Anyone who has come across the species called rickshawallas know the plight that I am talking about. The obnoxious, self-centred, egoistic, so called "Public Servant" who are unwilling to go anywhere. What more, I have the misfortune of encountering these species in two different cities every week, the Puneities and Mumbaikar. Each bearing the similar attitude of not wanting to go anywhere you want to go.
A rickshawalla in Pune are totally disinterested in taking you any where and often quote exorobent prices to take you for short distance, even though they have been supplied a meter, under the pretext that they wouldn't get a return fare. They look at you as if they are doing a great service to you and are mostly unwilling to go.
The Mumbaikar ones maybe a bit better, but then they are always saying no and shaking their head. "Ek number chalenga???", "Orlem Chalenga????"...each of these are met with the same reply, "NO". Imagine you just arrived from an approximately 4 hours journey, you are roaming with your baggage and you are unable to find a rickshawalla to take you, at the same time you are competing with a bunch of people. At times I do give these guys the finger salute and the choicest of words.
But in the end we all are tortured by these species in one way or the other. Whether you are riding in one or encountering one while you are in the comfort of your own vehicle.
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