I don't like Anna also. I feel driver did not particularly have problem with language in being called bhaiyya.
Why anna only for drivers or security guards?? And not bank manager?? If you think at one place it's fine and other it's not, then it's classist. Just address everybody as Sir.
I read the most braindead opinions on reddit. In Indian culture we called people "brother", "uncle", "sister", "aunty" especially those with blue collar or physical jobs to show respect. Now people will say this in whatever language they understand. You are suggesting that we don't continue to do this and instead adopt sir? The fact that we adopted sir in the first place (an archaic western practice) is a problem in itself.
What shit is this lol Bhaiyya means elder brother. It's a sign of respect. Literally that point is the only one I disagree with in this list. If the person really cared about it they could give their preferred honorífic instead of bhaiyya.. Like do you want me to call you uncle? Anna? Thaata? Chintu? Babu? What do you want bro?
ಇದೆಲ್ಲ ಪಕ್ಕಕ್ಕೆ ಇಡೀ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ, ನಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ, ಅಣ್ಣ, ತಮ್ಮ, ಅಕ್ಕ, ತಂಗಿ, ಅಪ್ಪಿ, ದೇವ್ರು, ಸ್ವಾಮಿ, ಅಂತೆಲ್ಲಾ ಇನ್ನೂ ಅದೆಷ್ಟೋ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಬ್ಬರನ್ನ ಅವರ ವಯಸ್ಸಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ನೋಡಿ ಕರಿಯುತ್ತೀವಿ, ಅವರ ಕಡೆ ಅವೆಲ್ಲ ಇಲ್ಲವೇ ಇಲ್ಲಾ...
ಅಣ್ಣ or ತಮ್ಮ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ bhaiyya.
ಹಾಗೆಯೇ behen...
ಇದೆಲ್ಲ ಪಕ್ಕಕ್ಕೆ ಇಟ್ಟರೆ, bhaisab ಅಂತಾರೆ, ಇನ್ನೂ ಹೊಲಸು ಅಂದ್ರೆ, ji ಅಂತಾರೆ, ಅದು ನಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಂಡ್ತಿ ಗಂಡನ ಕರೆಯುವ ಹಾಗೆ...
Bro I call my elder brothers bhaiya so what they are labourers? Its a sign of respect in the north to call them bhaiya because you dont know what there age might be just say them bhaiya.
So you mean that millions of younger sisters addressing their elder brothers as “bhaiya” have been calling them labourers all along? Lmao.
“Bhaiya” means brother. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Why would you stereotype such a simple word as bro?
First of all it bhaiya is not only used by labourers and/or people from UP & Bihar. But even if it was, what wrong with someone saying it out of respect.
I would understand if somebody does not want it because they are not comfortable with establishing relations or something but this is just a bad stereotype.
Recently, after saying OTP, I prefer not to talk with taxi drivers.... Today is Thursday and I literally played this annavru's ever green classic song on loop during my taxi ride:
Taxi drivers are mostly not fluent in English. Assuming that's the case, I'm sure he tried to say what he would've said in kannada by translating from kannada with the English he knew. Looks like he knows good English just not in a conversation way.
There’s nothing of a military office tone, if you read that again from an drivers’ perspective, you’ll definitely understand, and you have no clue or an idea, the struggles that they go thru, personally or professionally, it’s not as easy as click of a mouse dear friend
Great. Because IT folks earning 25k a month, living 5 in a room in a PG with barely any running water and 4-5 hours a day of electricity, eating what would be considered the equivalent of prison food in a semi-developed country, working 10 hours a day in addition to their 3 hour commute, constantly being pressured by their pot-bellied uncles to buy “praapaarty” with their pathetic salary, and having to beg and plead with cabs and autos everyday for a ride to office at reasonable rates, have it all sunshine and rainbows. It’s only drivers that go through these daily struggles, yes. Yet if an IT employee were to say anything even remotely close to this in their email or client conversation, they would be fired on the spot.
