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I have visited Europe, the US, and Southeast Asian countries, and I observed that all of these places have clear markings and signs on their roads. They feature arrows for left-only turns, stop signs, and appropriate use of dashed and solid lines, among other things. Most of these countries also follow standardization, such as using a specific hexagonal shape for stop signs in the US. I was curious as to why Indian roads lack these markings, even the newer ones, and why the existing ones are not standardized either. This seems such a basic which we should have nailed it by now. Even Vietnam had proper markings and signage.

I live in Bangalore, my kid's summer vacation will be in April-May. Me and my wife both work from home. We are thinking of renting a house in North India, preferably Himachal and visit the places around during weekends.

My work requirement is just stable power and internet connection for meetings.

Is it practical? Anyone from up North can suggest how should I plan this?

This is not the first time I noticed this. Whenever I ordered something from Zepto, the timer stops at 3 minutes for several minutes before it gets delivered. If I look at the time the money got deducted, it really takes close to 30 minutes for most deliveries. Did you notice this as well? I wish the timer goes negative when it beaches the promised time to show their transparency. But again, these are hardcore cheating companies that call them innovative. Can we record this, document it well and comp' く in consumer court? It's not about me. This is about several Indians being cheated on daily basis.

TLDR at the end. Indigo customer care and ground staff are beyond incompetent.

I had booked a flight for my parents from Chandigarh to prayagraj. The flight was supposed to leave Chandigarh airport at 1630 hours land in Delhi at 1720 hours then there was a delhi to prayagraj flight at 1900 hours on 1st Feb Saturday. (Booked on indigo website and connection of flights also provided by indigo)

1st Feb 0900 hours : Got a text from indigo that the flight from Chandigarh to Delhi is cancelled due to bad weather(which was not the real reason as it was a bright sunny day). So I called the customer care and they first told me that no other flight is available . Here I offered to reach Delhi by road but they denied saying it's a connecting flight and I can't board from Delhi. I got a call back in 10 minutes and they told me that they will provide me an early flight from Chandigarh to Delhi(1300 hours), which I accepted

1000 hours: Got a text that the flight is delayed and it'll go at 1500 hours . I called the helpline again and asked them about the issue and whether this flight will be delayed or cancelled . They assured me that it won't be cancelled , they're aware that it's a connecting flight, it's their job and they'll manage to make my parents board the next flight.

1100 hours: the flight again got delayed to 1600 hours. I called the customer care again, I offered to reach Delhi by road yet again and they assured me that it won't be delayed further .

But it happened again after 1400 hours : I kept getting texts of flight getting delayed by another 10 minutes or 15 minutes. It was still possible to catch the Delhi- prayagraj flight. But it was too late to reach Delhi by road.

I had reached the airport by this time. I was told that no connection can be made and the flight is delayed to 1900 hours. They can't manage to send my parents to Delhi so they'll have to cancel . I was on call with the customer care for 3 hours after this , they offered me flights to ayodhya and Kanpur but the roads are closed so I obviously couldn't accept any alternate flight.

The situation was avoidable/manageable. But despite offering to reach Delhi by road in the morning , customer care failed to manage and falsely assured me .

I'm just speculating but I believe they over booked the Delhi to prayagraj flight due to some error and delayed the Chandigarh Delhi flight on purpose.

The flight was booked and itinerary was provided by indigo itself. I booked the flight over a bus and booked it from Chandigarh for convenience, which they turned into a nightmare.

Lost money, time and my peace of mind because of indigo. I vow to never fly with them again.

TLDR : Chandigarh to Delhi flight was delayed for more than 7 hours. Was denied boarding as it was a connecting flight. Got a refund after much efforts but lost my money on hotels and return flight.

I am curious to hear your thoughts, as a 30+M struggling to date in today's fast changing world as someone with relatively old school values.

Is it wrong to express that you are someone who only dates to settle, to find a longterm partner and marry?

That you don't date just to date and have fun and then 'go with the flow'??