Pay 6 rupees for a 8 rupees ticket

Well, this happened on the BEST (where else?). The other day I was travelling in the bus and as always there was a discrepancy in the fare known to the conductor and what it actually is supposed to be. Anyway we were pretty sure as to how much we are going to pay. Tucked inside our bags was the printout which would have been conclusive proof anyway. The conductor punched the 8 rupees ticket, thought over for a while over what we told him, and then took 6 rupees. Probably no scope for asking further questions.

I wonder how many other cases of this kind take place all day. It must be amounting to quite a decent sum. This would anyway go a long way in helping the BEST pay those hefty bonuses to its good-for-nothing staffers. Also theyve to pay several crores to the BMC or the MMRDA - for using the flyovers. Thats beside the point that only two routes out of 350 use the flyovers. I guess when the authorities decide to do things illogically, they do so with will, or as Mumbaikars would say "wholesale me".