Hi, I am also a newbie to driving taxi, just started about 2
weeks ago as relief. For me, I still learning the road, so I will
just drive and pick, pax go where, i go where, even if on call, i
also do not know where to pickup, so off the on call system
altogether.
Sometime, I also forget to press the CBD surcharge also let go,
and got twice forget to press the hired meter, reach destination
also $3...hahaha..luckily paxs agree to pay as according to his
earlier journey price. More important, I find that being cool
and courteous is very important in taxi servicing trade,
you notice that being courteous, peoples tends to reciprocate
back the same way, even ah beng and ah lian also find it
nice and that makes you driving happy. Human relationship
is therefore critical in Taxi driving, cos you meet all kind of
peoples from all walk of life, learn to speak into their tune,
so many paxs lead me all the way.
Got one ang mo gives me $50 at MBS, i got no change left, so he
digged his pocket and got a $10, which is ok to me, so he drop off,
but his $50 is still in my hand, i chased after him and give back
his $50, if not I would had pocketed $60, he was so grateful and
wanted to offer me a drink, how can, all jammed up and honking at
my cab liao.
However, the different is, I am driving on weekends, so many
peoples on the road, go toilet also no time. Now I understand why
taxi driver got health problem.
As per some old bird here, take care of health is more
important.
To me going toilet is a must when i need to go i dun
bother to "lun" even when got abudant of pax does more
harm to the body, 1 less pax knn F let go lar...... :P