The world is expanding.....

The world is expanding....

Or atleast Bengaluru is...

that is what the autowaalahs will make u believe.

I have taken an auto from IIMB to my office on 4 occasions and the fare reported was Rs 71, 85, 91 and 99. Now how can it be so if u take the same route unless the world is expanding. And this is not thermal expansion also coz Bangalore is pretty cooler than other areas.

Bangalore autowalas are one of the roguest breed of people I have ever seen, always ready to con u. The auto rates are pretty high at Rs 7 per km but still no one is actually ready to go by the meter. They demand exorbitant rates as high as thrice of the actual fare. And their arguments are totally foolish - If i take u by the meter i will take a longer route and it will waste ur time as well as cost u more. Now how baseless can that be.

And of the few who are ready to ply by the meter they have tweaked their meters to show a higher reading. In my last trip the guy kept pressing his wiper switch on and off continuously while we were on the road (the wiper was non existent) and so instead of the 11-12 km the reading showed 14 km.

And all this happens because there is no control. People earning fat checks working at the numerous BPO's and other MNC's pay and so it is the common man who ultimately suffers. The police does absolutely nothing.