have two drivers! I'm not talking about the backup drivers. I'm
talking about the quintessentially indian side-kicks, the cleaners.
They seem to have their own rules of traffic. They permanently keep
their left hand outside the window, banging the door every now and
then; waving hand every now and then indicating they are taking left
turn, of which the actual driver has no clue. It is suprising that the
cleaners' left hands are still intact in the Indian traffic.
It is funny to watch the driver and cleaner work together. Most often
if not all, the driver plays guru and cleaner the student. The driver
will be the one who turns today's cleaner into tomorrow's driver. The
cleaner neither pays for the training nor gets money for his labor. It
is an on-the-job training. In return, the driver gets the best deal.
He gets an admirer, who treats the driver and the vehicle as the king
and chariot. For the cleaner, everyone else on the road are lesser
citizens!
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I am not sure, how I got into this. But I like your sense of humour and observation.
I am based in B'lore, originally from Chennai - so even your blog title is kinda cute!
To be fair, the so-called cleaners or the jerks, in our thinking, are best cheats when it comes to waving their hand, signalling a left turn, when the driver is actually going straight or going right.
But the best position these guys have (from the perspective of the driver), is that the truck driver ends up being a 'good guy' and the blame ends up too often than not on the cleaner, as people are peeved with his attitude, rather a wreckless one at that!!!
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