Comments on: The intricacies of Auto Rickshaws http://www.fixedeyes.com/archives/2006/03/25/auto-rickshaws/ We're Missionaries in training sharing stories of our life with Christ and each other. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:19:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: RamanadhaReddy http://www.fixedeyes.com/archives/2006/03/25/auto-rickshaws/comment-page-1/#comment-240 RamanadhaReddy Mon, 27 Mar 2006 21:21:28 +0000 http://www.fixedeyes.com/?p=125#comment-240 This article to some extent helped me understand why I was so afraid of commuting in cities by an auto-rickshaw. Thank you. This article to some extent helped me understand why I was so afraid of commuting in cities by an auto-rickshaw. Thank you.

]]> By: micah http://www.fixedeyes.com/archives/2006/03/25/auto-rickshaws/comment-page-1/#comment-239 micah Mon, 27 Mar 2006 06:03:04 +0000 http://www.fixedeyes.com/?p=125#comment-239 My Tips for Rickshaws, Collect small currency from every transaction and exchange. NEVER pay in stores with exact change, pretend to only have big bills. Save the small ones for giving tips, rickshaws and to the poor. It's the only way to pile up lots of small coins. This way you can pay exact Fair on rides. Always ASK the driver before hand if he has Change, if your in a culture where they lie about having change at the end of the ride, get used to asking to SEE the change before hand, but dont act too serious about it, have a good laugh when they wont show you, dont get offended at people who PULL away when you ask like this, they are not offended because you asked, they are offended because they believie they have the RIGHT to cheat you as a foriegner, seriously. ASK for the METER, have them RESET it when you get in ASK them to reset they may have reset it 2km ago and it will still show the minimum reading becuase the first charge alsts several KM usually. WATCH THEM RESET it. GIVE A TIP always, let the m know in thier language it is a TIP even if they are rude or mean. You are showing respect that as a FORIEGNER you recognize your ability to pay more, even if its not waht they ask. DONT give what they ask, give what your ready ot in terms of tips. In a dispute LEAVE the money on the seat and WALK away and thank the man, and mention the words HONESTY, and INTEGRITY, or JUSTICE in their language. POlitely. ?BE loving but dont fight too long. Threated to ASK the police to get involved, the police know what they do. They will help. The cab driver will NOT want the police to intervene. Sit near the door. IF a rickshaw driver takes you to a strange location and slows down STEP OUT quickly and ask him what is going on. In some cities they do this so GANGSTERS can jump in and sit wiht oyu and you are trapped and they take your money. Be friendly, ask them where they are from, how many brothers and sisters they have. They are most likely NOT from the city. Ask about that. It will be harder for them to cheat you afterward because you've shown you care. Pray for them, some of them are GREAT guys, not all are crooks. Pray for the crooks and the nice guys. What else.. thats a start I'll post more as I remember them! My Tips for Rickshaws,

Collect small currency from every transaction and exchange. NEVER pay in stores with exact change, pretend to only have big bills. Save the small ones for giving tips, rickshaws and to the poor. It’s the only way to pile up lots of small coins. This way you can pay exact Fair on rides.

Always ASK the driver before hand if he has Change, if your in a culture where they lie about having change at the end of the ride, get used to asking to SEE the change before hand, but dont act too serious about it, have a good laugh when they wont show you, dont get offended at people who PULL away when you ask like this, they are not offended because you asked, they are offended because they believie they have the RIGHT to cheat you as a foriegner, seriously.

ASK for the METER, have them RESET it when you get in ASK them to reset they may have reset it 2km ago and it will still show the minimum reading becuase the first charge alsts several KM usually. WATCH THEM RESET it.

GIVE A TIP always, let the m know in thier language it is a TIP even if they are rude or mean. You are showing respect that as a FORIEGNER you recognize your ability to pay more, even if its not waht they ask. DONT give what they ask, give what your ready ot in terms of tips.

In a dispute LEAVE the money on the seat and WALK away and thank the man, and mention the words HONESTY, and INTEGRITY, or JUSTICE in their language. POlitely. ?BE loving but dont fight too long.

Threated to ASK the police to get involved, the police know what they do. They will help. The cab driver will NOT want the police to intervene.

Sit near the door. IF a rickshaw driver takes you to a strange location and slows down STEP OUT quickly and ask him what is going on. In some cities they do this so GANGSTERS can jump in and sit wiht oyu and you are trapped and they take your money.

Be friendly, ask them where they are from, how many brothers and sisters they have. They are most likely NOT from the city. Ask about that. It will be harder for them to cheat you afterward because you’ve shown you care.

Pray for them, some of them are GREAT guys, not all are crooks. Pray for the crooks and the nice guys.

What else.. thats a start I’ll post more as I remember them!

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