30 minutes

15mins, one more delivery to be done today he thought as he climbed
up the staircase to reach the door. He put is bag down and took a deep
breath. "Bang on time" a voice came from inside when he knocked on the
door. 16mins.

17mins, he knocked at the door again. "Just coming". Would it have
mattered if I was not on time, he thought. He didn't want to go into
that debate with himself right now so he brushed aside this thought.
Usually all days were like this but today was worse. One of the guy
had to rush back home because of emergency. He was handling 3
localities for today. These localities although not very far from each
other were difficult to serve during peak hours. 18mins.

Am I thinking slowly or this guy is taking too much time. This job
in any case didn't require him to think fast. The door opened, a stocky looking guy waring round spectacles came out. 19mins,he picked up is bag rushed back to his motorcycle. He knew he didn't have enough time for the next delivery.

19mins, first kick bike didn't start. 19:01, second kick,19:02 third
kick,19:03, fourth kick. Junk, he dropped the bike. The bike slowly
came down on the road, 19:04,19:05 bang! He can't give up now, he
thought. If he is not able to make the last delivery on time, all the effort would
be wasted. Today's salary again will be deducted. He took out his
wallet 20mins. He had only 2 rupees left. Not enough for tonight's
dinner he thought. When he had joined this job, after sitting idle for
4 months, he had thought that at least he would be able to have one
good meal a day. But then after first week when for 5 days his salary
was deducted because late deliveries, he knew some things never change,
20mins.

He had thought about quitting the job, but one of his friends who had
helped him to get this job persuaded him otherwise. He said soon you
will get the hang of it. Pomp, Pomp a loud horn sound made him come
out of his thoughts, 20:45. 20:47 first kick, 20:48, second kick,
20:49 third kick it started.

21mins, he stopped at the red light. "To do or not to do" he thought.
He jumped, this was the 17th red light he had jumped today. 22mins,
only 2 more kms to go he thought. He saw a traffic police man,
standing 200ms ahead. He entered into the left street. Thank god, I
saw him otherwise tomorrow food would also have been a dream. "To do
or not to do", Isn't this the question every one has to answer at
every moment he thought. And isn't while not doing something one is
doing something. Is there a choice actually, would it matter if the
question was "To not to do or do". Deep within his thoughts he didn't
see another motorcycle coming towards him and he collided head
on,25mins.

Thankfully, no one was hurt. He said sorry to the other person and
tried to start his bike. It didn't start, 26mins. Only few meters he
thought and started running while holding his bike. Why does he land
into stupid these stupid thoughts and questions. He has a job to do
and as long as he gets one good meal a day nothing else would matter.
He has to reach 6th floor he thought when he reached the apartment
building,27:00mins After 15 seconds he was able to convince
security guard that he is not a thief. There is not enough time to
wait for the lift, he thought and started running towards the stairs.
"To run or not to run". 27:45, 1st floor. I need to run fast he
thought. 28:15, second floor. Faster he said to himself aloud. 28:40
third floor. 29:05 fourth floor. 29:35 fifth floor. Faster, 29:40
sixth floor. He took a deep breath, 20 more seconds he thought. He put
down his bag. He looked at the box he was going to deliver. To eat or
not to eat. He turned back,took a piece out of
the box and started eating. He threw rest of the box and started
ambling back towards his home.