Secrets of the trade

Simon Dean SG

Reveal secret traits of taximen here.

killstyle SG

charge $140 from city hall to changi airport

rathcycle SG

Talk cork no.1 nia u...

Volvo Olympian SG

What rubbish.....Get lost lah

maggot SG

11pm to 12am almost all taxis turned invisible.....after 12am all appeared in front of you Laughing

Poolman SG

I know what u saying ..... that Japanese tourist that got conned $140 ?

hahahaha...... it's not City Hall la , they were talking about one hotel in Little India , must be New Park Hotel at Kitchner Road , quite a bit of Japanese at that hotel .

Poolman SG

Reveal liao not longer a secret .

It's not a secret of " Changing shift " , in a open secret of " On-Call " , whta you want somemore ? Mr. Green

Poolman SG

No longer la , now midnight charge has been reviiew lial , not more 12am extra 50% liao .

Poolman SG

Okay ....... most Cabby schedule , that's a evening shift schedule , that's a schedule from a NTUC COMFORT cabby .

5pm until 10.59 pm , bid for booking jobs .

Examples of many bookings area 5pm-9pm : Tuas , International Business Park at Jurong East , Jurong Industrial area , Pioneer shipyard area , Benoi shipyard area , Pandan shipyard area , Changi Business Park , Loyang Industrial Area , Woodland Indutrial Park , Senoko area . Many many more

Locations from many bookings area from 5pm til 11pm : Shenton Way , Robinson Road , Cecil Street , Telok Ayer St , Harbourfront , Suntec , Orchard , Great World City , ChinaTown , etc ....

11.00 pm til 11.29pm , "dinner" break , cos no more $4 bookings , $2.50 off-prime time bookings not interested ! All road side pick-ups starts at $2.40 , not interested also .

11.30pm - 11.45pm 10% surcharge = will try out at Hotel , Boar Quat , Clarke Quay for Caucasians , avoid locals .

11.45pm-11.50pm 25% midnight surcharge = hunt for lone ranger , group means many locations , no way !

12am 40% xtra midnight surcharge = Time for locals .... anywhere will do !

1am = Lan Lan Q-up outside pubs and disco and karaoke . Mr. Green

THE END !

By the way , do you believe i'm a cabby ? Wink

Poolman SG

No more la , it's already minimised liao ...... after the price review , after 12am still cannot find taxi one , really ! Mr. Green

But , i'm talking about Friday night , Saturday night and maybe Sunday night .

The rest of the day , Mon-Thurday , 11pm til 12am no problem la , just maybe u can't see me , i at coffee shop makan dinner .

Poolman SG

Taxi is a business , not just a job .

Business is about strategy , no strategy means losing necessary time & income .

Taxi is also about Supply & Demand

Supply more = Less demand = Less income .

Demand more = Less Supply = More income

More demand = Less Supply = More bookings = More $$$ !

So .... how do i know where SInagpore got booking ? Thank You , i know when you dial-a-cab ! Cool

Cabbies just know when , which , where , why and what make commuters dial for a cab , it's about strategy .

Cabbies must have WITS la , easier to work - Wisdom , Initiative , Technics, Skills .

Without WITS , very hard !

105090 SG

nowadays even the booking got more advance..

that day 2am just book for a cab no need to talk anything. Just "Wait for your Cab at xxxx" no one ask where were we going Mr. Green

sometimes also see some taxis parking along lonely private housing estates trying to get a fast bookiing

Poolman SG

Speed call , or TXT = Text To Speech .

The network detect the call id of the caller , straight away they know your calling location , they scan from satellite the nearest available taxi bidding the job , they despatch that taxi to you .

Comfort has the most advance technology for booking a cab .