I cant bear this anymore......Stories, essays, on how India Sucks.....yet no one who is willing to change the situation
Thats known as dbl fare here, kicks in after 11 pm, 10-11 is time & a half. Course once its 10pm they like to go dbl. Depends how desperate you or they are.the rickshaw will ask you for their own return fares at late evenings saying they dont get bhaadaa. Thus we need to pay for our + their traveling. WTF??
Man , all i can say mumbai must be heaven if things always work economically. The only way you know things are ok is if you're familiar withthe route. If the meter is tampered with and you know the price ought not to be that high, just pay what you think is fair and take the guys's # down and threaten to report. I've found no argument from their side in this case. But you better be damn sure firstNow its not our problem if they dont get bhadaa. The meters too run faster the auto speed lols. Same pune hadapsar manufactured meters are used in other parts of the state but they dont overtake their vehicles and charge the fare like anything but run just right, economically
neoronin said:No one has the right to blame their autowallahs except Chennaivaasis.
Gowt1ham said:I cant bear this anymore......Stories, essays, on how India Sucks.....yet no one who is willing to change the situation
enginear said:I completely agree with ronit.
Me myself and some of my relatives and friends studying there have similar complaints.
You are sounding a lamer or say noob in understanding these points.
Your are not chilldude as you are pointing to but a typical punekar who cant resist the blames.
Thats where you puneri lack..dont accept the reality and try to be great in your self world ignoring the offs & bads. I'm a proud mumbaikar and no issues if people have complaints about my city, i'm cool and everybody has his share of good and bad.
Dude go from shivajingr to any place like warje or kothrud or shanivarwada, the rickshaw will ask you for their own return fares at late evenings saying they dont get bhaadaa. Thus we need to pay for our + their traveling. WTF?? Now its not our problem if they dont get bhadaa. The meters too run faster the auto speed lols. Same pune hadapsar manufactured meters are used in other parts of the state but they dont overtake their vehicles and charge the fare like anything but run just right, economically:tongue:
Yes poona always compares itself with mumbai and other metros which it should not. First they should atleast improve their infrastructures. It should be unique than others.
Dont talk about the efforts to tackle swine flu dude, it was late when they used their slow brains. Havent your read the newspapers at that time??There were only blame games rather than any actions. But looks at other places how they handled the situation. And it sounds so childish that your comparing terrorism with diseases, you definitely need to grow.
Also are you are trying to say that the old man a puneri and other puneri people travelling were jerks? And you are too older than the old man to judge the city...haha!! Now you are yourself ruining your own people dude common wake up. Dont run from your words now.lolz dude.
Now inspite of getting so many proofs you are still ignoring everything... a pitiful act.
I would say if ever this city becomes virtual for a day i will redevelop and plan it properly and then bring it back to life. A reset or format is necessary.
If you still dont believe all this then i think you are a god sent angel riding on a white horse or a ferrari, never peeping out of your house or knowing whats going out in this world and you have got all facilities at your finger tips.
And why you asking someone to leave pune? I will rather say if you are so much in love with the city better dont enter other cities and complaint about it & be satisfied with what you have got.
P.S:
Mods you dont need to close this interesting thread just for this one city. If you do so it means you too are running from the truth. Argument is a part of discussion and just closing it is not the solution Accept the sharings and be cool all of you.
First it's Pune not poona. And what's unique infrastructure? Have heard of unique numbers, what is unique infrastructure?Yes poona always compares itself with mumbai and other metros which it should not. First they should atleast improve their infrastructures. It should be unique than others.
ORLY? Any examples of other cities handling it better?Havent your read the newspapers at that time??There were only blame games rather than any actions. But looks at other places how they handled the situation.
People know who's ignoring the facts and who's a pitiful act.Now inspite of getting so many proofs you are still ignoring everything... a pitiful act.
I will rather say if you are so much in love with the city better dont enter other cities and complaint about it & be satisfied with what you have got.
