipakti rehti hai."

These jealous girlfriends I tell you-they won't even spare the watchmen now.

"Meri toh kitty party hi cancel ho gai, soch."
For the disappointed kitty-party aunty, the world has come to an end. How will she get to know who is Chaddhaji ki beti  dating?

 "Bhai tu maanega nahi last time jab bank aaya tha ek minute mein paise nikaal liye the maine. Main seedhe aage gaya. Sabse aage khade bande ko bola ke mujhe pehle jaane de, paise withdraw karte hi ek sau ka patta tera."

Because, swag, right? (rolls eyes)

"Maine toh bandi se jaan ke ladai kar li. Date pe leke jaane ke paise kaha se laau bhai. Phone pe bhi baat nahi karta, saala Vodafone bhi puraane note nahi le raha ab toh."
To this guy's girlfriend: politics is the real villain of your love story, babe.