It started in the morning and like a broken record, went on till late in the night.
Last morning, i walked out of home with my cute little home-shaped lunch bag and my big Yellow handbag, got into an auto and was close to the office when i noticed that the metre showed 505 rupees. On honest metres, the amount is 55. On dishonest ones, it goes anywhere between 60 and 75 - which of course is completely pissing off.
So when i stop in front of the auto, fishing out 60 because of lack of change and handing it over to the autowallah, he turns, sees his metre and asks me how much it comes up to. I told him that 55 was the right amount, and that max it would go up to 60. yes, i was an idiot but that's no excuse for HIS behaviour - he palmed the 5 bucks extra and refused to give it, calling me all sorts of names and getting into an argument. He said that the metre showed 505, so shouldn't i be giving him that much? I lost it with him, and throwing the money on the seat, walked away. Halfway up the stairs to office, i realise i've left my lunch bag in the auto. I run down to hunt him but don't find him anywhere.
Fed up and extremely pissed and hungry by lunch time, M and i head out to the Brigade Road KFC for some meat. Get an auto without problems and ask him to take us there. He does, but stops at the Mota Arcade side of the road. No, no, we tell him, we have to go to the other side. Mulishly he refuses to go, saying there will be too much traffic on that side. And then he grudgingly takes us, muttering under his breath all the while.
Leaving from work in the evening, i find yet another autowallah to go to Cunningham Road. He asks me where exactly, and i tell him, "Near Sigma Mall". As we approach Sigma Mall and he slows down, i ask him to keep going straight and take a right. He stops and asks me where exactly i want to go, and i tell him that i want to get off near Fortune Hotel. He refuses straight out - it's a one-way, he'll have to go roundabout and come back at least a kilometre. Oh, so i have to walk a kilometre just so you don't have to travel a kilometre, i asked him. And he says, Fine, i'll come but you have to give me 10 rupees extra. Fuming, i gave him the metre amount and walked the rest of the way.
Ugh. I hate them. I want to shoot them all or give them a hard death. So much so that i'm thinking of starting a Supari Gang just against Autowallahs. Sneak up in the dark of the night and slit their throats with a sharp knife. Bastards.
