Change ! Change ! Change !
Change ! Change ! Change ! Where do you go for change ? Now I have become a regular bus and metro traveler. Metro card is a useful a “change” avoider but no such luck in buses. Moe often than not , I am in a newly introduced bus running through our colony but it has no number- it says STL in the place of three digit route number. There is a provision for buying online bus ticket with DTC app with bus number. But the effort to pay Rs 15/Rs 20 through the app is a herculean effort with the excellent service of Vodafone. I would value the labour involved at Rs 100 with the prospect of being branded a ticketless traveler if a checking squad boards the bus. Conductors accept Rs 100 notes on occasions but be prepared for more cellophane tapes than currency notes with your Rs15/ Rs 20 tickets. A mild protest would make the conductor show you a partitioned space in his cash bag which will put to shame a museum of cellophane tapes hands down. If you extend Rs 50, the conductor ...
