It's so so easy to simply sit behind a screen, raved and rant about Cabbies. No wonder the White Shit Skin, Body Perfumed Odoured Indians from India, Nose diggers Chinamen/women from PRC and many Demanding and Demeaning Nationality and Bad Attitude foreigners thinking Singapore is Surviving because of Them, Jokers just to name a few, are looking down at Us because of us Fellow Singaporean, shooting our own foot with our big fouled mouth commentary.
Just because one or a couple of idiotic Taxi Drivers, we go on to condemn the whole generation of Taxi Drivers. Worst still we look down upon Taxi Drivers as illiterates, Uneducated and last resort pathetic job on earth. Why such an abuse on Taxi Drivers. Have you been to London? Australia, USA?or Any Asian Country like the Philippines, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam or even Thailand? If you have been to all these places, then you will be the first to defend your own local Taxi Drivers and be grateful and thankful our Cab Drivers are the best, and the Taxi Operators, like Comfort Cab are the most Technologically Advance, Customer Driven and Caring Company as compared to those countries I make mentioned above.
Cab drivers today goes through a stringent criteria and exams and minimal 'O' Level or equivalent, English a must and criminal record free before you can apply to be a cabbie. Mind you the Most of the so called Educated and Language deformed Individuals have to take 7 to 14 times to pass the Exam before getting their LTA Vocational License.
Agreed that Taxi Drivers should be well dressed with collared shirts clean and neat, shoes, polite, helpful and kind but sometimes these are not adhered to and thus defines the attitude of that Individual but not the all the Cabbies at large so please remember, "Talking without Thinking, is like Shooting without Aiming".
Taxi Drivers have their fair share of Stories too:
a. Being hit and run, killed by Ferrari, cut in the neck and throat, robbed cheated etc.
b. Takes a booking making several U- Turns and turns etc upon reaching location passenger takes another cab thereby making a fool of the booking system.
c. Makes a booking just before peak hour and only takes the cab after peak hour is over.
d. Gives a direction only to a certain point and then do not know the way blames the cabbies for not knowing the direction and as a cab driver he ought to know excuse etc.
e. Takes out a Big note for a less then $5/- taxi fare thinking that the cabbie is a Mobile Money Changer
f. Expects us to know all the short cuts on this Island where the streets are constantly changing unlike the country they come from where everything is a standstill and yet complain.
g. Check on the Cabbies every few minutes and the cab meter to ensure cabbies don't manipulate
h. Uses their own GPS to check on Taxi DriveR taking the correct direction etc NOT KNOWING THAT there are so many ways to go at certain places in Singapore.
I. Expects Cabbies to be a person with a mobile mirror ball knowing where and where there are a jam, accident or massive traffic etc.
j. Speaks in strange accent and language and complains we brought them to a wrong direction like for eg. lokyang/Loyang, circular/circuit road, AYE/ECP; PIE/CTE; BKE/KJE AND MORE.
So whether it is a Chinese, Indian, Malay or Eurasian Cabbies we are people of High Moral Standings not one to sit at home and complain about not having a job etc. We get badly cheated, verbally abused, fooled by manipulating the booking system of getting the best of both world, both by local and foreigners and yet we bear the brunt of it all and bring each and Individual Passenger safely and one piece to your domain and not in coffin RIGHT? Try getting scolded and insulted and ridiculed and as a Cabby we can ONLY Smile and reply, "Welcome to Singapore". PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THOSE WHO COMPLAIN THAT YOU CANNOT GET A BOOKING OR A CAB YOU MUST HAVE ABUSED THE SYSTEM MORE THAN ONCE AND AS SUCH PLACED IN A LAST PRIORITY.
So before you speak about Cabbies put yourself in their shoes first and then try to understand the predicament of our Singapore Cabbies and forgive Us please esp. for those errant Cabbies. Be rest assured that a time will come they will have to answer LTA and lose their license as the cabby who shakes his head like a snake and smiling for Colgate advert characters.
Forgive me for writing a long story and infact bore of some of you readers but I want to stand for Cabbies and Companys that make a great difference to Singapore for their clean and well oiled service cabs, friendly Cabbies who ask, "which direction do you want me to take", (NOT THAT WE DO NOT KNOW THE WAY), Most importantly the ONLY Job that ONLY Singaporeans can owned though at times I must admit are being robbed by some illegal PRC during the graveyard shift and without license cabbies especially those that do NOT display their identity please do us a favour report them please I beg you so that you will continue to be served by well trained, well groomed and well learned Cabbies of today. The Taxi Companys in Singapore are waiting for such reports and complains so tha we can wiped these errant cabbies and brings back our earned respect too. Thank You. SMRT, COMFORT CAB and TRANS CAB.
