Short Story: Dream revenge
@innertalks (21862)
Australia
September 7, 2024 8:31pm CST
John had had a series of dreams where he was on a train, but without a valid ticket.
John was always afraid that the inspector would catch him, and so as soon as he became aware that his ticket was expired, or that he had failed to even buy one, he would get off of the train, and go to the platform attendant there to immediately buy himself a valid ticket.
One day though, the platform attendant played a prank on him, and gave him an already expired ticket, and so when he was on the train again, unluckily, the inspector caught up with him, and issued him with a fine.
(The attendant knew that Inspectors were working on that line on that day.)
The attendant turned out to be someone that he had crossed paths with once before, when he had been in a hurry to park his car at the station, and he had beaten this guy to the park, by speeding up, and turning in, in front of him.
The attendant had said nothing at the time, but had waited for the right time to get his own back on John, and which he had done now.
John never twigged to this, and he just thought that a mistake had been made, which he mentioned to the attendant, the next time that he saw him, when the attendant simply told him,
"No, I sold you a valid ticket, in your franticness, you must just have just pulled out the wrong one to show to the inspector."
John could not argue with this, and he thought to himself, that it could have been the case, but what had happened to the valid ticket, which later, he never did find in his wallet.
Travelling on a train, in our dreams, is often linked to our taking a journey, and so growing personally in our life; buying a ticket, shows us that we are ready to take that journey, and to pay the price for taking it.
Here John, paid the price, but his karma came back to bite him for his previously rash, and self-indulgent behaviour.
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John should have already learnt to treat people better at his age.
His dreams often showed him the error of his ways, but being pig-headed, he never changed his ways, ever, at all.
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@Deepizzaguy (101894)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
8 Sep
It is a shame that some people do not get the message that karma will get all of us one day.
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@innertalks (21862)
• Australia
8 Sep
Yes, when they keep getting bad karma, for their actions, they should wake up to what is really happening to them in their life, and grow more wiser from their experiences.
@innertalks (21862)
• Australia
8 Sep
@Deepizzaguy Yes, they usually do, and we need to become more aware and not get caught napping so often.
@Shiva49 (26634)
• Singapore
8 Sep
Whenever I take international flights, I worry whether my travel documents are in order.
Though online bookings have eased the earlier laborious ticket matters, we need to remove even shoes, and belts, and leave our wallets in the tray. We then have to remember to collect them later.
For John, it is more about once bitten twice shy. He should have taken care, rather than playing around with free rides.
And at his age, why hit others below the belt?
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@innertalks (21862)
• Australia
8 Sep
Yes, we need to become more aware, and astute, and check our ticket for its validity, even before we ever think of boarding a train, or a bus.
The trains here have now done away with tickets, and use cards instead, which need to carry a sufficient balance on them to cover your ride. You are meant to wave your card at a machine to check on and off of a train, or a bus, which then calculates your fare for that journey, and deducts it from your balance.
Many people here never bother checking on, or off, but take their chances, like John, of not meeting an inspector.
As we get older, we should develop more understanding, consideration, and patience, for others, rather than remaining with a chip on our shoulder, all of our life.
@innertalks (21862)
• Australia
9 Sep
@Shiva49 Yes, theft in its many guises has increased here too, especially with the self-service machines instead of cashiers in the supermarkets here too.
Customers only scan half of their items, and get the rest for free, or they scan an item wrongly on purpose, like organic bananas, as ordinary bananas, which differ a lot in their price, or expensive types of apples as cheaper apples.
@Shiva49 (26634)
• Singapore
9 Sep
@innertalks Now the chip is already in the card, so why burden ourselves with another on our shoulders?
I was taken aback by a smartly dressed, gangly, lady at the Paris metro as she nonchalantly hopped over the turnstiles. It looked like these were taken for granted by the authorities like thefts at supermarkets in the US.
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