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Hell7078 · New Member

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taxiuncle · Senior Guru

welcome on-board.
feel free to share your experience with the members here. we are here to learn new things...

mickie · New Member

Hell7078 wrote:
Hi all seniors, new member reporting.
Part time Td driving blue for abt 10 mths liao. Hope to participate in the discussion here...Do guide me along. Tks in advance..

Wow! 10 months can experience alots liao. me only 2 weeks and see many interesting ppl...cheers

taxiuncle · Senior Guru

ya, you meet A to Z type of ppl every day.

Rom · A Forum Mentor

Hi 7078, welcome on board & enjoy your stay here ^_^

Steel · New Member

new member reporting. driving as a part time for Comfort. hope to learn and share here. happy that we actually have such a platform. it only proves that taxi uncles are not 'bo tat chek' people. Cheers!!

taxiuncle · Senior Guru

Steel wrote:
new member reporting. driving as a part time for Comfort. hope to learn and share here. happy that we actually have such a platform. it only proves that taxi uncles are not 'bo tat chek' people. Cheers!!

taxi uncles are more tech savvy these days. smile welcome on-board!

Rom · A Forum Mentor

taxiuncle wrote:
Steel wrote:
new member reporting. driving as a part time for Comfort. hope to learn and share here. happy that we actually have such a platform. it only proves that taxi uncles are not 'bo tat chek' people. Cheers!!
taxi uncles are more tech savvy these days. welcome on-board!

welcome Steel ^_^

More on that, TD nowadays are very into IT gadgets too. biggrin

Steel · New Member

yeah..........totally agree!!!

Taxilim · A Forum Supporter

Steel wrote:
new member reporting. driving as a part time for Comfort. hope to learn and share here. happy that we actually have such a platform. it only proves that taxi uncles are not 'bo tat chek' people. Cheers!!

Welcome Steel..:)

A very young Prime Minister once said to a crowd, "Look at this young boy. He needs an education. Otherwise, he will grow up to be a taxi driver." Can we therefore blame people for thinking that taxi drivers are uneducated?

Little does he know that 40 years later, he is a victim of his own success with many degree holders turning to taxi driving as a job.

The perception that taxi drivers are "bo tak chek" people still largely exists today. Drive longer and you willfind that some pax, condo guards, hotel bellboys treat you like an "uneducated, society drop out" to be shouted, disparaged and despised at.

-- Edited by Taxilim on Thursday 14th of November 2013 12:18:40 PM

-- Edited by Taxilim on Thursday 14th of November 2013 12:20:05 PM

Steel · New Member

Thanks Taxilim.

I agree with what you say on how people are looking at taxi drivers. I look at it in a different angle though. It's the culture, which in this case. statements made by our leaders. Culture should be changed, as in only the leaders can gradually change that. Look at Japan, people don't look down on taxi drivers because
it's not just anybody want, can be a taxi driver. Since now they are looking at our education and stuff before allowing, hopefully it will flow the right direction. But
it's going to take a long time.

Hotel bellboys who don't respect us, I can't even be bothered with them. To me act high though doing low wage jobs. It has to be mutual respect that we are all serving the industry, as a job.

Taxilim · A Forum Supporter

Steel, you are right lor.. It's a culture thingy. How many times we have heard parents telling their kids, "If you don't study hard, you will end up like that road sweeper one day". So from young, they are reinforcing this perception on their kids that road sweepers and other manual jobs are to be shunned and looked down upon. You are right that as taxi drivers, we should not be bothered with such perceptions and focus more on driving safe and earning the $$$$. Huat ah!

Chiku · A Forum Mentor

Hey guys, I agree with you that the society still taxi drivers as BTC and look down upon us. As one of our TU members said today, we are our biggest enemy.

If you look down on yourself then everyone will too.

There is one thing that I would like here - the dress code. There is a reason why dress code is imposed at the TVL course. You notice many cab drivers still dressed sloppily, worse of all, some even wear sandals. I think if we dress properly, pax will respect us better. For myself, I still wear my office clothes now (including the white shirt provided by smrt), and I even put on make up and wear accessories. :) If we all put in the efforts, we will upgrade our status eventually. :)

So far, I do not have much issues with hotel doormen/concierge except for a few instances. These people are more lowly than us, so they will get sh*t from me if they disrespect me. :)

Looking forward to see you guys on the road (OTR) soon.

p.s. i strongly recommend you join the parlingo group. The info we share is invaluable. Check out the "Parlingo Channel" in this forum.

Niteowl · A Forum Mentor

oh come on.. these people has yet to see the world! A*Star Phd scholar OTR driving cab..

now one MOS(transport) wants to come in and regulate taxi fare? lol.. not difficult his lady MOS is :)

Chiku · A Forum Mentor

A*Star scholar balik to China liao