My Story: I Gave Him A Hundred Som Note & He Started Yelling At Me...

[ Update: We are sad to realize that this has caused disappointment to few of our members. The title of the article has been changed now as it was leading to misunderstanding. This post is Based on a true incident. The intention of this story is to highlight the behavioral problems that commonly a foreigner person faces during transportation in Bishkek. The story doesn’t blame or questions the language. The story just tries to highlight the behavioral problems. ]

After reading one of the stories about the monopolies of Bishkek Taxi / MiniBus (Marshrutka) drivers for paying extra bucks every time you travel, I decided to mention this as the scenario is not much different even if you travel by mini bus.

Though they won’t ask for the extra bucks but they do tell you to get down from their bus if you are not carrying change. If they have to return a penny or two, that’s not a big deal. They’ll keep it as if that’s their moral right. But if you’re in short of a single som they’ll start shouting.

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Once a Marshrutka driver asked for two som change which I didn’t have at that time, so I gave him a hundred som note and he started telling each and every passenger about it and they all started laughing at me.

I told him being a conductor you must be having a lot of change with you, as I didn’t want to be an object of scorn, he felt offended and he told me to get down then and there. No one from the passengers even tried to listen to what happened and even they were supporting him. I told him I won’t get down and do whatever you want to do.

You cannot make me get down anywhere you wish without my concern. I even threatened him if you will do so; I’m going to complain to the nearest police station. After listening to this, he would understand that this matter is going too far. So, he just ignored. And I remained standing there, thinking how people are.

Even after seeing everything in front of them nobody voiced out for me. In a crowd of nearly 20 people, I was standing alone, nobody to defend me or even to stand for the right thing. So, yeah, that was quite an experience for me and I think there’s no one to take care of these matters.

I don’t even know if this article is going to be read by some higher authority or not. But I will certainly do my part and it’s my moral obligation to stand correct and share my experience so if someone will come across the same situation, they would know they have to stand for themselves and take charge.

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