Life in SG #1 - Taxi Drivers
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Another 'bo liao' topic by Elindra. Anyone can continue on with the different topics. Basically it is your observation on things going around in SG - Be it happy, sad, touching, hilarious etc.
I'm writing on taxi drivers because in my new job, I get in contact with them lots. So far, I find that most taxi uncles are really nice people and they have really funny and hilarious views (really hit the nail on the head though) about the government and the current economic situation.
Also, they tend to have alot of advise for you on life; Be it religion, law, ghost stories, accidents, latest headlines, holidays etc
I have met the mean drivers before but I find most of them really nice. They usually get very happy and excited when you talk to them. I guess it can be pretty boring driving all day with most customers ignoring them or being unreasonable.
I wonder is that why most of the uncles waive off the cents and round down the bill for me because I listen to them
Most of them also tend to pour out their greviances and unhappiness. I have to say it is a pretty thankless job but alot of them really take pride in their work 
Anyway, these are my ramblings for the day -
i enjoy being driven, and try to catch a wink while i am at it.
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i remember that time i sit a taxi with a 50 dollar note, the driver have no change.. he give me a free ride
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taxi-drivers are nice people, but most of them drive like lunatics
and a lot of them tend to step on the accelerator, back off, then step on it again... continuously... the taxi lurches, decelerates, lurches, decelerates... and motion-sickness gets you -
Not all. Start a topic on lunatic awful cab drivers you see on the road and you find them slowing down suddenlyOriginally posted by the Bear:taxi-drivers are nice people, but most of them drive like lunatics
and a lot of them tend to step on the accelerator, back off, then step on it again... continuously... the taxi lurches, decelerates, lurches, decelerates... and motion-sickness gets you
Actually for that rocking motion, alot of drivers are guilty of that -
I've met many nice cabbies. Of coz there were those nasty, fierce, weird, reckless etc etc 1s too. But most of the time, they juz wanna talk to some1. It can be abt anything as long as they meet the "right" passenger to start a topic with. Makes their "work" less boring. Interesting pple with interesting stories.
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when i take a cab, i talk to the taxi driver most of the time. We talk about football, life in camp, their life as a NSF... some of them say they feel happy that they have a customer like me because they've got someone to talk to and it helps them pass time faster. When I step out of the cab, they would say goodbye with a smile.
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there was a cabbie who scared the heck outta me...
1-1-2000 at 4am... from Tuas Checkpoint to my house.. we did not pass a single car because the AYE was totally deserted...
i was too petrified to move because the needle of the speedo was off the scale... -
yeah, most are really nice chaps...but i always hang on for dear life
this morning was late for sch
noticed that this particular cabby like to accelerate a lot for a short distance in between traffic lights
end up he always jam the brakes...scary... -
I always kena cabbies who like to complain. Maybe i got the "Aunt agony" look?
Most recent case, the minute i hop on cab & told the cabby my destination, cab Uncle straight away shoot "Miss, u smoke anot? Ciggies went up again! TMD! Gov. suck blood.. blah blah.. U married anot? Better dun get married! House so ex.. pay until die! Etc etc.." -
u mean u got the smoker look?Originally posted by Camellias4me:I always kena cabbies who like to complain. Maybe i got the "Aunt agony" look?
Most recent case, the minute i hop on cab & told the cabby my destination, cab Uncle straight away shoot "Miss, u smoke anot? Ciggies went up again! TMD! Gov. suck blood.. blah blah.. U married anot? Better dun get married! House so ex.. pay until die! Etc etc.." -
well, another story.. i wrote it down before... there was a cabbie who was lamenting his daughter's decision to divorce her husband because he was out of a job.. could hear the terrible feelings he had when he told me that
Originally posted by Camellias4me:I always kena cabbies who like to complain. Maybe i got the "Aunt agony" look?
Most recent case, the minute i hop on cab & told the cabby my destination, cab Uncle straight away shoot "Miss, u smoke anot? Ciggies went up again! TMD! Gov. suck blood.. blah blah.. U married anot? Better dun get married! House so ex.. pay until die! Etc etc.." -
how off was off?Originally posted by the Bear:there was a cabbie who scared the heck outta me...
1-1-2000 at 4am... from Tuas Checkpoint to my house.. we did not pass a single car because the AYE was totally deserted...
i was too petrified to move because the needle of the speedo was off the scale...
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it went up to 160 and the needle was sorta vibrating thereOriginally posted by nOrmalbOi:how off was off?
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Wahahah they always ask meOriginally posted by Camellias4me:I always kena cabbies who like to complain. Maybe i got the "Aunt agony" look?
Most recent case, the minute i hop on cab & told the cabby my destination, cab Uncle straight away shoot "Miss, u smoke anot? Ciggies went up again! TMD! Gov. suck blood.. blah blah.. U married anot? Better dun get married! House so ex.. pay until die! Etc etc.."
'Miss are you local'
'Yes I am"
'You know you don't look local leh'
'Uncle where do you think I'm from'
Ok I got a few replies here ....so far they think I'm from Hongkong, China, Japan, Korea & Malaysia.....International looking face?
Yeah the uncle always tell me not to get married...and if they hear I'm married they advise me not to have kids -
well i take the cab quite frequently and most of them are really nice.just that maybe because of my age i can't really talk much with them except in football.. but some have lotsa interestign stories to tell though..haha
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MaybeOriginally posted by k4korny:u mean u got the smoker look? -
Next time u trick them abit lah, say u'r frm Africa.Originally posted by elindra:Wahahah they always ask me
'Miss are you local'
'Yes I am"
'You know you don't look local leh'
'Uncle where do you think I'm from'
Ok I got a few replies here ....so far they think I'm from Hongkong, China, Japan, Korea & Malaysia.....International looking face?
Yeah the uncle always tell me not to get married...and if they hear I'm married they advise me not to have kids -
That's impossible.Originally posted by Camellias4me:Next time u trick them abit lah, say u'r frm Africa.
If you see me you will know what I mean -
Guess u got home pretty quicklyOriginally posted by the Bear:it went up to 160 and the needle was sorta vibrating there -
i've read somewhere be4, u mentioned dat u'r very fair...Originally posted by elindra:That's impossible.
If you see me you will know what I mean
now u noe wat i mean.. to say u'r frm Africa. -
Chio ah lian look lahOriginally posted by Camellias4me:Maybe 
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well, it was quick but it seemed an eternity in the cab...
fear for your life does that to youOriginally posted by nOrmalbOi:Guess u got home pretty quickly -
Maybe u could tell the uncle the next time..Originally posted by elindra:That's impossible.
If you see me you will know what I mean
"wo shi shandong ren"
p/s: new job allows u to slp late? -
tell the uncle la...Originally posted by the Bear:well, it was quick but it seemed an eternity in the cab...
fear for your life does that to you
"uncle i not in a rush leh"