Taxi Driver's comment
I was in this taxi, the driver speaks very good English. He said:
Tell you honestly, 9 out of 10 taxi pass by, that’s only one good taxi driver. But 99 out of 100 passengers are BAD CUSTOMERS! They are always picky on the direction you choose: “Hey, why you take this way…” That was once the charge was RM4.90. I told the guy I really don’t have any shilling at that time. He insist to get back his 10 cents! End up I have to give him back one ringgit, by losing 90 cents. All they want is money, money, money.…sigh…And those passengers wearing nice shirts, shining ties ROBBED me with a knife, twice!!
He went on to mention he has only 8 dollars in pocket, but the nice looking young guy robbed him. Well, the ridiculous city. 99% are bad? No, I am a reasonable passenger and not the only one. He didn’t hear my grunt though. It is pathetic. I’d seen some unreasonable passengers , who treat taxi drivers like an enemy (‘coz of mouth-to-mouth bad reputation); there are also quite a number of taxi drivers cheating on their meter, or took you to the wrong way. It’s just difficult to build trust between taxi drivers and passengers, especially in KL. Somehow if we do think a bit of each other, reminding ourselves that we’re both just people trying to survive in this big city, thing would go easier.
Relax, life is tough.
July 15, 2003 04:06 PM | Personal
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