MTC carries 44 lakh passengers a day. Who said it ? Well... visit http://www.mtcbus.org/ for more details (I just found it though, cheers to google). Now, whats the big deal ? Keep reading...I happen to travel by MTC for the past 2 weeks for just around 2 to 3 stops (Costing - Rs.2/- @ WhiteBoard Bus and Rs.2.50/- @ YellowBoard Services). Whenever I boarded the YellowBoard, unfortunate enough, I had only Rs.5/- with me in a single coin. The bus conductor returned the ticket with balance only Rs.2/- and cooly said, "I don't have 50p change, you can see my bag. if you have 50p change, give it to me and take 1 rupee" and just walked away from me. Well, I didn't have it. Thought 50p only... lets forget it. Now, interestingly... the bus conductor did the same with around 5 passengers before I got down at my point, which is only 2 stops. Thought again, Rs.2.50/- for him... Didn't wanted to think more deep... left it.
The same 50 crap continued for around 4 days. From a normal man's point of view, this will make him feel cheap that an article for 50p sucks... but think yaar....!!!!
(Note: Calculation made below is on purely on my guess, but still considering only 10% is way LOW... you know that)
Change unreturned X 10% of daily travelled passengers per day
(i.e.) 50p X 4,40,000 = 2,20,000 /- PER DAY
I hate to disclose, but thats my 6 months' Salary...!!!!!
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Well the one lesson I learnt is to always carry loose change when travelling by bus. Esp 50 Paise and 1 rupee coins. Not everybody does that though.
I had written about transportation issues sometime ago and am trying to follow-up with that article by trying to travel by bus in and around Bangalore. It has been interesting so far.
Its just that nobody is aware of this fact. 50p for an individual is nothing... but when looked at this way, its BigBucks...!!!
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