In life, nothing is perfect. You cannot have
something cheap, fresh or "tua liap ni" too.
everything comes with
certain trade-off.
U want the flexible
to suka suka throw key? No commitment?
For me, the best
thing I have as a hirer is I can choose the time-slot I want to
work in, and the rest, pass on to my relief.
My days of taking LRT
to the hirer's place is over. Everyday drag to spend at least 30
mins travelling to and from his place. lots of downtime wasted.
Now, everynight I
come back, just park at my place and go home. Can even go home
anytime I want. Got once, as a relief, decide to go back at 3am.
Return cab and thought of walking back as no LRT or bus at that
time, the thought alone can kill. Ended up taking a cab and cost me
$7plus for a 2 mins ride.
As a hirer, I can
decide on the terms and conditions, whether to pump diesel or pay
money and use what rate, general, the relief would just accept la.
I also decide who wash car and who do what.
Most important, the
real feeling is that this is MY CAB, relief cannot feel that right?
I can put anything I want in there, video cam, GPS and whatever. As
a relief, I still need to ask permission and see his face.
But must always be
tactful and humble. My relief always says that I am the boss but I
always call him my morning partner. I always use the term OUR cab
to give me certain sense of belonging and buy refresher to his
taste or rather smell. I also said I install the radio just for him
as I myself is not a radio person.
Of course all these
comes with a price, but if u control it well, the "damage" can be
reduced to a minimum.
Hirer as OMO is
"shiong" but if he can maintain his quota everyday of xxx,
shouldn't be a problem right? In another word, got to work hard la!
On the more positive side, it's good motivation to earn more. The
feeling of putting a few blues and lots of reds in the cash deposit
machine everynight and the ability to clear my debts faster is
"shiok".
Hirer with a relief
seems the best option as we can "have the cake and eat it"
With a relief, I now
take 3 half day off, just take back my share of expense and keep
liao. Need to recuperate for the weekend "piang".
So BJ, you started as a relief before become a Hirer
correct?