Opportunist every were around...

Last weekend i had been to my home town... Usually any long journey is usually tiresome, starting from booking tickets to getting back home. The trip from Bangalore to Madurai and back to Bangalore is also no exception. 

A huge amount of population in Bangalore are not natives of Bangalore, So usually on weekends and Holidays there is tremendous increase in the number of people leaving Bangalore, and coming back after these holidays. Since Both the Bus Stand and Railway station of the city is situated at the heart of the city, traffic will be at its peak on the day before the holidays. The traffic would be literally stand still at these times.

There are quite a lot of people who use this chance to mint money. Previous time i left to Madurai i had to go to the Railway station. Unfortunately it started to rain that day. Auto rates surge when it rains. That day was not an exception. But none of the auto drivers 

that I could get were ready to take me to the station. provided the traffic on that day and rain there wouldnt be any profit to them taking me to the station. But I found few auto's that were ready to give me a ride, but at a higher Price. :-) They were charging high enough that i could pay my onward and return journey for my trip to Madurai in train. :D Does that take so much money for that auto driver to make profit. I don't this so... 

Its reasonable for auto drivers to charge twice the meter ratings in late nights. I think they deserve that money for their work. But what about those fellow who charge four to five times the amount ? These are the opportunist who size such instances to mint money. 

In my last trip to Bangalore i had to take a CAB to hosur in the last minute. The travel agent there again charged me with unreasonable huge sum, since i had no other choices. :( When i reached Bangalore i was about to take an auto back home. It was ten thirty in the morning when the auto fellow was demanding more that twice the amount. I stood in attention to him, gave a salute and started walking. Later i found an auto with slightly more charge to my house. :)

All these fellows were such an opportunist who were unethical. why are these guys like this...? are they really in need of money...? are they in poverty...? I don think so... All these people must be able to make a reasonable living with what they earn. They why were they doing such unethical acts just for the sake of few extra bucks...? How are such people gonna help in country like ours. 

I am not sure why am i feeling weird about these fellows. Am I in such a environment that makes me feel people are ethical ? I'm not sure. These things are very common when we go around. But I felt something was really wrong. So I'm here posting it... :)