Five Strangers.... A Car Pool Story- Part-4( Final One)

One month passed since the day we started car pooling. But it felt like it is the beginning. Once strangers have became friends now... for a good cause.

Last Saturday we were in Shimla. Hitender’s wedding got fixed and we were invited for the engagement in Shimla. Since it was weekend - Rabbi, Jasmeet and Frappi too agreed to go. And as I was highly impressed by the idea of car pooling, I asked them for weekend car pool – using just one car to travel for the engagement. As expected, everyone agreed and all four of us went together. The celebration was awesome, and I recalled Yash Chopra’s DDLJ.

Everyone was dancing there except Frappi.

“Hey Frappi, you’re not dancing? Are you afraid to burn some calories?” I teased.
“Nope, I want to give you some chance. Look at you, big tummy.” She replied with a smile.
“Tummy….huh?? Where?” I said while making a big effort to hide my fat by releasing my breath and she laughed.
“You two started again.” I heard Jasmeet. She was dancing in the group some time ago and now she was holding an ice cream bowl and Rabbi was behind her.
“Tell me something new Jass, they’re used to it. Haven’t you seen them fighting in car.” Rabbi teased us. I preferred not to make any comment on his statement.
“Forget it, let’s dance. I said and ran to the dance floor. Rabbi and Jass also followed though Frappi didn’t come. Later, I came to know that she was having some pain in her right leg.

Rahul’s birthday followed immediately after Hitender’s engagement. Amit and I decided to pretend that we had forgotten his birthday as we planned to give him a surprise at 5pm.

Rahul joined us for tea and lunch. At tea time he was quite happy and was expecting to hear the two words ‘Happy Birthday’ from us, but went back to his seat rather disappointed. During lunch he was quite aloof and upset. We knew the reason but we didn’t let on that we knew it was his birthday. After lunch, we went to attend a session on CSR., where we were told to make efforts towards a safe and clean environment. I was happy that I was doing my bit with car pooling, since it helps the environment by reducing pollution and consumption of petrol. Our session ended and we reached our workplace @ 2 pm.

Rahul was quite upset by now but I convinced him to join us for tea. He reached after ten minutes and was surprised to see me, Amit, Rabbi, Jasmeet, Hitender and Frappi together with a cake.

“What’s this VOYci?” he asked.
“Happy Birthday Rahul! VOYci planned everything for you and ordered snacks too! He is giving you the treat.” Amit explained.

“But why is he treating others on my behalf?” Rahul asked.

“Because you introduced me to car pooling from which I benefited! Since we’re five people who travel together and we split the amount, my conveyance expenses have come down to one fifth of what I was already paying. I will be saving some money even after this treat!” I explained.

“Can we cut the cake now - I’m feeling sleepy after the speech,” Frappi pretended to yawn and everyone laughed. We celebrated his birthday by cakes, snacks and singing birthday songs.

I got introduced to the Car pool concept about a month ago and this brought a lot of new experiences into my life.

Benefits of Car Pool

1. Cost saving and benefits to the environment
2. Made new friends! Five strangers became good friends and
3. Time Management

So do try it out too – You never know what experiences this new concept can hold for you!