Choo-choo Probs and Trainy Things
So we went on a trip.
From Bintaro to Depok, and from Depok to Bintaro. An organized plan. Fast and cheap to, compared to taxi cabs. It's just a few stops between those stations, which was pretty close on train. Also, both stations are really close to the houses I'm staying in.
Our first go was rough. The time we got in, the train was already full. We had to stand and try not to bump to other people's majorly big bags (wonder what's inside it, a fridge?). We also had to move whenever anyone has to go out of the train, because we're right in front of the door. Poor Ayrton, he slept on my dads shoe (which i don't know how with bumping here and there all the way).
And that was before we stopped on Tanah Abang.
I don't exactly know how to describe that one-of-the-center-stations-of-Jakarta, but maybe the word Hell might help. IT. WAS. TOTALLY. HOT. AND CROWDED. HOT AND CROWDED.
The station is pretty wide, but not wide enough to hold several thousands of angry people. I myself is only armed with a five-hundred-paged book, and my sister with a bag of chargers. We kinda lost the fight with an angry lady with umm.... her pile of laundry?
So anyway, through all those pushing and hugging our bags so it doesn't fall behind, we finally made it to the train. Fortunately, the train was like half empty and there were so many empty seats! In the train world, you call that Paradise.
When we arrived at Depok that afternoon, we were like soooooo G L A D.
The same thing happened when we made our second go.
HOT. AND CROWDED. HOT AND CROWDED. But this time, it was worse.
Let me ummm, explain this, with the language i use on special occasions.
JADI YAAA, SUUUUMMMPWAH ITU PENUH BUANGET STASIUNNYA JADI PAS KELUAR DARI KERETA GITU KAN YA, SETELAH DIKELUARKAN DARI KALENG SARDEN, ITU GILAAAAAKKK.
PINTUNYA DIBUKA KAN, TRUS ITU GILA LAUTAN MANUSIA BENERAN ITU LAUTAN SAMPE GAADA JALAN KECIL UNTUK KELUAR DARI KERETA. JADI ITU BENERAN DI PUUUUUUEPET SAMA YANG MAU MASUK KERETA, DAN DI DUUUUUORONG SAMA YANG MAU KELUAR KERETA.
HAH. HAH.
TRUS KITA ITU TERPAKSA LONCAT DARI KERETA GITU, NGGAK NGURUS BANYAK ORANG DI DEPAN, TRUS KITA DUUUUUORONG KAYAK BANTENG MBOH IBUK BAPAK ANAK SAMPEK SATPAM KITA DUUUUUORONG.
BAYANGIN DEH AYRTON YANG 6 TAHUN GITU HAMPIR KEINJEK ORANG. RASANYA MIKIRIN ITU SEBAGAI KAKAK ITU PEDES TAU NGGAK HAAAAHHH.
DAN BENERAN DEH NGGAK BISA NAFAS UDAH DISITU BAUK KERINGET LAH BAUK ASEP LAH BAUK KETEKNYA ORANG LAH EEEEEWWWWW MBOH.
DISITU SUSAH BUANGET JALANNYA MAU KE KIRI EH DIDORONG KE KANAN SAMA BAPAK BAPAK. MAU KE KANAN EH DIDORONG KE KIRI SAMA IBUK IBUK. JAHAT BANGET SE HIKS.
BELOM LAGI PAS NAIK TANGGA. ITU GAK JELAS LAGI MANA NAIK MANA TURUN KARNA ORANGNYA PADA MELIHAT KE SEGALA ARAH GITU KAYAK MENIKMATI KESUMPEKAN DI BAWAH. TANGGANYA SEMPIT LAGI HADEEEEUH SELAMATKAN AKU TUHAN.
HAH. HAH.
To be honest, i was scared. I think we were all scared. I dunno. It was a nightmare.
When we finally found a space to breathe normally, we were like, looking to each other, and do a telepathic stare saying Don't tell me we're doing this next time.
Oh, how can i explain all these pressures.
I mean, real pressures, get it? You know, being pushed here and there haha.........
The point is, I have tons of conclusions thanks to my dear friend Chuggy. So lets start with the Choo-choo Probs.
The first problem, to me, is all those facilities. WAIT, the facilities are the problems? Emmmm, secara nggak langsung sih iya. I mean, gini lho, dengan disediakannya kereta ber-AC yang harga tiketnya 2ribu/orang, harusnya udah persiapan dong melonjaknya penumpang KRL.
Bayangin aja sih, penumpang ekonomi gitu sekarang bisa naik KRL yang ber-AC dan harganya juga murmer gitu. Apa nggak risih yang biasanya jadi penumpang, emmmm, kelas atas, tiba-tiba harus satu kereta sama orang-orang, emmmm..................kampung?
Menguntungkan sih emang, buat semua penumpang kalo harganya murah ya enak lah, ya kan? Apalagi bbm naik. Rasanya naik mobil itu harus siapin uaaaaaang gitu. Bisa ratusan ribu tuh kalo pergi jauh. Dan naik kereta? 30 ribu mungkin, dan itu 5 orang.
