Unless you have literally been living under a rock or in some kind of hibernation, you’d know how Ola and Uber have unleashed onto Delhiites a cab strike and refused to serve commuters. With the advent of radio cabs and apps that hail us taxis at the press of a button, life had become fairly easy for those of us who hate to drive or better still do not know how to.
The indefinite strike entered its sixth day on Wednesday and no prizes for guessing how harassed commuters have been with the loss of this lifeline. The face-off between the cab-aggregators and cab-drivers began when the latter were employed on the assurance of earning somewhere around a lack a month. The policies changed soon and left the drivers struggling to make ends meet. In a typical employer vs employee rift, Delhiites totally dependent on Ola and Uber have been compromised.
Now, any of us who has been around in Delhi long enough would know how Delhiites do not take kindly to being harassed, no matter what the reason. Cause them some discomfort and brace yourself for the arrows they’d throw at you via their weapon of choice, namely Twitter. A huge portion of the Delhiites on Twitter took to their keyboards to vent their anger soon after the strike entered the fifth day. While some took a snarky take on the situation, some were seen visibly angry and even took to blaming the CM and Police for not taking action. Check out some of the reactions here:
If #ISRO had a launching pad in #Delhi, the scientists would have missed it this morning. #DelhiCabStrike #104Satellites #WorldRecord #drive
— Myles (@MylesCars) February 15, 2017
Delhi metro mein aapka swaagat hai.
#delhicabstrike— Shubham Malik (@ShubhamMalik19) February 15, 2017
@harshsachdeva19 They (Delhi Government) will Blame @narendramodi for #DelhiCabStrike as well 🙂
— Alok Vats (@vatsalok) February 15, 2017
Getting accidentally accepted by cab drivers, feeling lucky, only to get cancelled by them seconds later. #delhicabstrike is the new Tinder.
— Sayantan Ghosh (@sayantansunnyg) February 15, 2017
Thanks to #DelhiCabStrike auto drivers are your besties again. Especially those who put on the meter straight away.
— mostlyharmlessgirl (@JhinukSen) February 14, 2017
#delhicabstrike #Kejriwal failed2control ,they charge fare,surge,add 4 unavailed still Uber &Ola can’t sort out wid Drivers.Audit needed.
— A K KAUSHAL (@ashokaushal) February 15, 2017
This unnecessary and unwanted #delhicabstrike is creating so much trouble to us. #delhitaxistrike
— Deepak V (@Potterhead_Mee) February 14, 2017
#delhicabstrike #Kejriwal failed2control ,they charge fare,surge,add 4 unavailed still Uber &Ola can’t sort out wid Drivers.Audit needed.
— A K KAUSHAL (@ashokaushal) February 15, 2017
#DelhiCabStrike finally the real reason of traffic was fuckin ola and uber…tell you what fuck off cabs hope they get banned soon!
— Aditya Bhalla __ (@adityabhalla27) February 15, 2017
GREED cannot be controlled. #delhicabstrike
— Abhay Anand (@ABHAY_1987) February 15, 2017
#DelhiCabStrike Why there is no surgical strike like Demonitisation on the number of vehicles on road!?
— _ SkyWalk’r _ (@0101surfer) February 15, 2017
Managed to get an Uber finally. Driver hasn’t been stopped yet, but has been yelled at by a bunch of other drivers #DelhiCabStrike
— Dhruv (@madonionslicer) February 10, 2017
#delhicabstrike why we are facing so much trouble? This is the work of Delhi Govt… If they could not do it tell us we will elect new govt.
— Harsh Sachdeva (@harshsachdeva19) February 15, 2017
In all honesty, we’re fairly surprised Delhiites haven’t already announced a counter-strike of sorts.
