Yes, Times had certainly changed, bro pool, infact, everything
changes and we got to adapt, however, there are two type of
changes, one is
1. restructuring change, the chinese call it change soup but
never the ingredient, just like our politic, peoples might had
changed but the ruling party is still in power and strongly
influence the day to day life of our society
2. re engineering change, meaning scrap the whole things, built
or place a new ones, if opposition took over the govt, that is re
enginneering. Which will be a total change. Then possibly, we
can sit down and talk about taxi ownership.
But sadly re enginneering has not happen yet, changes is
inevitable in all kinds of life, if you do not change to suit, then
you are history. However, you should have noticed that we are the
changer and they, the govt and boss of taxi companies are the agent
of change. Take example if tomorrow they said no more morning
surcharge but evening after 5pm will be 50% surcharge with no more
CBD charges. All TDs including you and me will be scrambling to
change our timming and lifestyles and the way we work. We are at
their mercy of changes. And that what i mean by Control.
First by making your house expensive, cost of living expensive,
then make you work by renting taxi with the need to cover the
rental and the fuel prices, together with all other costly daily
and housing bills and expenses. You have to change to suit
them.
I personally also like to own a taxi of my own, who do not want,
but you and me can be good TD, do our duties to serve the road as a
transport providers to the public, but how about the rest, some end
up relaxing, all driving nights and high demand hours, where is the
control? Then you got the fare differences and poor services to
take care of. And what will happen to those taxi companies? their
share holders etc etc..I visited canada, part of USA, London, part
of europe from italy to germany to paris, there are using either
india drivers or eastern europe drivers, and so is places in
Australia, you see india and chinese drivers, these are all
developed countries, and as a developed country ourselves.
I am not looking at ownership of taxis, which is a far fetch
issue, but rather, how long can we taxi uncles hold on to our job,
if for another 15 to 20 years, good for some of us, we might had
retired, but for those in their 30s driving taxi, what will happen
to them if by 50s, they lost their job as TD, even now at 40s, no
one want you, imagine at 50s and work as TD, I think even car wash
also do not want you. So, brothers, our choice is limited. We must
not let our job befall onto the foreigners, our previous generation
make a big mistake in letting ownership of Taxis slip up, we cannot
let our job slip up in our Generation.
Ok, go driving now.