I just take the paxes as they come along. Maybe this is
not working too smart lor. Local, foreigners, aliens etc. As
long as my meter runs, I will just take.
Yesterday, don't know why... Started at 5:20pm and started
plying the street. For some reason, the only taxi stands I go
to are those in Raffles Place area (have a personal favourite
one). But, when I start, I start plying the street in my area
and yesterday, very gan dao. For 1 solid hour, boh pax.
Was thinking, cannot be so sway mah... Then, when I made the
decision to go into town, just as I pass the North Bridge Road
gantry ($3, heart pain), plong... Call comes in at ..... Parkview
Square. Knn... Never mind lah, since haven't open business,
just take lor. Not bad, end up is a $20 ride and only to
Stevens Road too. So, my first pax yesterday is at about
6:30pm.
Yet, despite the late first business, I still clock my targeted
amount yesteday. Hence, I start to believe that how much you
earn per day is pre-determined one. Maybe if I work smarter,
I can keep car at 1am. But, no offence to bros here, I myself
don't like those cabby who either ignore street pax for calls or do
interviews. As I used to stay in Sembawang, I used to be on
the wrong receiving end. So, calls or street pax, I will
still take. Sometime, even when I am just stopping for street
pax when the call comes in, I will just ignore the call and take
the street pax. As I have kenna no show or potong jalan cases
before, my thinking is that here is a pax ready for me, why go for
a call and risk losing the call pax as well? Maybe not very smart,
but I take the current street pax, I can finish the job earlier and
start looking for the next pax. Go for the call and risk
wasting time looking for the pick up location. Sometimes, Comfort's
call is like playing hide and seek with you. You pass the
pick up location then you get the call. End up, you need to
go one big round to get to the place. In the process, there
are too many variables to content with. Taffic jam lah, pax
board another cab lah. Jobs cancelled lah.. Having encounter
2 cancellations in a row, I began to appreciate the street pax that
is coming into my cab vs the $3.50 call fee that I'm going to
collect.
There are drivers who solely operate around CDG calls.
That's their preference, their strategy. For me, CDG calls is
only good for me if I happen to land in a ulu place and need to get
out. (Even then, also not guaranteed got calls one.)
Street pax for me anytime.
As a newbie, as long as I get to clock my targeted amount
everyday, I don't care whether I do it by 12am, or 4am. I
"sgned" up for 12 hours shift. If I do it by 12am, it simply
means I'm going to earn a bonus for the night from the period 12am
- 4am. And if I do it by 4am, no grudge. It's just an
honest pay for an honest day's work. :)
Just my 2 đồng...