Here’s a message I found on an auto recently:
It seems to imply that the person patronizing this service is…a female horse….!
But it’s actually the Kannada-ization of the emphasis on the word customer… (phonetically, "customer-Ey")
Messages like these really add spice to the humdrum day….here’s another romantic message on another auto….
That says, "the mind is full of you"….wonder which lucky damsel the auto guy was thinking of! ⊕
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