"Special" cabby

last SG · 2012-05-20T08:05:41+00:00

Untill today, out of 10 Pax, Maybe 1~2 time; I still pretend : Sir ! I am sorry, I just on the road for about 3 months, can you please enlighten me。。。。。。Besi...

komade SG

i learned my routes thru the hard way looking at street directory n asking

pax to guide me so now for me most places not a prob n i find its a better

learning process. got call juz take lor esp midnite dun knoe where hantam later

last time i drive wish also like that juz call members n ask

Alvin87a SG

can learn from GPS,but compare to fuck by pax...haha,fuck by pax n learned;make u can't 4 get this route in yours whole life!

Bingjames SG

can learn from GPS,but compare to fuck by pax...haha,fuck by pax n learned;make u can't 4 get this route in yours whole life!

Haha, I am fine if u need such sadistic method to learn. Fuck u then u rem...

Bingjames SG

i learned my routes thru the hard way looking at street directory n asking

pax to guide me so now for me most places not a prob n i find its a better

learning process. got call juz take lor esp midnite dun knoe where hantam later

last time i drive wish also like that juz call members n ask

Good for u now that u have make it.

It's up to the newbies to decide whichever way they want to learn. Whichever way they are comfortable with.

as for me, Give me my Garmin.

anyway, I am no Garmin salesman.

FT SG

I use iphone good enough. Must at least know the basic route. The rest can ask.

FT SG

If pax say go upper east coast i will ask which part near where loh, not hard mah asking.

Alvin87a SG

Haha, I am fine if u need such sadistic method to learn. Fuck u then u rem...

From:Stomp Sg

http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/1118678/gps_fail_tourists_drive_straight_into_the_australian_waters.html

Don't always trust GPS: It causes these tourists to drive straight into ocean in Australia

Hahaha!

I can't use gps because i dunno how to spell the road name!

MMO69 SG

Actually cannot fully blame her for the mistake.Pax should said West Coast Park Mac.This morning pick pax from sengkang to West Coast Park, i asked pax for portal code and key into the gps,gps swee swee bo chao chwee, bring me to the private estate opposite Faber Hill.(divided by AYE) if i'm not wrong jade end out the place i went the morning.

I thing i found out out is when using GPS, best is to have portal code or blk no: and street name. Don't just keyin street name only.

Agree with Cash Lee.

Portal Code unlikely to go wrong. 6 digits only. Unlike some road, might not know how to spell correctly or pax said wrongly.

jnyt SG

if just key in street name, will lead u, not to holland, but to no 1 of the road.

you are right, my gps sent me to no 1 of west coast park. i saw a small pond there.

jnyt SG

wah ppl....Macdonald (now demolished) in east coast park and west coast park are landmarks! If dunno is a very serious matter.

Better to hv given the discount.

i always passby that Macdonald but dunno that is west coast park. i have not been to west coast park in my life, believe? i told the pax i can bring them to west coast park but they have to led me to where they want to go, pax wife bring me to holland. Is big sister led me to the correct place. If the passenger is nice in the begining i will give discount without them asking. He order me to give discount and threaten to complain company that why i dont give. Anyway, only $0.80. Hahahah. i throw inside sea also don't give him...hahaa

jnyt SG

I thing i found out out is when using GPS, best is to have portal code or blk no: and street name. Don't just keyin street name only.

This portal code thing is going to make my friend's mickey mouse crazy because he don't use gps. He ki siow when pax tell him portal code.

jnyt SG

Lol, jynt jie jie ganna left & right by all the naughty boys. :-)

I speak Jitpoon a little bit, next time can join you or not? Next time can make you feel like in Tokyo. :-)

konijiwa, watashi wa nihongo mo sihoshi shabereru. Dozo yoroshiku.

Poolman SG

Postal code ? Just a month ago . . .

Got once , an Australia tell me Coronation Road West's postcode .

I asked : " What's that ?"

He said : " Don't you have a GPS ?"

I replied : " Sir , just tell me where u want me to go , and i will take you there , easier . I can't afford one anyway ."

" Astrid Meadows Condo , u know where "

" That one i know , i have to know , it's my job to know . I dun need to invest on a GPS for places like Astrid Meadows , wasting my resources " ( Damn du lan liao , hot ! ) LOL

"Oh many drivers they dunno when i told them Astrid Meadows ."

"Not all lar Sir , if all drivers dunno where Astrid Meadows , they have to know Coronation Road West , if not they have to know Sixth Ave , if not Holland Road ."