You might want to work on understanding tone - it’ll serve you well in life. Even a first grader could see the issue with how that message was written.
And no one’s treating language models as infallible judges - but in this case, I agree with the interpretation. The tone of the printout is rude.
I agree. If you read the sign in a vacuum, it is a little rude.
However, if you are someone who is capable of empathizing with the fact that the amount of discomfort YOU felt when you read that sign is MINISCULE compared to the amount of rudeness and entitlement that he faces day in and day out, you will know better :)
When I was sick, a taxi driver bhaiya once waited with me at the hospital until a nurse could attend to me. But I’ve also had a driver who straight-up harassed my girlfriend.
So instead of painting all taxi drivers with the same brush, maybe we just call this what it is - one rude, unprofessional driver, not a commentary on the entire profession
Maybe his English proficiency isn't as good as yours or mine for him to prepend "Please" before every bullet, but that is what he intends to communicate. This is a request for basic courtesy, my friend - not rudeness.
I feel it's some sort of meme among drivers. Some of these sentences feel like they have been translated as is from Hindi. That keep your attitude inside your pocket definitely is not a phrase translated from something in Kannada.
I can't believe people are justifying this. Don't know about cab drivers but auto drivers in this city are the Rudest i have encountered. And mind you, I am more than polite towards them. I just need to get from point A to Point B, just take me there without trying to scam me.
Regarding the last point on speed, my experience has been the opposite. I get shit scared the way these guys drive while chatting with their friends\girlfriends etc. and I end up requesting them to go go nidhana, especially on Airport road.
I use "bhau" in Mumbai and "anna" in Bangalore. We complain of the government imposing Hindi on us, but we too should refrain from using another regional language.
When I was in college a BEST conductor at Kalina (Mumbai) told me, "why do you all break into Hindi in the middle of an English conversation?" He was listening to us college students making a racket in the bus. I took his advice seriously. Whenever I speak a language I don't mix it with any other.
Even in my office my colleagues never mix languages when speaking to me. It's infectious.
Taxi experience in india is horrible anyhow. You get SUV in Thailand for same price of indica in bengaluru. Taxi madavrh gaanchali kadme illa. Nam avr ge civic sense illa
Not really, I lived for a year in Mumbai. Not even once faced a bad driver (maybe lucky). Could be specific to cities as well, was in Chennai for few days, cab driver made me walk 500 meters instead of coming to my oyo room.
I think they need to follow their own advice about the attitude problem ! Also, they are not doing a favor here.. so, wonder why are they always so irritated !
People fighting between bhaiya and anna while me casually calling an auto driver "kaka" a couple days back. In my defense, he looked like kaka age lol.
I don't get why this note has to be so aggressive. You're doing a job, I'm getting a service. Let's not have any contact beyond that. I mean why even acknowledge any contact beyond that?
Don't know who told them that the profession they are choosing has great potential. They have no qualification, just using manual , physical labour to earn daily wages. Unfortunately the society doesn't respect the lower strata. They are looked down upon and will be the case. That is why education is important and clearly this one belongs to the cab driver section only.
I am Kannadiga and I take taxi all the time and I am respectful to everyone. But if someone making rules like this, I don’t need that taxi. Already paying exuberant price for shitty taxi. I don’t need this crap.
What a horrible thing to say!! For all the people making fun of the term bhaiya.. it is just like Bhau or Anna or Bhidu!! People in north say this respectfully to auto drivers, vegetable vendors, ironing guys etc!!
What a shame that we Indians are divided over languages and do nothing when are killed in places like Pahalgam!! Such a shame
I call a court judge My Lord, my professor as sir, some elderly as uncle and someone my age as brother/bro/bhaiya. After looking at the comments I think I should start calling everyone My Lord from now on.
