No more hunger for taxi driving

foolsh_2000 SG

1)paxs always complain and chute pattern:take longer route,adding surcharges, why u taking this route and why so expensive.

2)competition fr Uber and Grabcar

3)more buses and MRT lines being built. Free travel on MRT

4)too high rental

5)becoming anti-social,no social life,no exercise, too long hours on the road, no recreation.

6)have high blood pressure ,diabetic,liver and kidney problems cos holding the bladder for too long

7)no support fr coy only know how to give warning letters

getcarter SG

Haha uncle think positive la

Life is short so enjoy ur every second

So be Happy happy happy

michaelhuat SG

ts is right and wrong at the same time.

right becos the things mention is right. td face these all the time as long as they are bound to the trade...why are they bound to the trade? becos most td do not realize a fundamental of the trade, also fundamental of any economic situation.

demand and supply.

if supply exceed demand, then u are in trouble, becos u (seller) need them (buyers). so td problem actually come from here..they need the trade to earn the money. they need the buyers which give them the trouble.

but if demand exceed supply, then things become interesting. becos they (buyers) need u (seller). so actually who are the people best suited to td? ironically, its the people who do not need the trade to make money, like those retirees or those who past time. $$ fly into my pockets every second every minute as i drive my buyers, as i chitchat with them, even as i typing now. becos even the most nasty of buyers cannot affect me, i still can find a way to make the greensgreens in their pockets happily jump into my pocket. to date, i never kanna a complain, i still even get recommendations what a joke haha.

so the trick to becoming a happy td is ignore the carrots. suddenly the sun looks shining. the occasional dark clouds may be there but they cannot shadow u. the more attention you pay to the carrots, the more you fear them, the more you loathe the conditions they bring with them. i never pay too much serious attention to my buyers. becos in my mind. I do not need them or their carrots. i have my own big farm. but if totally don't drive, will also boring :D

Reliefdriver4u SG

Reading the title is bewildering ...

Makes one wonder if becoming a TD will die or kena some terminal illness

only a dead person feels no hunger ...

luckycabby SG

I thought uncle foo found many new eating places so no more hunger for taxi drivers.

All the points are not new, most of us here do it out of necessity, not hunger for taxi driving. We are hungry for money, for survival, not taxi driving. Taxi driving is most probably a last resort.

Although taxi driving is all that and more, it can at least put food on the table and help pay bills. And it is perhaps better than working for a bullying boss for a low pay.

So take taxi driving as a "stop gap" measure while you look for a better source of income. Never, ever give up your dream of a better life.

Stay foolish, stay hungry (but not fot taxi driving, lol)

Autorespond SG

Being a TD, in my opinion, is a free spirited job. Not only taxis is not easy, most jobs in singapore are also not easy, the fact that most of us came from working class and decided to switch to driving taxis, should had known that working life is also not easy. Taxi driving is more of no boss, just the taxi company and fuel you have to settle, working life is alway having few bosses on top of you, pros and cons, but in working life you just cannot walk away as and when you like. In Singapore, alot of people works long hours, from construction to marine to shenton way offices, contrary to all that, the most important thing is, given your characters and background, are you happy with what you are doing, the ways you are earning your honest living and the life you choose to be. Of course most of us would like to give excuses that it is the society, the cost of living, the govt that causes or push us to drive taxi, it might be true, but it can also be some lame excuses to set one free from the domain of a disciplined salary paid job.

Neutral-Thinker SG

Agree with your comments but taxi driving though free-spirited also requires a lot of self-discipline. Self-discipline to drive up to 12 hours to make the max and not call-it-a-day at 8 or 10 hours point. However this is entirely up to every individual taxi-driver depending on how much he wants to make and how much his body could take.

bowah SG

I would say that in whateve endeavour you undertook, learn to relax and be jovious, hv a good sense of humor and alway look at thing on the positive side.

Hv seen many kanchiong drivr zoom here and there, of cos when new, learning period, a bit kanchiong, but when you gained experience, cool down and be steady lah. These cabby likes to set high target and pressure themselve, setting target is ok, but take it as a number, not something that if you do not reach will get punished.

Furthermore, these kanchiong taxi uncles like to compares, from distance travel to fares collection to fuel usage to call elite and ranger…all these only add stress and more pressure to yr driving if you want to match them, so the best is can listen, but do not need to follow if u r not capable, just drive yr own way, have fun and smile often, because we the human are the only living thing that can laugh n smile, use it.

getcarter SG

In sg most important is money

money money money lol

Ee Hoe Hean Club SG

It is extremely necessary to have money in Singapore.

luckycabby SG

Free spirited? Not really at all although it may seem like it to an outsider. The hard truth is there are rent & fuel to pay. You need to put in the hours, no escaping.

You want off? Pay for it. You want to relax and drive less, you earn less.You want to drive only when you feel like driving, take off as & when you like like a free spirit? Yes, can but your earnings will be so meagre you can't even make ends meet.

At the end of a hard day or night, even if the spirit is willing, the flesh is already weak. Serious taxi drivers are not a free spirited lot at all. They are just over worked self employed people, not business owners.

That's why for me, this is just a temporary, stop-gap , "job". The status quo cannot continue. It is easy to get complacent and attached to the "job", like a comfortable frog enjoying the warmth in a slow boiling pot of water....lol

But I am still grateful for the income it provides which is life saving....

bowah SG

No doubt money is important, but health is more important, without health, you will be losing money, so take care of yr health first.

Everyday, after driving, look at yr hands and tell yourself, I make an honest living out of my own effort, learn to give yourself a pat, and then thanks the steering wheel and taxi

foolsh_2000 SG

I am surprised there r so many philosophers, Confucius, Mencius, Lao Tzu here in this trade!

bowah SG

Not surprising lah, we also got ah jesus, ah tua pek kong, guanyin ma, si mong kong, kwan kong and tua leng kong

j007 SG

1)paxs always complain and chute pattern:take longer route,adding surcharges, why u taking this route and why so expensive.

this can counter by asking pax preferred route

2)competition fr Uber and Grabcar

suck thumb

3)more buses and MRT lines being built. Free travel on MRT

definately will affect cab rides a bit in time to come

4)too high rental

high rental means lower income

5)becoming anti-social,no social life,no exercise, too long hours on the road, no recreation.

need to self manage, see open, need to make time for other activities

6)have high blood pressure ,diabetic,liver and kidney problems cos holding the bladder for too long

you should never hold toilet breaks, have a proper workout or exercise schedule

7)no support fr coy only know how to give warning letters

company only wants your $, the rest they are not keen to know

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Reliefdriver4u SG

I am surprised there r so many philosophers, Confucius, Mencius, Lao Tzu here in this trade!

of course now is 百家爭鳴 , 萬教齊發

Many replying could be some religious leaders or saints ...

j007 SG

actually lately business not so good, don't know if its stock market or 7th month, or 3rd party private pick ups

Neutral-Thinker SG

actually lately business not so good, don't know if its stock market or 7th month, or 3rd party private pick ups

Day or night driving? My day driving business still within normal fluctuation range.

bowah SG

actually lately business not so good, don't know if its stock market or 7th month, or 3rd party private pick ups

Howcome u alway said business no good one leh, if so, why still driving?? Yesterday, limpek fetch lots of those bor lan par PAP grassroot pples , good business mah.