Two-motodop ride

Let me tell you my experience with motos yesterday.

I was about to go home.  A motodop stopped to pick me up.  I negotiated my fare and rode with him when he agreed.

His motorbike broke down along the way.  I felt pity for him.  He would probably need to fork out at least a chunk out of his hard-earned money for parts and maybe labour in order to fix his bike.  Since it wasn't very far from where I wanted to go, I chose to pay him the agreed fare and walk the rest of the way.

My motodop accepted the payment but he did not let me walk.  (Hardly surprising - it is out of culture here to walk further then a few steps since motos abound and will take you most places quite cheaply).  Instead he hailed another motodop for me.  He kept half the fare, and gave the second motodop the other half, and asked him to take me the rest of the way.

I was happy to receive this service.

The second motodop took me the rest of the way, and then told me that he was not given enough money.  He wanted double what he was given.  I explained that I had paid that double to the first motodop, but he would not have that.  He explained that he had taken me a long distance and deserved the full price; not half.  I told him that I normally pay that price for travelling from a further point, but he still disagreed.  In the end, we met half way.

I was not happy for the second motodop's insistance.  Had I known he would say this, I would have chosen not to have ridden with him.

In the end, I shrug my shoulders and think "oh well".  It wasn't a big sum of money anyway.  It was the principle of honesty, keeping one's word, being civil (or otherwise) that was troubling, not the price.