Scene Uncle and Aunty on a evening walk decide to buy “SOPPU” ( PALAK)
Aunty : Estappa… idu ( How much for these?)
Vendor: Hattu rupaige mooru (3 for 10)
Aunty: Enappa!... 5 koditeeya.. (Can you give me 5 instead)
(by this time there are couple of IT-BT folks back from a heavy duty office work are there..)
Vendor: Illa.. bekadre 3 tagolli.. Illandre beda..
(Some of the folks who have just come... take palak from vendor and just walk away with out even couting the money he has given back..
Aunty frowns and just walks away..)
Couple of day’s back I came across an intriguing conversation, when I visited house of my colleague who is residing in an area where in lot of IT-BT folks/families prefer to stay. His mother was complaining and telling us how the road side vegetable/fruits vendors/auto drivers/small and medium shop owners have changed their attitude towards a simple middle class Bangalore family!
As one of my colleagues puts it the cost of living in some areas like BTM/Koramangala and Indiranagar is higher compared to other parts of the city. From my own experience, When I was looking for 1BHK accommodation for my self few years back, and when I bargained for the RENT.. the landlord gave a weird look( as if I am alien) at me and said, “What you are bargaining here!..No Way!!!!”
Well, Now Getting used to these kind of surprises very often aunty has decided to do a weekly shopping at Gandhi Bazaar in her own usual way
yenappa guru...eeglindane shopping ge tayaari maaDthirohange idhe! :)) getting used to all soppu and tarakari prices and the way of bargaining!! ;)))
ReplyDeletehmmmm...wonder, sometime down the lane u also vl jst ask 4 whatever, take whatever from vendor and walk away...end of day, v also belong 2 IT/BT gumpu alva!!!
ha..ha..ha...:)))
tayari enu eilla.. :-)
ReplyDeleteheege maatadta BTM layout nalli obru aunty helta idru..
Me..doing same thing.. probably not!... Huttu guna sutre bidodilla maga :-)
Right pranav!
ReplyDeleteInfact quite a lot of them compare and complain without realizing how can they really make the difference