Sangar kan...
Nah, problemnya ada di pihak KRL, yang belum bisa mengatasi keramaian di stasiun pusat, kayak Tanah Abang, dan ada di penumpangnya, yang segala sesuatu itu pengen praktis dan enak.
Kalo pihak KRL menyediakan tempat yang cukup luas untuk semua penumpang (karena ekonomi udah nggak ada di jurusan tertentu, jadi keretanya satu which means satu gerbong) dan bisa mengatur jadwal, biar penumpangnya nggak rebutan takut ketinggalan kereta, mungkin bisa agak teratasi lah Hell tadi itu.
Dan kalo penumpangnya itu pengertian lah, i mean, susah tau ngatur orang sebanyak debu gitu untuk ngikutin satu satpam tak berdaya diantara seribu manusia yang nunjukin sebelah mana jalan keluar itu. Percaya nggak sih, waktu si satpam itu ngasih tau jalan keluarnya lewat mana, si orang-orang itu malah gini, "Yaaaaa elah lu masa baru ngasih taunya sekarang siiiii? Udah tengah jalan mau keatas neee ah gimana si gak bertanggung jawab luuuu....."
:(
KASIHAN SATPAMNYA DISAUTIN
Nah, the second problem, itu kesadaran dari semua pihak. Yaaa maksudnya sih, sebesar apapun masalahnya kan setengahnya berasal dari diri sendiri............ E-A
Pokoknya penumpang sabar aja nunggu kereta, jangan salahin keretanya dong. Trus kalo stasiunnya rame, ya salah sendiri dateng jam segitu hari itu. Trus kalo ada penumpang yang rakus tempat, yaaa, semua orang kan butuh tempat untuk bernafas. Bilang aja mas geser dong sempit nih kan pasti dia geser.
Oh, atau kalo bener-bener kegencet di stasiun kayak tadi, do it my way aja:
From Bintaro to Depok, and from Depok to Bintaro. An organized plan. Fast and cheap to, compared to taxi cabs. It's just a few stops between those stations, which was pretty close on train. Also, both stations are really close to the houses I'm staying in.
Our first go was rough. The time we got in, the train was already full. We had to stand and try not to bump to other people's majorly big bags (wonder what's inside it, a fridge?). We also had to move whenever anyone has to go out of the train, because we're right in front of the door. Poor Ayrton, he slept on my dads shoe (which i don't know how with bumping here and there all the way).
And that was before we stopped on Tanah Abang.
I don't exactly know how to describe that one-of-the-center-stations-of-Jakarta, but maybe the word Hell might help. IT. WAS. TOTALLY. HOT. AND CROWDED. HOT AND CROWDED.
The station is pretty wide, but not wide enough to hold several thousands of angry people. I myself is only armed with a five-hundred-paged book, and my sister with a bag of chargers. We kinda lost the fight with an angry lady with umm.... her pile of laundry?
So anyway, through all those pushing and hugging our bags so it doesn't fall behind, we finally made it to the train. Fortunately, the train was like half empty and there were so many empty seats! In the train world, you call that Paradise.
When we arrived at Depok that afternoon, we were like soooooo G L A D.
The same thing happened when we made our second go.
HOT. AND CROWDED. HOT AND CROWDED. But this time, it was worse.
Let me ummm, explain this, with the language i use on special occasions.
JADI YAAA, SUUUUMMMPWAH ITU PENUH BUANGET STASIUNNYA JADI PAS KELUAR DARI KERETA GITU KAN YA, SETELAH DIKELUARKAN DARI KALENG SARDEN, ITU GILAAAAAKKK.
PINTUNYA DIBUKA KAN, TRUS ITU GILA LAUTAN MANUSIA BENERAN ITU LAUTAN SAMPE GAADA JALAN KECIL UNTUK KELUAR DARI KERETA. JADI ITU BENERAN DI PUUUUUUEPET SAMA YANG MAU MASUK KERETA, DAN DI DUUUUUORONG SAMA YANG MAU KELUAR KERETA.
HAH. HAH.
TRUS KITA ITU TERPAKSA LONCAT DARI KERETA GITU, NGGAK NGURUS BANYAK ORANG DI DEPAN, TRUS KITA DUUUUUORONG KAYAK BANTENG MBOH IBUK BAPAK ANAK SAMPEK SATPAM KITA DUUUUUORONG.
BAYANGIN DEH AYRTON YANG 6 TAHUN GITU HAMPIR KEINJEK ORANG. RASANYA MIKIRIN ITU SEBAGAI KAKAK ITU PEDES TAU NGGAK HAAAAHHH.
DAN BENERAN DEH NGGAK BISA NAFAS UDAH DISITU BAUK KERINGET LAH BAUK ASEP LAH BAUK KETEKNYA ORANG LAH EEEEEWWWWW MBOH.
DISITU SUSAH BUANGET JALANNYA MAU KE KIRI EH DIDORONG KE KANAN SAMA BAPAK BAPAK. MAU KE KANAN EH DIDORONG KE KIRI SAMA IBUK IBUK. JAHAT BANGET SE HIKS.
