Maybe he boarded the taxi and thought that he gets the best of all
luck, but when the metre was on, he regretted, too paiseh to come
out again.
Well, you got to pay for what you get, the TD also have to pay
more rental to get a premium cab, be fair to TD.
I did not pay much attention to the taxi as there are many
different colour taxis ie blue, yellow, yellow-top, red, silver and
so on. So, I just flag the taxi but when I am inside the taxi, the
driver switches on the meter and the metre starts at $5 and the
surcharge is $4.75 immediately.
I was too paiseh to come out and I was not sure whether I could
just come out as the metre had already been swtiched, so I just
took the taxi lor.
The driver told me he pays $145 per day for the premium
taxi as compared to a rental of $80 - $110 per day for
an ordinary taxi.
Indeed, the rental is about doubled and the taxi fare earned by
the premium taxi driver will be doubled too. $32.50 for the premium
taxi trip to an usual ordinary taxi trip of $16 -
$17.
I will be more careful when I flag another taxi now.
