Tuesday, February 21, 2006

The promised Audioblog

This is a recorded fight between four people. Basically, a share rickshaw ride ended in disaster when a man refused to pay the twelve bucks because the driver did not go to the place where he wanted. As a rule, the drivers leave the passengers at the bus stop where they would have been dropped by the bus, if they were taking it. The passeners in these rickshaws are usually people who get bored of waiting in the bus line.

Unfortunately, Koknipada, the bus that takes people to Glaxo, has a low frequency, and consequently, no rickshaws find it profitable to ferry Koknipada passengers, which results in these passengers havin to use Vasant Vihar rickshaws.

The fight takes place when this man who wanted to go to a Koknipada stop is refused by the rickshaw guy, who says that he will take them only to the Vasant Vihar shop. The man then refuses to pay the full fare in anger.

You will hear a comparison of rickshaw fares to hotel menus, abuses relating to the sexual history with the maternal parent, an advice by the passenger on not to convert the rickshaw into a shared one, and a justification by the driver as to why he is indulging in illegal activities for the sake of money.

I join in pretty late, and another guy only tries to coax the driver to go on, but the chief fight is between the rickshaw driver and this old bald man.

Download the blog here.

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