Being a north Indian, I somehow had this perception about Bangalore that it’s a south Indian region so I would face a tough time in terms of language and food. In any case for a north Indian anyone who belongs to the southern geography of India would be a “MADRASI” and same applies to any of the south Indian languages namely kannada, tamil, malayalam ( Later I came to know that difference between all these is same as difference between Russian, Italian and hindi)
Anyways I din’t have my own vehicle so I started going by autos. That’s when actually I got to know that a thing as trivial as finding an auto can get on my nerves so much that I wud find it virtually difficult to deal with it.
Whatever I had heard about the traffic problems in Bangalore from some of my friends, I actually found it badly screwed up and these rickshaw walas add their share of chaos to the traffic.
If you compare Bangalore autowalas with those of any other region of India you will find the same behavioral ‘traits’. You can not actually predict their behaviour at times. Imagine you r in a fresh mood in the morning and waiting for an auto. You try to stop one auto, the autowala is in so much hurry that he virtually neglects you (God only knows why Bangalore autowallas are in so much hurry, as if they would miss a flight).
Sometimes they throw tantrums at you as if you have committed a crime by asking them to come with you. Moreover Half the times these guys are not ready to come, the reasons they give are ‘there is too much traffic (so what do these guys plan to do idling through the day) or the destination is too far, or too close, or is some god forsaken place to which they feel theirs would be the first auto to go that day! And to top it all half the time they won’t even pay attention to what you are saying If they don’t want to come with you. Whatever the reason be, they are an annoying lot.
And if you talk about fare Phew!!!......
Where on earth can autorickshaw shamelessly ask for one and a half rates irrespective of the time of the day or the place to which you wish to rent the auto to?
These guys have got the nerve to ask for 15-20 bucks more than the usual meter rates. In fact at times they don’t even consider the meter, they will straight away ask for a random rate which is no where close to actual rates.
What these Khaki wala think that everybody in Bangalore is from IT sector, since everybody is from IT they must be filthy rich and can pay any amount, are always desperate to reach whatever lace they want to go so can always agree upon whatever rates they ask for.
What!! they think that they can cheat any poor commuter and yet will get out clean
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The same is true with Mumbai Autowalas, my friend. Since, the fare is regulated in Mumbai, they can't ask for ranndom rates.However,they also similar in nature. By their very nature, Auto walas are the same everywhere. May i call them a necessary menace?
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