Tuk Driver; Our Kind
Gone are the days where the first question appears from the Tuk Driver once you raise your hand for a hire “Kohatada Ayye?”, yet time has drastically change where we clear our throat to ask “Malli meter ne?”.
Whatever the question is, you back off planet earth once you get into that magical machine. NFS would be a closer comparison for the journey, well the tuks would agree on me.
That kinda people’ve got the most optimistic mind. You tell the place and challenge a time if you really doubt. You and I would point out situations, yet those kinds just see the half meter gap in traffic. When the tuk gets going, Lankan Schumacher starts his session praising the traffic in Colombo eventually ending up recalling president’s generation for implementing pavement diggings. The pavement is his last resort for him to avoid congestion.
Who told poverty is spoken only in diplomatic meetings? If so, tuk is one such place coz the driver is one such victim. Wanna get the daily update on the price list of essential commodities? Forget Google. Go find a malli of OUR KIND.
Yes we know he did not qualify for the parliament but still we would regret for not happening so. Malli knows who will win the election and he got all the facts to prove his statement across all touch points.
If by any chance you got to head a street which is not found in google maps, always expect a famous murder incident from him.
Go pass a playground, Sri Lankan Cricket will be the topic till the end of your Journey, starting from Sanga’s gentlemenship to mothers of neighbour country cricketers. Malli is indeed a good cricket coach and a statistic analyzer. He is such an expert where he would give you the climate and pitch report just by wiping his windscreen and side mirror.
Once you reach planet earth, you only end up paying the hire but you get the professional consultancy for free. That genuine smile of happiness will make your day. You will never regret for paying him that amount.
Note: Tap his shoulder and say “Gihilla enna malli” at the end, you will get a discount for your next hire.
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