Just now I went shopping at
Suntec City (I love that background music, really soothe mind) and bought 8 bags of goods at Carrefour and decide to take a cab home. The queue on cabs were long enough that some customer queuing in front decided to make a call
(ON CALL CAB) to reduce waiting time and go home earlier.
It was 9.30P.M on that time. I wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait............
It's 10.25P.M and I am in the 3rd queue because waiting customers in front decided to make a call on cabs, thats why I am on the 3rd. For like a LUCKY MINUTE, there is only one cab willing to stop and aboard customer. Even the CHINA GUY (my rear) said...
CHINA GUY : "The cabbies just merry-go-round and don't wanna come in PURPOSELY!"CHINA GIRL : "Earn what money like that? (They decided to make a call 10 minutes later!)"Just what on earth these Cabbies want? Merry-Go-Round and moving around the area without coming in to pick customer???
Purposely? YES! Why? I will tell you why! ALL I SEE IN FRONT OF ME IS ON-CALL CAB (GRUN) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!There is this Nigerian girl having 4 small shopping bags. She was in the front. A cab stopped and she moved forward for alight but the cabbie sounds like he's waiting for a customer
(ON CALL CUSTOMER), so the Nigerian fall back. Then another cab approached (this time it's
GREEN COLOUR ON THE INDICATOR which means
NO CUSTOMER /
NOT ON-CALL and stopped in front of the Nigerian) and asked the Nigerian..
Cabbie said : "where you wanna go?"Nigerian said : "(Somewhere, and should be somewhere far or near or ulu-ulu)"Cabbie said : "NO (and drove off)"Nigerian said : "Why? (angrily and falls back)"Ok this kinda
CABBIE ATTITUDE is a NO! Man people waiting for almost an hour and you say NO? But fortunately a 10 minutes later, she got lucky and a
NOT ON-CALL cab stopped in front of her. She slammed the door (with an angry face) and sit back and there goes the cab, drove her to her desire destination.
And so I cannot tahan anymore although I am on the third place (IT'S 10:30p.m) and decided to make
AN ON-CALL cab. 2 Minutes later, my cab arrived and all 8 bags dumpped inside and WOOOOSSHHSHHH!! GO HOME!
In most cases.....
WHY WHY WHY?????
Here's WHY! - Just because the cheap CABBIES around want to earn SGD$2.50 for ON-CALL CAB!- Just because they are willing to waste their petrol around to get and ON-CALL CUSTOMER!- Whichever CAB SERVICE from whichever CAB COMPANY (ALL) don't give a damn furk! - The late it goes, the benefit the merry-go-round because after 11.00P.M, they will charge double, 1A.M onwards they charge X1.45 etc........- Just need to pick up ON-CALL customer!WHY LIKE THAT?- Cabbies are poor!- Cabbies need to earn double or triple for family expenditure (late night a lot of cabbies)- Cabbies don't like erry-go-round but they like to wait somewhere no customer cuould see them untill ON-CALL- Some Cabbies ever told me, in order to survive, they have to do merry-go-round to wait for ON-CALL customers- Short Distance is not perferable but also depends on location.- Some really BOPIEN and poor cabbies will take u to nearest MRT. (Earn only around $3.00)OUR SOLUTION?- Not to bring business to Cabbies! Let them eat themselves!- Buy / Rent a car in Singapore and go wherever you want with an International Driving License.- Pump your petrol in Johore Bahru.- Buy a red plate or yellow plate car so you can drive at night or weekend! Save a lot!If Singaporean is reading this, complain to your government. Complain that if this situation remain continously, Singapore Travel Industry will drop under the flat pat' of the ground. Customer's first wa.....*Information above is only personal opinion or experience and doesn't mean no harm on any or of related parties as mentioned.