I don't understand why cab drivers here are always trying to dupe people from neighboring states?
I've been to Guwahati 6-7 times, and most of the time, my experience was really bad. One time, a driver was supposed to drop me at the airport. He asked me what time my flight was, and when I told him it was in about two hours, he suggested that I should get some food, claiming he knew a good place. I didn't know he was trying to bait me into a trap, he then took me somewhere not that far away. After I had my food, I went back to his car. As soon as I got in and he started driving, he said the total fare would be Rs. 3500. It was not supposed to be more than Rs. 500 based on our previously agreed fare including the new distance travelled for the food. His justification was that he had waited 20 extra minutes for me while I ate the food he had suggested I have. I learned a lesson the hard way and had to pay him 1500.
A few years later, one evening in the 6th Mile area, I wanted to go to KFC, so I stopped a small tomtom. I asked the fare, and he initially said Rs. 20. However, when I reached the destination, he suddenly raised the price to Rs. 100. We got into an argument in the middle of the road, a crowd gathered, and he eventually had to agree to Rs. 20, which was the standard rate for that distance.
This year, I went to Guwahati again to appear for an exam. I booked an Ola early in the morning, and the app showed a fare of Rs. 108. Instead of arriving at my pickup location promptly, the driver delayed and reached 15 minutes later, even though the app showed he was just 200 meters away. I got into the cab, he started driving, and then he claimed his Ola app wasn't working and that the fare would be Rs. 250. I knew this guy was trying to dupe me, so I asked him to either agree to the price shown on the app or just drop me right there. The fucking guy had the audacity to ask me for Rs. 100, claiming I had wasted his time when he was clearly the one who wasted my time by arriving late to the pickup location. I had an argument with him for about 10 minutes, which I clearly didn't want to do, especially since I had my exam the very next day.
I can never understand why they do this to us from neighboring states. I lived in Delhi for a year and never faced transportation issues. Whenever I used Ola, Uber, or Rapido, the rates were always fixed and fair. Man, I know most Assamese people are not bad, but these cab drivers are just straight-up scam artists.