I sent him in 10 minutes slow drive , no need directions from him , $20 keep the change .

knn Aussie , think i from China .

Techo SG

If pax behave like this, cannot give proper directions and threaten some more...

I also wun give discount..well done!

Maybe boss should start a sticky likesay "Tricky destinations" given pax's penchant for short n sharp words like "I wanna go river valley, west coast, serangoon, bugis, etc..."

Entries such as the following could really help newbies:

West coast park as in nature park or road off west coast way?

Pandan valley as in the condo or the road?

Ardmore park same as above....

And some FTs like to go ECP! Goodness...give up!

Poolman SG

This sort of paxes can only be found sitting inside a CDG taxis .

They dare not take Toyota Wish , their head will . .

LOL

Poolman SG

Or some will tell them

of my cab !!!

Techo SG

If I take cab and TD always checking/looking at GPS, I'll be really worried for my safety!

I'll rather tell him which way to take and on reaching nearby, give him timely and detailed directions!

Using gps as an overview is fine but also must know how to use it safely. Some idiots use it as a junction by junction guide, then last minute swerve 3 lanes to the left and BANG!!!

GPS has got a few (5sec i believe) sec delay between transmission/reception.

Poolman SG

My current Benz has got the GPS owned by my hirer , which is never on , my Wish has got nothing .

But i realized more pax in my Merc tell me their desired route , not very often pax tell me what to do in my Wish .

Perhaps pax might be thinking : " This guy with GPS , better tell him my route , or he'll bring you to holland ."

On my Wish , perhaps they were thinking : " This chap no need a GPS , only saw a Galaxy Tab , experience , no need tell , he know what to do ."

Bingjames SG

If I take cab and TD always checking/looking at GPS, I'll be really worried for my safety!

GPS is for listening only, rarely even glance at it.

I'll rather tell him which way to take and on reaching nearby, give him timely and detailed directions!

Got such pax like u could be ideal, who needs GPS. Some pax even insist I dun use them, they prefer to show me the way, fine with me.

Still rem the knn ang mo lady pax going to SIA Training Centre. Request her to show me the way? Knnbccb, She say if I dunno, I shouldn't have taken up the job, It's not fair to her. Insist I call company and ask them to show me the way. She say she doesn''t know. Later last min then give me instruction on how to go. If I have pax like her for every trip, my life shorten by 10 years.

Another case, got one rich kid staying in Camden park, say want to go Seletar camp, ask him but he say dunno the way, his own camp still dunno the way, not even the prefered route. Then if he dunno, TD dunno how? So far I encounter 2 rich kid like that, dun even know where they going.

Using gps as an overview is fine but also must know how to use it safely. Some idiots use it as a junction by junction guide, then last minute swerve 3 lanes to the left and BANG!!!

GPS has got a few (5sec i believe) sec delay between transmission/recepti

Mine dun have such problem, Many a times, I make a wrong turn but where I read back, it's stated to turn 100m away, I turned to early.

Bingjames SG

Postal code ? Just a month ago . . .

Got once , an Australia tell me Coronation Road West's postcode .

I asked : " What's that ?"

He said : " Don't you have a GPS ?"

I replied : " Sir , just tell me where u want me to go , and i will take you there , easier . I can't afford one anyway ."

" Astrid Meadows Condo , u know where "

" That one i know , i have to know , it's my job to know . I dun need to invest on a GPS for places like Astrid Meadows , wasting my resources " ( Damn du lan liao , hot ! ) LOL

"Oh many drivers they dunno when i told them Astrid Meadows ."

"Not all lar Sir , if all drivers dunno where Astrid Meadows , they have to know Coronation Road West , if not they have to know Sixth Ave , if not Holland Road ."

I sent him in 10 minutes slow drive , no need directions from him , $20 keep the change .

knn Aussie , think i from China .

Uncle Poolman, u talk so garang. I so impressed with your story. U certainly no Tiong right?

Now tell me:-

How many years have you been driving?

During this X years, how many trips have u made to Astrid Meadow? Countless right?

After so many trips, trials and tribulation, today, u go and impressed that ang mo, sounds like a very big deal meh?

Now walk with your hands you also know how to get there right?

If I took the same number of years, same number of trips that you do, I also know lor.

I also can garang right? I also can say I dun need GPS.

Before that, let me find out where the fuck is this place first. GPS let's go!

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