Travelling by autorickshaw can be costlier compared to other modes of transports like bus and metro. And when it comes to a city like Bengalurur, infamous for its traffic woes, the fares can skyrocket. A Mumbai software engineer visiting Bengaluru shared his experience of how he was overcharged by a Ola auto driver.
Prashant Yadav, a senior frontend engineer at Razorpay in a tweet explained he had booked an Ola auto from the City Station, but the driver cancelled the ride and demanded Rs 100 extra to take him to his destination.
"Got down at Banglore City station, booked an Ola auto, auto walla called me near him, cancelled the auto, and said sir Rs100 extra do what you see in Ola fir jaunga (pay me ₹ 100 more than what the Ola fare is, and then I'll take you to your destination)," he wrote on Twitter.
"I wonder how the middle class survives in the city as they consider everyone wealthy," Yadav added.
The moment he shared his experience on the microblogging site, the post went viral and sparked a wave of anger among other such users.
The post has so far amassed over 60,000 views, 506 likes and tons of comments.
"Welcome to BLR! You will get used to the rejections (cab/auto/residence etc), commented one user on the post.
"I see Bangalore is worst in this kind of thing, Never faced anything like this in NCR," wrote another user.
"They tend to do this near stations a lot, take the metro if possible and book from there. They just want to scam you thinking you’re new. It’s lot lesser in daily usage than many other cities," wrote a third.