After 12am(!), wow, you must have come from heavenenginear said:Yes the meters are tampered here in pune and so they run much fast than the auto speeds. And late evenings means not after 11pm but usually from 7pm onwards. After 12am it is understood we have to pay them night fare and it is fair too.
Two things how busy/dead is this Vanaj area ?enginear said:But already their meters zoom like a nitro boost and + they charge their own return fare. Imagine how much it hurts?:no:
Live eg: My bus halted at shivajinagar and i took auto at 7:30pm and went to Vanaj co. area, as per the meter it was some Rs 107 and + the auto driver is asking me for Rs 80 extra, why?? just coz he needs to get back to shivajinagar again and find/loot another passenger. And in place of 102 it should had cost me not more than 70 bucks. Swear if it was a mumbai rick.
yep sounds like they have a capitve market. Shortage always leads to a sellers market, this type of gouging goes on everywhere, try turning the tables if you can.enginear said:And yes they do it everytime and IMO is same case with many people. Theres no nearby direct busstop to go at distant places and passengers have lugguage so they just cant keep changing bus routes esp the PMT bus, so these chaps take that advantage.
i clearly mentioned that charging double is ok after 12 midnight. But they ask for dual fare from evening itself and in that area as i said it is the only mode of transport to distant places.blr_p said:After 12am(!), wow, you must have come from heaven
You need to acquaint yourself with the laws regarding fares & times to be able to argue.
It is a busy zone as it meets to main national highway (mum-pune and pune-satara) and outbound transport trvels through this route. Atleast busy zone till 11pm atleast. And Rickwallas will surely find many passengers in vanaj or kothrud zone any time going to many parts of the city esp. deccan camp.blr_p said:Two things how busy/dead is this Vanaj area ?
..and how many autos did you ask ?
blr_p said:Your Rs.107 instead of Rs.80 sounds a bit steep, almost a 30% markup, 10-20% is like the std markup here, but unless you do the trip very often its impossible to know whether the meter is jigged, illegal sure, but try proving it.
As i said before you are all lucky people who are born and bot up in pune so you know the a-z here and never feel victim to anything like this. So why will u agree with all this. So in your case either the shoe is small or the ankle is up size and so you all are happy go lucky.apollyon said:@cool_dude and djmykey, don't bother replying and feeding the troll. Pune does not need to defended from some lame ass comments made by these guys.
and regarding the auto rickshaw thingie, most of the times the autowallas are clever enough to recognize a moron and loot him accordingly, so if the shoe fits, wear it.
ronit said:...lolZhyeah:
pune sucks in following terms:-- My experience in past 28 months.
A neat guided complaint
Pathetic people all over-- No one will guide you properly. All seem selfish esp. shop owners. If a shop has no particular product he wont recommend or tell us similar shop where we can get it no matter what. We simply hear mujhe pata nahi or aisa koi shop idhar kahi nahi. Poona people think they r real rajas n maharajas. Not a single person will guide you or talk to you properly. They will either be very aggressive or ignorant or simply act Khadoos with you as if doing any ehsaan or upkaar on you. :no:
Today we were at JM road nr McDonalds and nearby there is CROCS shop, my uncles kid liked the shops look and he demanded for a snap off his cellphone and while taking the snap the croc person came out and started shouting and so the nearby watchman saying its not allowed and is illegal n etc etc..and were very harsh & said no shops will ever let you take their shop snaps. WTF? Crap n bullshit:S.
We can freely take snaps of any offices and even reknowned car showrooms then who the hell is this croc in front of them? In Mumbai or any other places we can freely take snaps of any shops and anything unless specified.
Odd bus services-- Bus frequency is worse than anywhere and so is their condition and bus fare. They charge high fares but just look at their maintenance, bus can breakdown suddenly for no reasons anywhere. No windows no proper seats and at times just go on a single DIM headlamp. And after 9:30pm very low bus frequency service to many areas of city even though you may see many people everywhere. Buses wont stop at busstops no matter ther are empty, until you wave hand or even that wont help at times.
