What is the striking similarity between Manhattan and Mylapore, Kennedy International Airport and Chennai Central Station? Any guesses? Well it is the same haggle, fleecing passengers, rude behavior, and heated exchanges between the driver and passenger.
There is also another striking similarity between India and NYC. Surprised? The Asian culture of picketing lines, calling for a strike, taking taxies off the road spreads to the streets of NYC. NYC cabbies are no different than our auto guys protest here for fare revision and electronic meters and. They have opposed installation of GPS and provision for credit card transactions in their cabs. The cabs that decided to ply on the roads charged a premium and passengers went on a ride-share basis. Doesn’t this sound like our share auto concept?
Who is supporting and front ending this strike? Well It is an Indian…
“Bhairavi Desai, the executive director of the taxi workers’ alliance, called the job action a “resounding success,” as did Edward F. Ott, the executive director of the New York City Central Labor Council, an A.F.L.-C.I.O. umbrella group for the city’s unions.”
Habits die hard and is this what Thomas Friedman means “ The world is flat”?
Did someone say life is same everywhere?
For detailed reading on this visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/nyregion/06taxi.html?ref=nyregion&pagewanted=all
There is also another striking similarity between India and NYC. Surprised? The Asian culture of picketing lines, calling for a strike, taking taxies off the road spreads to the streets of NYC. NYC cabbies are no different than our auto guys protest here for fare revision and electronic meters and. They have opposed installation of GPS and provision for credit card transactions in their cabs. The cabs that decided to ply on the roads charged a premium and passengers went on a ride-share basis. Doesn’t this sound like our share auto concept?
Who is supporting and front ending this strike? Well It is an Indian…
“Bhairavi Desai, the executive director of the taxi workers’ alliance, called the job action a “resounding success,” as did Edward F. Ott, the executive director of the New York City Central Labor Council, an A.F.L.-C.I.O. umbrella group for the city’s unions.”
Habits die hard and is this what Thomas Friedman means “ The world is flat”?
Did someone say life is same everywhere?
For detailed reading on this visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/nyregion/06taxi.html?ref=nyregion&pagewanted=all
atleast chennai taxiwallahs know when to shut their mouths...NYC taxi cab guys give their expert opinions on everything under the sun whether you ask them or not..sometimes I feel giving them extra money upfront so that they would shut their mouths and leave me alone...
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