Jyothi contributes once again to this blog. As usual, she is her witty self.
Shumit and I were driving on ECR on his motorcycle. Suddenly a cop pulled us over, at a standard checkpoint area, and asked to see Shumit's license. At that point, Shumit had not applied for one. He started to empty his backpack of documents, pretending to look.
"I'm so sorry, I must have left it at home," he said.
"500 rupees," the cop said. After some persuading, Shumit negotiated him down to 200 rupees. Suddenly I remembered a technique I'd read about regarding how to reduce fines, and decided to try it out. I started to abuse Shumit.
"What? You left your license at home again? I can't believe this! How can you do this?" I said raising my voice, giving him angry looks. Shumit looked momentarily confused, but then understood, and then was fighting to supress a smile.
"Yeah, I'm sorry," he said mock-solemnly. "I can't believe I did it again." I shook my head, rolled my eyes, sighed angrily, folded my arms, and put on a grouchy face.
The cop watched the scene. He must have thought a.) this guy really does have a license since his girlfriend is angry at him for forgetting it b.) poor guy is going to get a big lecture once they drive off again.
And he reduced the fine to Rs. 100!
A technique worth trying out, and definitely not restricted to females -- angry boyfriends can also produce same effect
Thursday, July 12, 2007
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Cops think women/girls drive with licence so don't bother stopping them. Also these so called tough cops can't handle a tearful woman and so stay away from any situation that may cause them to confront such a situation. People like Shumit are easy target as he looks very young and will probably nto have his licence, RC book, insurance etc., :-)
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