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Mumbaikar reveals why he refuses to take autos in viral post
Of late, Mumbai’s auto drivers have been threatening to go on strike, demanding that app-based taxi services like Uber and Ola be banned. However, a Facebook written by Dhruv Souran, which has struck a chord with several other Mumbaikars, explains just why autos are losing business to the taxi-hailing apps.
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In the post that has gone viral with over 28,000 likes and 18,000 shares, Dhruv details how an encounter with a series of recalcitrant auto drivers left him frustrated the day before his post. “Yesterday morning, I asked an auto rickshaw driver if he will take me to Seven Bungalows.
As usual, he refused, and just stood there. Then I asked another passing auto rickshaw...he too refused and ran off. I asked a third one, he did not even bother to stop. Still, clinging on to dear hope, I requested one more empty auto...he just went off even without bothering to say ‘No’,” he says on Facebook. Souran eventually booked a cab from an app on his phone, at surge pricing.
“Then I told him (the first auto driver to refuse him) in Hindi that he should remember the past 10 minutes that he saw, when the auto unions go on strike this Monday,” he adds.
The ‘Mumbaikar’ doesn’t end his post here. He goes on to list some “inferences” he has drawn from this incident, followed by a message to the government. We’ll just let you read the post in its entirety to find out more.
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