Who'd drive through Serangoon and Lavender to get from Lorong 8 Toa Payoh to Wisma Atria??!!
The miserable feller who was supposed to take Snowylady to her dental appointment yesterday, that's who!!!
I was incensed to hear her tell me when she was in the cab, and I asked her to take his number down. Later, she told me he said it's his first day on the job and he was clueless about the routes.
I said that's what the street directory in the cab is supposed to be for.
She also recounted to me the driver drove away nervously (after accepting the fare of S$10) and refused to take any passenger.
I wondered if this guy has actually passed his taxi-driver's qualification tests ... with the blitz for new cab drivers now, I wonder if he scammed with another taxi driver to share earnings, one do the work, the other hold the license.
Either that or he's just out to con money by driving longer routes.
In any case, though she took down the number, my wife says she'll think about it before reporting him.
That's her all right, she can be fierce with me sometimes, but deep down, she's got a soft spot for ...
OMG. There's such a thing called the CTE...
ReplyDeleteand thats exactly why our husbands love us.....
ReplyDeleteI think its true the driver could be new on his job.., especially if the driver doesnt sound local..
I once took a cab, told him to go clementi, and ended up in Tampines... both me and jonathan were snoozing away in the cab, realised only when we were in the mid of Tampines.. the driver drove us back to Clementi, but charged us half the cab fare.. both me and jon consented to let him go... the driver was a PRC...
... taxi drivers?
ReplyDeleteActually, I think taxi drivers are pretty cautious these days. Think companies take very strict actions against errant taxi drivers. There was once or twice a cab driver took me through a different and longer route than I'm used to. Mid way, I asked him, "eh uncle, this way seems longer. Every time I go, the driver brings me there through this other route. It's quite fast. This way like longer..." Usually, they will then charge according to the norm that I'm used to.
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