It doesn't really matters if I got almost a perfect score in my
Taxi exam, 4 (100%) and 1 (98%).
When comes to the real world of taxi driving, everything is
different.
After I drop off my pax, got a current booking call. WTF, I dun
even have time to know where is fxxking location is, and before I
realised, 15 secs is gone and I am flashed with a message "you have
rejected one call".
At least if on street pickup, i can play delay time technique by
asking them a few more questions like their prefered route and all
those, these precious timing giving extra few seconds to think of
where is it.
The next call that come in, I decide to play a different game.
After dropping of someone right at the end of Sentosa on my first
day of work, I was left alone trying to figure my way out, almost
lost when I got this current booking call for Sentosa Gateway
bridge. Gosh, I dun have the faintest idea where the fxxk this
place is but just press "5 mins" first then talk.
haha, I got the job, next step is to find my way there from I
dun even know where. My hirer dun even have a road directory in the
cab. Then I say the button"MAP" on the MDT. I just press it and as
I drive, it just led me towards my targeted destination.
For newbies like me who dunno, the whole map was so small and
the whole place is pitch dark and the road name on the MDT is so
small, hardly visible unless u stop yr cab and read closely. But it
doesn't really matters. All you need to look out for is a arrow
icon which represent you or rather your current location, a square
icon which represend your targeted destination and a red line which
should the path between us.
All you need to do is drive towards it, if you make a wrong
turn, you can see it on the map that you are going away from your
target. So using this method, I managed to located the pax.
But bear in mind, this method is not every idiot also can used,
u need to have some common sense and some knowledge of location
too.
Example : with the map I managed to located the destination and
press the "arrive" button but the sign "please check destination"
appear. On closer look, the destination is a beach and I am facing
a hill. I later figured out that the beach is just behind the hill
and I had to make a very big detour, on the map shows I am going
far away from the target, but after the first turn, it shows I am
back on track again and I found them.
next example also at Sentosa and got a call for Vivocity. If i
just follow the red line, I could have end up in the sea. Of
course, you need to know where is the exit for Sentosa first (basic
common sense) and although I dunno when the Giant taxi stand is,
the map lead me there.
So now, my strategy is, whatever calls that come in, just
"humtum" then talk. Although I am rather near, i dun want to press
3 mins as it gives me more pressure or 7 mins as I might lose the
call, so I usually press 5 mins.
