Meter down!

Auto driver (AD): Where?
Me: Cathedral road
AD: 90 bucks.
Me: For 4 kms? Meter?
AD: Meter down!

That's the last thing you want to hear. Why don't they repair their meters then, I say. And they always quote exuberant prices, if you don't want to pay they don't want to bargain. What's funny is, they will loiter about in their autos looking for victims to heed to their torture but they will not accept a fair price for a ride, instead, they end up wasting fuel in the process. The irony!

But not all auto drivers are bad. Some of them respect the passenger and work in dignity. Thanks to the arrogant lot, we fail to recognize these good guys and judge them too.

I read somewhere that most of these guys are goons and mask their identities with the 'auto driver' tag. They have much political backing and that gives them that extra courage. The political parties get loyalty points in return. What's the world coming to?

The fact remains that auto meters never work and will not work till god-knows when. For those who depend on autos will have to shell out a large sum of money to go anywhere or walk in the scorching sun or fight back!

Down down!