For those residing in/traveling to/driving in Pune, some tips:
1) AVOID Meru cabs in Pune. (If you are from Bangalore, this particularly applies to you.) 15 minutes before the scheduled time, the driver will call and tell you that he can't pick you up and will refer you to some other driver, who in turn will tell you that it will take him "at least" an hour to reach you. You will then receive a text message that your trip has been completed.
2) Feel free to make an online complaint to Meru: not sure if it will have any effect, but helpful to get anger out of your system.
3) If there is no option but to drive yourself to drop someone at night, watch out for speed breakers (A new speed breaker comes up every day on Baner and Link Roads)
4) If you are driving slowly on the left, do not get intimidated by a****les who will honk to overtake you: ignore them. They can move to the right lane.
5) If you are on the right lane, drive like an a***le yourself, honk and scare away the two wheelers and auto rickshaw drivers.
6) On heavily crowded roads, be prepared to meet auto and two-wheeler-walas who will drive right into your car from the wrong side and expect you to back up or turn right when there is clearly no space. If they show attitude, forget feminine grace and hurl the choicest of abuses at them (Hat Tip: learn some swear words in Marathi.)
7) Don't feel bad if the concerned driver did not hear you. Again, you at least managed to get bottled-up anger out of your system. Trust me, no. 6 works better than Yogic techniques.
8) If your car or your life matters to you at all, on the way back from the airport, keep to the extreme left because the oncoming drivers headed to airport would be running late and freely crossing over to your side of the road to get ahead [I once drove back a Canadian friend from the airport and he almost went mad because of this].
9) After reaching home, just be thankful that you are safe and in one piece. Show off your manufactured outrage on social media: twitter, fb, blogger, wordpress, whatever's your poison.
10) Finally, blame Modi.
1) AVOID Meru cabs in Pune. (If you are from Bangalore, this particularly applies to you.) 15 minutes before the scheduled time, the driver will call and tell you that he can't pick you up and will refer you to some other driver, who in turn will tell you that it will take him "at least" an hour to reach you. You will then receive a text message that your trip has been completed.
2) Feel free to make an online complaint to Meru: not sure if it will have any effect, but helpful to get anger out of your system.
3) If there is no option but to drive yourself to drop someone at night, watch out for speed breakers (A new speed breaker comes up every day on Baner and Link Roads)
4) If you are driving slowly on the left, do not get intimidated by a****les who will honk to overtake you: ignore them. They can move to the right lane.
5) If you are on the right lane, drive like an a***le yourself, honk and scare away the two wheelers and auto rickshaw drivers.
6) On heavily crowded roads, be prepared to meet auto and two-wheeler-walas who will drive right into your car from the wrong side and expect you to back up or turn right when there is clearly no space. If they show attitude, forget feminine grace and hurl the choicest of abuses at them (Hat Tip: learn some swear words in Marathi.)
7) Don't feel bad if the concerned driver did not hear you. Again, you at least managed to get bottled-up anger out of your system. Trust me, no. 6 works better than Yogic techniques.
8) If your car or your life matters to you at all, on the way back from the airport, keep to the extreme left because the oncoming drivers headed to airport would be running late and freely crossing over to your side of the road to get ahead [I once drove back a Canadian friend from the airport and he almost went mad because of this].
9) After reaching home, just be thankful that you are safe and in one piece. Show off your manufactured outrage on social media: twitter, fb, blogger, wordpress, whatever's your poison.
10) Finally, blame Modi.
2 comments:
You are on a roll. Wonderful!
And, I presume, cathartic. Especially the stuff about blaming Modi ;-)
LOL on point 10 :)
I'm surprised about Meru though. Have tried them several times in Hyderabad without any problems.
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