This American Woman Just Showed Us How To Not Get Ripped Off By Rickshaws
Now you know exactly what to do the next time the rickshaw-wallah refuses to use the meter.
YouTube user Christine Fair uploaded this insanely funny video of what she did when a rickshaw driver tried to swindle her for some extra money.
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Christine is a professor and author who has written extensively on South Asian politics, and according to her website, she can "cause trouble in multiple languages."
Christine was in a rickshaw in Hyderabad when the rickshaw driver refused to charge her by the meter.
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Christine explains (in surprisingly fluent Hindi) that the rickshaw driver refused to take her to the Charminar.
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She hilariously goes on to say that she's got nothing to do, and she can sit in the rickshaw ALL DAY LONG.
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She also offers to sing Bollywood songs to entertain anyone else who might want to hail the rickshaw.
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Eventually, the hapless driver relents...
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...And he turns the meter on, which sucks because we were really getting into Christine's amazing performance.
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But yay for Christine!
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Now you know what to do the next time a rickshaw driver tries to rip you off.
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