Value added service

As usual, on Wednesday morning, I took an auto. This guy is from the Stand at the end of my street.

A few minutes into the trip, the guy passed me the newspaper he was reading and asked if I would like to read it. While it may be a very trivial little gesture, I still liked that he was trying to do something extra for his customer.

Furthermore, during the trip itself, he voluntarily asked where exactly my house was and if he could come there by 6.45-6.50 AM to pick me up.

My experiences last week - on 2 or 3 days - was that I just couldn’t find any auto in the morning and had to take the bus to reach the railway station. This caused me to miss my usual train and hence reach office later than usual.

Anyways, that kind of played into my mind and I agreed to work out the deal with him. And he was there at my doorstep this morning at the indicated time. He greeted me with a big and traditional Chennai Hello Salute. And handed over the newspaper promptly.

I just hope he doesn’t ask for a hike in the rates due to the hike in fuel prices declared today. In any case, Raghu is going to arrange for my bike to repaired, so the arrangement could be only a short-lived one. But till that time, I am going to let myself be pampered like a King!