Jul 16, 2016 06:06 PM
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I usually take private cabs for all my local travels. So this time I thought lets try a shared service. I used OLA application for this.
First of all it took me around 40 mins to get a confirmed booking. Previous to this I have confirmed 3 bookings which were rejected by the cab drivers. The reason they said is they were either too far or they just said to cancel the booking. One point here is that they themselves do not cancel the booking but ask the customer to cancel it. This is to save their incentive loss.
Well I was happy that I finally got a cab. Already a passenger was sitting in the rear, so I took the front seat. The first drop was for the other passenger. After she was dropped, the driver confirmed 2 more booking in a short span of time. At this point I was just 3km away from my destination.
Now one more lady boarded the cab. This was fine as she was in the way of my destination. But with the other booking the driver went out of the way back almost 5 km for pick-up of the 3rd passenger. This was so annoying. I controlled my frustration and thought its ok sometimes. But the very next moment the driver said the first drop is of the second lady. At this moment I learned a lesson that I will never take a shared cab service.
Finally I have to walk around 200mts to reach my office by paying the full fare.
