We, as teenagers and young adults live off our social life with the 'Pocket
money' from our parents.
Be it the 3G data pack you activate every 28 days (cause 30-day month is too mainstream for telecom idiots) or the sub-veg you pay so generously for.
Our staple pocket money ranges anywhere from 500 to 3000 per month depending upon your parents mood then, your marks(!) and the credibility of your reason to spend the above said money
Be it the 3G data pack you activate every 28 days (cause 30-day month is too mainstream for telecom idiots) or the sub-veg you pay so generously for.
Our staple pocket money ranges anywhere from 500 to 3000 per month depending upon your parents mood then, your marks(!) and the credibility of your reason to spend the above said money
We (read
ME) give out some fantastic reasons to get some money out of their pockets. We
would’ve have gone so far that we’ve created and killed characters, severely
injured our friends, went on non-existent field trips, paid for courses we never
attended, over paid our courses, fined ourselves and what not?
Yeah, yeah
we know the value of money (rolling eyes) and we want to spend less. But there
are days where a single 100-rupee note would have saved our lives from acute
hunger or great embarrassment.
But have
we wondered what a 100-rupee note could get you in the city? It doesn’t fetch
much these days, but here is what you could bargain off a 100-rupee note in the
metros.
-A one-day
pass of 50 rupees to travel within the city limits in MTC bus. IT can also
fetch you tickets within the outskirts of the city.
-A share auto
to places unreachable by public transport and these are usually within 30
rupees.
-A normal
auto to reach those destinations quickly. Sometimes it may go above 100 bar but
you’ve got to be crazy for that.
-Do not
forget Train Tickets!
-Your
phone’s recharge. 10 rupees to 100 rupees. You choose.
-Movie
tickets if you feel you’re not generous enough that day. 10, 50, 70 ,80 the
rates vary with theatre (pathu rooba
ticket na sema mass)
-Your
popular chaats like samosa, bhel poori, kachodi, pakoda, paav bhaji etc. all
come somewhere between 10 to 50 rupees.
-Paani pooris!
I’m specially mentioning this cause I’ve seen paani poori ranging from 5 rupees
to 60 rupees per plate. There is something in those rasam filled globes.
-Soups and
juices, those are just delights that you’d love to indulge yourself at any time.
They are usually charged from 10 to 80 rupees per glass with juice being the on
the costlier side.
-You know
a tummy full breakfast or lunch can be achieved from AMMA mess. A sambar rice
packet costs 5 rupees (be jealous other states!). Cost of a full meal 20 bucks
only.
-And also
an AMMA water bottle costs 10 rupees.
-A Quarter
bottle of alcohol costs 70 rupees and above, depending upon you and your
friends’ purse weight.
-Go Pondy
bazaar or T-nagar and you could grab some good looking (underline good looking)
T-shirts, shoes and wallets.
-Girls can
go binge shopping all day in Ranganathan street with a 100-rupee note. Jimikis,
chains, earrings, bangles, anklets, purses, handbags and more are available
starting from 5 rupees. Though men beware, more chances that you’d be spending
a few hundreds if it’s your beau.
-A hour of
internet browsing at your café will usually cost 30 rupees these days.
-Few
packets of your favorite 2 minute noodles can be bought with a 100-rupee note.
-Those
munchies you love but they come with lot of air costs only 5 rupees.
-Your data
pack for a week.
-Those
excellent parotas that cost around 10 rupees per piece.
-Almost 1 ¼
liter petrol for your beloved bike.
-If you’re
interested much a session of gaming in your local place costs 30 to 100 rupees.
-An second
hand Novel is usually under 100 rupees.
-You could
get your hair cut and also your face shaved for 100 rupees.
-Our
beloved traffic police men who hold you back for no obvious reason are soothed
by a 100 rupees.
Now you
must wonder why I’ve given this obscure list of things and prices you already
know, because today I saw a kid of ~8 age selling some worn out vegetables for
money. I’m sure he was not one of those scammers, he was honestly helpless and
hungry. At that moment I wished I was not a bit selfish and also I had an extra
hundred rupees.
I just
wanted to put through that we can spend our money more sensibly and
responsibly.
~Money
Matters
Yeah.... There is always an unfilled gap in the society which swallows these characters hiding them from our eyes when we go on to lavish mode
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