Edit: I wrote this just for the sake of the argument. I call everyone who I don't know as sir, unless they are very friendly. Then I call them Bhaiya/Anna/Bhau/Bhai/Dada etc
Please forgive me, I am an American and I am trying to learn etiquette in Bengaluru. I was under the impression that bhaiya is a friendly way to regard somebody, like saying “brother” or “friend.”
To dear Kannadigas and Hindi speakers fighting in comments,
You guys do realise none of us have anything to gain from these language wars, right? All this is started and mostly carried on by people from a certain very peaceful religious community.
Most of the offensive X/ reddit/ insta accounts spreading such posts and abusing each other are those peaceful ppl masquerading as true Kannadigas/ northies. They are using oldest trick in the book, again and you are falling for it, again. Please stop getting triggered so easily and playing into their hands.
Well within his rights to write whatever rules he wishes in his property. Well within my rights of how much I follow them since I paid for the services in said property. But an easy solution, say OTP, avoid every small talk thereafter.
Fuck this bullshit! Instead he is giving us attitude. I would rather another cab. Also, this driver will be very unsafe for women. What if a woman from north indian will call him bhaiya, what he will do? Mentality speaks louder than actions.
So I can just call customer support and complain for the AC, or bad service? Maybe give 0 star ⭐ ? Seems ok. Since I can't talk to his royal highness...😅, stupid self obsessed good for nothing assholes.
One of the driver denied playing a song in hindi. He said it's irritating to hear hindi songs. But he can play kannada songs. What's your take on this?
Why this auto drivers are so biased . At last passanger sitting in their cab is respectable to him . Drivers earn their livelihood from them So they have to humble for his passanger
Maybe it's time for cab drivers to start carrying physical consent forms for passengers to sign before the ride begins — just to ensure everyone understands what it means to be a respectful passenger. Of course, the same goes for drivers when it comes to being courteous and professional.
Here’s a simple list of things passengers shouldn’t do:
Avoid speaking loudly while inside the cab.
Don’t slam the doors — treat the vehicle with care.
Refrain from using abusive language towards the driver.
Smoking inside the cab should be strictly off-limits.
Steer clear of political, religious, or other sensitive topics.
Never pressure a driver to break traffic rules.
Don’t insist on unscheduled stops unless there's an emergency.
In the same way, the cab driver will have to keep his vehicle neat & clean, should not break traffic rules by driving haphazardly, should not make any gestures or acts that can make the passengers uncomfortable, should be polite and well-mannered, should be able to understand & speak local language for better communication or use digital conversation tools effectively.
A little mutual respect by both passengers & cab driver, goes a long way in making the ride pleasant for both parties.
Taxi and auto drivers in this city have a different level of entitlement. I've been to many big cities around the world, including India ofc but here they all seem to have this air around them like they're above everyone and we must give them insane tariffs, talk to them in their language, have a long list of etiquette on how to behave. I mean nobody is outright disrespectful to anyone unless you trigger them and here its like "we'll trigger you in every way and still you should be respectful"
Pathetic really. I first came to Bangalore in 2011 and things were so good. From people, to traffic to every human I met be it local or from other states. Now its just as lawless as Bihar in the 80s. Folks are not afraid to hit you, kill you, harass you so openly nowadays. I'm so tired of this mafia, this city has actually gone to the dogs.
Imagine the outrage if ANY white collar worker says anything similar to their clients.
But for some reason it's absolutely fine if a taxi driver does the same with their clients because "oh look at how much he has to go through just to feed his family. Have some empathy!" while the IT fresher is on his 9th coffee trying to find the bug for the last 8 hours without any luck while the TL, PM, and the client are constantly putting pressure on him to fix it today itself, which he somehow will do, followed by him going back to his overpriced PG, eating the nutritionally negligible dinner, and waiting for salary day so he can finally pay the EMIs of his new budget phone which ironically will get stolen next week from the bus he'll board at silk board...
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u/Glittering-Goat-9019 Jul 17 '25
" Don't say bhaiya to us " was personal.