so as a woman, as a citizen of Delhi
and as a human being everyday i have to fight for my rightful survival...
#1- have started traveling by metro (new office being in Delhi) metro
travel is painless but what hurts the most physically and mentally is the auto
hiring (a) they don't use the meter, after so many chances given to them to be
fair they just don't (b) they have a lobby with a fixed price point, they don't
budge from that (c) they refuse to go to your destination for their own good
reasons, and in the morning if you try taking an auto from a crowded station, you
HAVE to share. Evening, they just refuse to go because they want to save
themselves from the traffic.
#2- so to save myself from this
hassle today in a good mood i decided to drive down. oh! wasn't a good decision
for the amount of traffic and red lights i had to stop to. But music was a good
save. Now, i stopped at a nearby petrol pump to get the car fuelled. First the
attendant heard 300 instead of 1000 and i don't understand how they do it, but
he filled gasoline worth 300 rs, i had sensed the fishiness already. Then he
apologized and filled the rest of the fuel.
i moved and after a mile I realized,
i have been cheated, had to cross two red lights, take a u turn to go back to
the fuel station and express my concern. Very coolly he accepted the mistake
and said sorry. SORRY is a very good word. i asked him to call the manager but
he said sorry again and requested me to save him from getting fired. Damn
Indians are good with sympathetic-like, emotions both at the giving and the
receiving end. i let it go. (a) He was 17 years old (b) he was nice to me (if i
leave the cheating-me-case out). Imagine if they cheat 10 customers on an
average daily for an average amount of rs 200. An attendant earns 2000 rs.
everyday by unfair means.
many more such things happen daily. And we feel helpless sometimes and give in to
it. But best is raise it. You never know
you might start a new revolution.
