Techie signs up as Rapido driver to meet new people!

NT Correspondent
Bengaluru

In order to beat their punishing and monotonous schedules, corporate employees are now opting for innovative weekend hobbies. Nikhil Seth, a Twitter user recently shared an odd instance of a top software firm employee working as a driver for the bike sharing aggregator Rapido during the weekend, just to meet new people. Seth had booked a Rapido and to his surprise, the driver was a well-educated engineer who works for Microsoft in the city.

“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.” This tweet attracted the attention of netizens and many gave their reactions. It has led to a handful of humorous memes while many others shared their own bizarre cab ride tales.

“Once my cab driver said he is a businessman and drives 3-4 times a week just because his kids are too busy to talk to him! Damn! I was speechless,” tweeted Saloni Mittal on the thread. “You give him 5 stars, he will give you a referral,” tweeted Shresth.

The Twitter post has received over 2,900 likes and over 140 retweets and has been described as peak Bengaluru behaviour. Some of the respondents wondered whether Rapido services are legal, while others remarked he might be single, looking to mingle!