To add--
Tin covering the engine which has been already detached from corners..u can also see the road and engine part of bus throgh it!!!
Lights inside the bus are also very dull(jst like 0 watt bulb!!).U will feel like,u have gone to some village side and sitting in Candle light!!
I think PMT buses has never gone through OILING of their engines especially BREAKS!!
Bcoze whenever driver applies breaks,u will get a forward jerk of 3-4 foots!!!!!
Have a SAFE & at on your own RISKABLE JOURNEY in PMT BUSES!!!!!!!!!:bleh:
Auto rickshaw-- Well what to say about these here? The meter goes on and on so fast, even fast than the autos speed. Where we can travel for say 12 bucks these auto meters will shelve your 17 bucks for sure. They charge you even for their own return journey--WTF. and at times they simply charge you flat rates and wont take you by the meter ways.
BTW using same pune mfg meters in mumbai and they seem very economical---shame poona shame :tongue:
Traffic issue-- Unsolved and will remain unsolved for ages to come:-- They dont know how to tackle the traffic so the RTO keeps on changing the routes from time to time n now its one way in most parts. Still no outputs-- i pity seriously.:tongue:--poor pune-- Also if u wanna enjoy free side rides, then this is the perfect place. You can drive in any directions here ulta as i would say, so dont get amazed if suddenly any vehicle comes from front on left side lane.
Women reservations-- If you happen to travel in PMT buses then be ready to face embracing moments from poona women regarding seating rights.
They have full left side row reserved and wont allow any gents to seat there but r not ashamed to sit on any gents seats. It means the transport system is only designed for these ladies and not any man. If you seat there they will DEMAND you to get up and if you deny then they will do jabardasti and start giving bad words. Unke hi baap ka raj hai jaise..
A total injustice on man here.
Is this what is called pune?? Aurat ka gundaraj??
A real pollution FREE!! for all city-- If you have a clean surrounding and r missing some dirt then this is the place to visit and grab some kachra and dirt and what more, you will get much added bonus free of cost.
People in pune dont have money or simply dont regularly check their vehicles for PUCs but they do want BMWs and Audis to own. They dont deserve any such good things infact they should ride a bicycle. They are kanjoos and at times only for themselves they have abundant money to do aiyashiis.
A common man cant even walk on streets, roads or gullies freely without using a piece of cloth around his face just coz of this dangerous pollution.
Global warming is increasing due to a city like this.
Monster men-- Men here will keep staring on your moms, sis, girl friends, or any lady from head to toe. As if men here havent seen a women in recent centuries.
If that was enough then if a girl is standing for an auto/ bus or for any reasons, ongoing men no matter any pedestrian, or truckwalla, tempowalla etc. will especially park besides her and starts to shoot out all kinds of raunchy words to the poor girl, they may even say like 'Chalti kya?' or "for whom u r waiting, come lets go" all sorts of comments on her dresses, physics and what not....just cant speak any more. :ashamed:
It simply indicates that people here have no serious work to do but they do have their precious times for something like this. I pity thier own women- daughters, sis etc.
Kab sudhrenge??
ronit said:Road work is going at paud road and observing it since last july last year but even the contractor and the workers are unable to figure out what exactly they are upto:S they are just digging and filling and again same thing. The road is lost and now looks like a ghaati rasta. But in other cities same work is completed within max 15days and not more.
enginear said:As i said before you are all lucky people who are born and bot up in pune so you know the a-z here and never feel victim to anything like this. So why will u agree with all this. So in your case either the shoe is small or the ankle is up size and so you all are happy go lucky.
Thing that struck me about chennai is how wide your roads are !!Spectre said:For me, Chennai is the best
Bangalore come close second as i find it so similar to Chennai in many ways, the language, food, people(sort of)
though i curse the traffic