BELOM LAGI PAS NAIK TANGGA. ITU GAK JELAS LAGI MANA NAIK MANA TURUN KARNA ORANGNYA PADA MELIHAT KE SEGALA ARAH GITU KAYAK MENIKMATI KESUMPEKAN DI BAWAH. TANGGANYA SEMPIT LAGI HADEEEEUH SELAMATKAN AKU TUHAN.
HAH. HAH.
To be honest, i was scared. I think we were all scared. I dunno. It was a nightmare.
When we finally found a space to breathe normally, we were like, looking to each other, and do a telepathic stare saying Don't tell me we're doing this next time.
Oh, how can i explain all these pressures.
I mean, real pressures, get it? You know, being pushed here and there haha.........
The point is, I have tons of conclusions thanks to my dear friend Chuggy. So lets start with the Choo-choo Probs.
The first problem, to me, is all those facilities. WAIT, the facilities are the problems? Emmmm, secara nggak langsung sih iya. I mean, gini lho, dengan disediakannya kereta ber-AC yang harga tiketnya 2ribu/orang, harusnya udah persiapan dong melonjaknya penumpang KRL.
Bayangin aja sih, penumpang ekonomi gitu sekarang bisa naik KRL yang ber-AC dan harganya juga murmer gitu. Apa nggak risih yang biasanya jadi penumpang, emmmm, kelas atas, tiba-tiba harus satu kereta sama orang-orang, emmmm..................kampung?
Menguntungkan sih emang, buat semua penumpang kalo harganya murah ya enak lah, ya kan? Apalagi bbm naik. Rasanya naik mobil itu harus siapin uaaaaaang gitu. Bisa ratusan ribu tuh kalo pergi jauh. Dan naik kereta? 30 ribu mungkin, dan itu 5 orang.
Sangar kan...
Nah, problemnya ada di pihak KRL, yang belum bisa mengatasi keramaian di stasiun pusat, kayak Tanah Abang, dan ada di penumpangnya, yang segala sesuatu itu pengen praktis dan enak.
Kalo pihak KRL menyediakan tempat yang cukup luas untuk semua penumpang (karena ekonomi udah nggak ada di jurusan tertentu, jadi keretanya satu which means satu gerbong) dan bisa mengatur jadwal, biar penumpangnya nggak rebutan takut ketinggalan kereta, mungkin bisa agak teratasi lah Hell tadi itu.
Dan kalo penumpangnya itu pengertian lah, i mean, susah tau ngatur orang sebanyak debu gitu untuk ngikutin satu satpam tak berdaya diantara seribu manusia yang nunjukin sebelah mana jalan keluar itu. Percaya nggak sih, waktu si satpam itu ngasih tau jalan keluarnya lewat mana, si orang-orang itu malah gini, "Yaaaaa elah lu masa baru ngasih taunya sekarang siiiii? Udah tengah jalan mau keatas neee ah gimana si gak bertanggung jawab luuuu....."
:(
KASIHAN SATPAMNYA DISAUTIN
Nah, the second problem, itu kesadaran dari semua pihak. Yaaa maksudnya sih, sebesar apapun masalahnya kan setengahnya berasal dari diri sendiri............ E-A
Pokoknya penumpang sabar aja nunggu kereta, jangan salahin keretanya dong. Trus kalo stasiunnya rame, ya salah sendiri dateng jam segitu hari itu. Trus kalo ada penumpang yang rakus tempat, yaaa, semua orang kan butuh tempat untuk bernafas. Bilang aja mas geser dong sempit nih kan pasti dia geser.
Oh, atau kalo bener-bener kegencet di stasiun kayak tadi, do it my way aja:
*muka melas*
*jalan miring-mirin*
*tangan pegang kepala*
Dad... tungguin kakak... hhhh.... kakak nggak bisa nafas.........
*pura-pura sesek nafas*
Aduuuh pusing dad....
*nunduk*
PFFFFFT PERCAYA ATAU ENGGAK, GUE BENERAN KAYAK GITU BROOOOOO DAN BERHASIL HAHAHAHAHAHAHA ORANG-ORANG MENJAUHIKU
Oh, dan pihak KRLnya mungkin juga harus perhatian sama penumpangnya. Kalo ada anak kecil atau orang tua, harusnya kasih bodyguard gitu biar nggak ditabrak tabrak. Trus sediain antrian gitu dong, biarkan orang yang di kereta keluar dulu sampe kosong, baru yang masuk. Bikin poster BEN KELUAR SEK PENUMPANGE MARI NGONO MASUKKO GAOPO.
Ah udah mungkin itu aja probs nya. Kan semakin sedikin masalah semakin bagus:)
And about the trainy things... Well, this post, all these chitchats are the Trainy Things I'm telling you about. That. Consider that as your ticket to the train world.
My sister is now trainophobic and i am now allergic to rails.
When someone says All aboard! we ran to the nearest store to buy an ice cream to get our minds off those trains.
You say, get to the train before it leaves you! I say, get away from the train before it sees you!
Or should i say, before i see my dear friend Chuggy.