Long Taxi Waits

FireIce SG

getcarter SG

there's a system call "advance booking"

use it n you'll never be late lol

j007 SG

Here in SG, pay more for better service

this applies to dining in restaurants as well as seeing specialist care

hammerhammer8888 SG

It works both way lah....peak hours of course in demand must wait lah. Off peak KNN can wait 1 hours in the taxi queue also bo lang..Then we complain to who?

FireIce SG

no one is seeing the joke

Samsun SG

Ppl cant get cab from 5-8pm, what is the real reason???

Cab not enough, cabbies idling? Or demand is too high?

If cabbies do not work hard from 5-9pm, aft 10pm, its the waiting game liao lor....

Low75 SG

call 6552 2828 la
5-10 min your taxi will arrive in front of you
you call 6552 1111 ofcouse no taxi la

j007 SG

It works both way lah....peak hours of course in demand must wait lah. Off peak KNN can wait 1 hours in the taxi queue also bo lang..Then we complain to who?

Yah man. Always pax complain. We complain, no one listens

Taxilim88 SG

no one is seeing the joke

bowah SG

Here in SG, pay more for better service

this applies to dining in restaurants as well as seeing specialist care

Not only singapore lah, everywhere the same lah, singapore is more on legal aspect only, last time I go india, pay extra $10 sing only, from ap, one taxi 2 drivers, one carry ur bags another carry me into the taxi..so as to protect me from beggars, my first time experience a 2 drivers cab and carrying from ap to cab sit.

Keepthechange666 SG

call 6552 2828 la
5-10 min your taxi will arrive in front of you
you call 6552 1111 ofcouse no taxi la

You very sure call this number, 5-10min a white rubbish truck will arrived?...

bowah SG

In common sense, everyone in the world will like to earn as much profit as he or she could in a given period of time, not only taxi drivers, we are also human doing what everybody is doing to get the best return in as short a time as possible with lesser cost of operating.

Samsun SG

true. very true.
given a fixed monthly salary, ppl will try to do as little as possible to earn that amount...
given fixed amount of time (12h shift), ppl will do all stunts to earn as much as possible.

human and nature.

bowah SG

In a nutshell, it is alway an hide and seek society, paxs wants cheaper fare, fast and good service, TD wants profits with less cost of operating, taxi companies want increase rental and put in more cabs to earn more rental, LTA wants more taxes and expect taxis to be on the road, NTA wants members and control taxi driver mutiny if any.

All these players include us have different interest, and if put them together and seek the overlapping common of each interest, there is only one common goal, and that is, to make money. The society therefore needs to adjust themselves to understand taxi drivers as we understood the objectives of companies, LTA and paxs, but the society/players alway tend to choose to ignore Taxi drivers plight and suffering because TD is alway deem as the lowest rung of the group of players in this industry.

Any taxi companies will care for their taxis and rental more than taxi drivers which is a living thing, any govt will take care of the general paxs and taxation rather than a mere pathetic taxi drivers, any Unions in concern will take care of it membership fees and objectives of peace and harmony other than the real needs and understanding of Taxi driver.

But these players who talk and plan alots forget to realise that, at the end of the day, it is the taxi drivers who get the job done. Taxi drivers are actually the most important part of this cycle but are alway led by the nose by all these goondos, so please, be united

Diablo9898 SG

Be united in what way??

bowah SG

Be united in a way that we see thing on the same par, not one TD talk this and the other talk that…or worst, TD fighting or quarrel each other over ego and pride which only make other players laugh.

We must be united for a better share of the pie, one of the agenda in liberation of taxi companies is to disunite the simple minded taxi drivers, with disunity, different thinking, different perspectives, govt and taxis co can have better control over us.

To enlarge that share of pie, which is also known as productivity, we must hv a same thinking, but of course on the road, you cut me I cut you is a total different issue, every jobs got it anger and frustrated moment, it is about the thinking, the parallel thinking that we must hv, and that is not about going against the govt or companies, but to tell them in a way as Hey, dun bully us too much ok

Diablo9898 SG

Who's gonna lead and educate the G and companies? Even N?A cannot do anything but just talk shit (not cock and i don't think they even have it).

I understand where you are coming from... but not many willing to do that...Therefore, sadly said, just drive lor..

But still commendable on your part of voicing out the thing that all TD should be doing in order to have a better job enviroment...

bowah SG

Well, it can be done, if hitler can move the whole german army to die for him, if Mao can change china, if PAP can rule singapore, there is never a cannot, it more of a matter of whether we all can see thing from a common perspective and work toward it.

But of course effort and strength is needed to climb this uphill task, it is not going to be riot or protest as we are mostly better and decent citizen than others, it more of reasoning with facts and basis to negiotate or argue our course.

NTA is created by NTUC and supported by govt and all those taxi companies, on surface, it is an association that look into drivers rights and welfare, below that surface, the association is more of a lackey for NTUC and govt, and being funded/sponsored by taxi companies thru NTUC, peoples in that association must jolly well know who is the boss.

Diablo9898 SG

Bro Bowah, I understand and also felt that ALL TDs should be united and reason out with relevant parties (only relevant hor, not those only talk shit type). However, sad to say, even the relevant party also work for the G.. Even our union reports to the G...

Then how to reason? For this, maybe we can be united in reasoing it out with the companies first before it can trgger the interest of the higher level (relevant party).

All in all, still a good point as in ALL TDs must be united for the good (only good hor) cause that can create a win/win sitaution for all parties including commuters.

bowah SG

The diversity of taxi companies had separated the unity of taxi driver further and thereby prevented a strong united front of taxi driver.

NTA currently holds 14000 members, the industrial have 28,000 hirers + approx 20,000 relief drivers (super relief included), that is a total of 48.000 cabbies plying taxi trade in singapore, total holding taxi licence is about 99,000

When NTA talks, they are taken to represent the whole singapore taxi drivers, when they agree to something like rental increases and acceptance of 300km mileage per day and so on, they are taken to represent the whole of Singapore taxi drivers. But in actual fact, they only represent 14,000 out of 48,000 cabbies, do they therefore, hv the mandate to represent singapore taxi drivers???

If we take a voting rights, I would said that 34,000 cabbies are not with them…so who the fark are they to make decision for us??? think about it along this line