Just compare the inflation rates for the last 5years, average 5%
per year, even if you said at the lowest 4%, 4 x 5 = 20%, have your
daily income increase 20% or 25% more than 5 years ago, if yes, do
not be happy, you just breakeven with the cost of rental, fuel and
living.
If not, then we are worst than before...if for example 5
year ago, per day you earn $100 net, now you earn $125, your income
is still the same as 5 year ago. And in TD, you and me know that as
we drive longer, we become more idle and less motivated, so your
income may fall, and that translate into no gain nor increment.
As rated the 3rd most expensive city in Asian beside tokyo and
another jap state, if your income do not increase and in fact,
depressed by cost of rental and fuel and other cost of living, you
can start counting the cents to survive, given $10 tip, can laugh
until the cow come home.
Every increases in rental of cab and fuel changed a TD
perspective on the road, he become more yao, more wanting the good
jobs, more want to cut lanes, more wanting to drive longer,
resulted in more stress, more getting older, more health problem,
and more calculative.
And then when you see those bosses, shareholders or
executives in taxis companies start to buy bungalow, 3 to 4 sport
new cars, diamond rings, give $10 tips without a blink of an eye,
work just sit there, point here point there, and off they go play
golf, get high end prositutes whereas I still looking for cheap bak
bak one. Then you realise, knnccb, what the fark is going on.
The disparity between your bosses and you had increased
tremendously, and this is call disparity of income gap, and to make
that gap bigger, bosses need to exploit you further, entice you
with a dangling carrot follow by a big whip behind while they sit
on the chariot and you have to pull and push hard inorder to get a
carrot that can never reach
