breaking up with your rickshaw driver

...manju's been very accommodating, i guess he's taken me round town at least 10 times since our first meeting outside the Green Hotel...each day Manju would be asking "what time tomorrow?" "Chamundi Hill tomorrow?" "Shops tomorrow?" Like all relationships, the one with the rickshaw driver requires patience and communication...and you've got to know when to call it off. There's variation in the price, some rickshaw drivers, when you ask the price will say "you decide", they're keen to upsell you to further away locations for more lucrative fares...either way Manju's a good one, upfront and honest...maybe it's just coz he's young and hasn't learned to lie with a straight face...yet

my scooter's given me a new lease on life...freedom and independence...and I'm pretty settled in Gokulam, get along to Loyal World when I need to, eat out at Green Hotel, Green Leaf, Alia's, Santosha, 3 sisters, Sandhia's, Aunties, Dasaprakash...all places I can get to on the scooter...

telling Manju that I don't need to be picked up everyday is difficult...we'd arranged a time yesterday, but I decided to break it off. Manju calls up on Monday and says "I pick you up at 5 today?" I say no, pick me up Wednesday at 5...Manju asks "tomorrow at 5?" i say No, no, Wednesday at 5, he says ok...today at 5? We repeat this cycle a few times until we hang up with me unsure whether he's going to show up at my flat today or not...so, I wasn't there at 5, or the day after...and no phone call...why hasn't he called??? i think we're officially broken up...good thing there's another 2000 rickshaw drivers in Mysore...