The writer apologizes for his long winded narration. And the writes is also a qualifed Cabby, graduated with a degree in Counselling Psychology, a Qualified Property Agent, served a Government Organization for the past 35 years and decide to drive a Taxi solely because I am my Own Boss, and I answer to me, myself and I and not to any Tom Dickheads and Harries!!!
Just because one or a couple of idiotic Taxi Drivers, we go on to condemn the whole generation of Taxi Drivers. Worst still we look down upon Taxi Drivers as illiterates, Uneducated and last resort pathetic job on earth. Why such an abuse on Taxi Drivers. Have you been to London? Australia, USA?or Any Asian Country like the Philippines, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam or even Thailand? If you have been to all these places, then you will be the first to defend your own local Taxi Drivers and be grateful and thankful our Cab Drivers are the best, and the Taxi Operators, like Comfort Cab are the most Technologically Advance, Customer Driven and Caring Company as compared to those countries I make mentioned above.
Cab drivers today goes through a stringent criteria and exams and minimal 'O' Level or equivalent, English a must and criminal record free before you can apply to be a cabbie. Mind you the Most of the so called Educated and Language deformed Individuals have to take 7 to 14 times to pass the Exam before getting their LTA Vocational License.
Agreed that Taxi Drivers should be well dressed with collared shirts clean and neat, shoes, polite, helpful and kind but sometimes these are not adhered to and thus defines the attitude of that Individual but not the all the Cabbies at large so please remember, "Talking without Thinking, is like Shooting without Aiming".
Taxi Drivers have their fair share of Stories too:
a. Being hit and run, killed by Ferrari, cut in the neck and throat, robbed cheated etc.
b. Takes a booking making several U- Turns and turns etc upon reaching location passenger takes another cab thereby making a fool of the booking system.
c. Makes a booking just before peak hour and only takes the cab after peak hour is over.
d. Gives a direction only to a certain point and then do not know the way blames the cabbies for not knowing the direction and as a cab driver he ought to know excuse etc.
e. Takes out a Big note for a less then $5/- taxi fare thinking that the cabbie is a Mobile Money Changer
f. Expects us to know all the short cuts on this Island where the streets are constantly changing unlike the country they come from where everything is a standstill and yet complain.
g. Check on the Cabbies every few minutes and the cab meter to ensure cabbies don't manipulate
h. Uses their own GPS to check on Taxi DriveR taking the correct direction etc NOT KNOWING THAT there are so many ways to go at certain places in Singapore.
I. Expects Cabbies to be a person with a mobile mirror ball knowing where and where there are a jam, accident or massive traffic etc.
j. Speaks in strange accent and language and complains we brought them to a wrong direction like for eg. lokyang/Loyang, circular/circuit road, AYE/ECP; PIE/CTE; BKE/KJE AND MORE.
So whether it is a Chinese, Indian, Malay or Eurasian Cabbies we are people of High Moral Standings not one to sit at home and complain about not having a job etc. We get badly cheated, verbally abused, fooled by manipulating the booking system of getting the best of both world, both by local and foreigners and yet we bear the brunt of it all and bring each and Individual Passenger safely and one piece to your domain and not in coffin RIGHT? Try getting scolded and insulted and ridiculed and as a Cabby we can ONLY Smile and reply, "Welcome to Singapore". PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THOSE WHO COMPLAIN THAT YOU CANNOT GET A BOOKING OR A CAB YOU MUST HAVE ABUSED THE SYSTEM MORE THAN ONCE AND AS SUCH PLACED IN A LAST PRIORITY.
So before you speak about Cabbies put yourself in their shoes first and then try to understand the predicament of our Singapore Cabbies and forgive Us please esp. for those errant Cabbies. Be rest assured that a time will come they will have to answer LTA and lose their license as the cabby who shakes his head like a snake and smiling for Colgate advert characters.
Forgive me for writing a long story and infact bore of some of you readers but I want to stand for Cabbies and Companys that make a great difference to Singapore for their clean and well oiled service cabs, friendly Cabbies who ask, "which direction do you want me to take", (NOT THAT WE DO NOT KNOW THE WAY), Most importantly the ONLY Job that ONLY Singaporeans can owned though at times I must admit are being robbed by some illegal PRC during the graveyard shift and without license cabbies especially those that do NOT display their identity please do us a favour report them please I beg you so that you will continue to be served by well trained, well groomed and well learned Cabbies of today. The Taxi Companys in Singapore are waiting for such reports and complains so tha we can wiped these errant cabbies and brings back our earned respect too. Thank You. SMRT, COMFORT CAB and TRANS CAB.
The writer apologizes for his long winded narration. And the writes is also a qualifed Cabby, graduated with a degree in Counselling Psychology, a Qualified Property Agent, served a Government Organization for the past 35 years and decide to drive a Taxi solely because I am my Own Boss, and I answer to me, myself and I and not to any Tom Dickheads and Harries!!!
