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Oct 8th, 2009, 10:46
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| Sssmokin.....  Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chennai
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| Tea making by IRCTC caterers Think Before Drinking tea while travelling by Indian Railway ( IRCTC ) 1. Caterers use toilet water for making tea.  2.Your tea is made in a special zone near toilet.  3. Bath heater is used for making tea.  The snaps attached were taken by one of the passenger while he was travelling in Konkan Railway. Its really disgusting.....  | |
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Oct 8th, 2009, 11:38
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| Junior most member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Mumbai
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| I also got this forward Prasad.. Really annoying to hear such stories.. | |
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Oct 8th, 2009, 12:26
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| Professional cynic Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: जोर बाग़,New Delhi
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| Hmmm, I sort of knew this but managed to blank it out while traveling by train. What can one do? Please tell me that at least the food is picked up in a station and distributed on the train, not made like the tea in some dirty pantry car. ....going to get myself a set of tiffin boxes and thermos I think  No wonder Indian passengers travel with 60 kg of luggage.
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Oct 8th, 2009, 12:59
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| the food is mainly packed right next to the toilets in your coach itself.... | |
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Oct 8th, 2009, 15:01
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| Neigh Sayer  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India
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| We take a flask of our own tea. For the return journey we ask in some hotel, where we have eaten, to fill it for us.
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Oct 8th, 2009, 15:09
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| brother my cup is empty member  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: yörp
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Has anyone considered it may be just a hoax?
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Oct 8th, 2009, 17:18
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| perhaps... one fact to keep in mind... the toilet water or the water that is stored in the trains is usually obtained from RO plants installed on the stations... perhaps not all stations but ive seen RO plants at some stations... just cant recall which ones...  | |
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Oct 8th, 2009, 17:50
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| Professional cynic Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: जोर बाग़,New Delhi
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| Don't know if it's a setup, the pictures 'feel' real to me. The only thing that looks a bit off are the tea bags hanging in the big pot, usually they just pour you the milky water and give you a teabag, no? | |
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Oct 9th, 2009, 12:43
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| I've travelled 50,000 kms on Indian trains, I couldn't even calculate how many cups of chai I've had, but it must be more than 1000, and I've never become ill or even had an upset tummy after a chai. I guess I just love toilet water.
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Oct 9th, 2009, 13:00
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Oct 9th, 2009, 13:04
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| Maha Guru Member  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bangalore
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|  Nice one Steven!Maybe we will feel better if we start calling it Eau de Toilette. | |
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Oct 9th, 2009, 13:07
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PS: I spent three days this past week in sheer agony. had to travel to pune for an interview. the trains both too and fro were diverted due to sections of the track being washed out... i refrained from having any meals during the 3 days.... and i never miss more than one meal any day.... on top of it... the late arrival threw the schedule completely out of gear and i turned up for the interview in jeans and a tshirt stinking like a pig | ||
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Oct 9th, 2009, 13:11
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 | Sorry.. I may be a bit off the line here (definitely not trying to be Sherlock Holmes). I saw this forward in my mail too. And the first impression was YUCK! Then I realized, how many times I had that tea myself. Did I ever fall sick? No. Then I read from Steve "I guess I just love toilet water." May be I love that water too....  But ti be honest, is that really in a train? Or are we made to believe that is in a train with the words "Konkan Railway" and the "IRCTC" cups?  I have never seen a water heater in a train... or may be I missed seeing one Just may be.... may be... it might be one of those hoaxes... May be true too  Souvik | |
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Oct 9th, 2009, 13:18
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| not just the tea cups mate the uniform also lends to the impression.... but the location does not look like a toilet.. | |
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Oct 9th, 2009, 13:26
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