After spending two days with my driver I have already formed an opinion of him, and it is not a favourable one. I don't recall his name, which you may think is rude of me but given the unusual names here in India, I doubt most of you would be able to remember his name. Anyhow, I have been watching him closely and believe he is of low character. My first indication is that he deliberately attempts to run down any pedestrian on the street. I don't believe he would actually run over the person, but he cuts it pretty close. He has gone so far as to go out of his way to scare pedestrians off the street. He does it also with other cars or motorcycles that he believes are crossing into his territory. This evening I awoke from my daze in the back seat as he pulled into a gas station. I immediately thought "the lazy bastard" he had 8 hrs to himself (waiting for me) and he didn't bother to fill up! However, he then started to lean on the horn to scare people out of the way, at which time I noticed he was taking a short cut through the gas station - clever fellow.
I was quite disappointed with him this morning. I found out at 7am that I was to report for a breakfast meeting in downtown Mumbai ( 1hr away - with good traffic). When he arrives I ask him to take me to a certain hotel and he eagerly agrees, but it later becomes evident that he has no idea where this hotel is. Rather than admit this, he tries to suggest that I go to another hotel (same name) which is closer. Eventually I give up and tell him to take me to the original destination which he knows. I can see the relief in his face, as he wasn't quite sure how to handle the situation.
On Sunday on the way back from Mumbai, I asked him to take me to a barber and he told me that he didn't know any barber's in this area and I should wait until the next day. He said that he only knew barbers in another area of town - very far away - or so he said. Sure there are only 1 million people within 2 km, but no barbers.
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