From weather to its people, Bengaluru is a pretty unpredictable city. There are companies that offer 30-minutes ‘nap time’ and then there are autowalas asking you ‘login kabka hai?’ to ensure you reach the office on time.
You never know who you’re conversing with. Maybe your food delivery agent is the owner of a flourishing start-up.
Well, this is precisely how this Twitter user reacted when he came to know that his Rapido driver is a software engineer at Microsoft.
Taking to the microblogging site, Nikhil Seth shared that during a casual conversation with his bike-taxi driver who was driving him to his location, the man revealed that he is an SDET at Microsoft and drives on weekends just to talk to people.
My Rapido Driver today was an SDET at Microsoft & he told me that he drives just to talk to people and as a hobby on weekends. @peakbengaluru
— Nikhil Seth (@NikhilSSeth) July 24, 2022
This might come as a shocker to others, but the probability of such incidences happening in the silicon valley of India is high. Kind of a normal and ‘peak Bengaluru’ behavior, TBH.
This is how people online reacted to reading about this incident.
You give him 5 stars he will give you a referral pic.twitter.com/FkKr74mIvm
— Shresth ⚡ (@ShresthKapoor7) July 24, 2022
Nah bro! He into startup and he’s hiring
— Praveen Naik (@praveencn77) July 25, 2022
You must be feeling lucky to have such a great person. 👍
— Esskayem Bharat (@esskayem08) July 25, 2022
Not a bad idea to chill. https://t.co/uSvmZJ9MSz
— Raj – VRProudOfThalapathyVijay (@lkrajkumar) July 25, 2022
Hats off to his skills of listening and speaking on a rapido bike with a helmet ..Either he is weirdo or this guy is lying… https://t.co/8kXD97xTFo
— 🙏💉🏘😷😷 (@yadav8897) July 25, 2022
Bro did what i wanted to do. https://t.co/uY3pYueAMt
— Vikas (@knowledgeiswine) July 24, 2022
Told ya, it’s pretty common.
Once my cab driver said he is a businessman and drives 3-4times a week just because his kids are too busy to talk to him!
Damn!! I was speechless
— Saloni Mittal (@whysaloni) July 24, 2022
In which school i studied upto 10th they were three brothers managing and owing the school(financially sound) and younger one was on Sundays going to do labour work in bus stand for enjoyment only…
— Irfan Shah (@IrfanSh87692385) July 25, 2022
What about I selling pizza on weekend! .. Because I get complement for my pizza than my IT work and I love it.
— Blockchain🇮🇳: Transparent Govt: Future (@shnx88) July 25, 2022
I also do that 🥲
— Prithviraaj (@mr_darbar88) July 25, 2022
Before pandemic I also used to do the same (sRide & Rapido) in Kolkata , but obviously it was not for money 😊 https://t.co/KclOkG3Vsh
— Iɳɗʀɑɳiʆ HRx Bɑiɗyɑ (@iPikuHRx) July 25, 2022
If you don’t know what to do in Bengaluru then you might consider exploring the city. You will either make a lot of friends or will get a great idea for a start-up! 😁