Went for a meeting this morning with a Director to Hotel Ibis, to discuss some technical issues for the fixed assets. I feel that I must really blog about the stupid taxi driver..... cos his driving skills really sux big time can!!!!
We told him the place we wanted to go, he dunno where is it but he did not tell us at all... when we were nearing the place, I thought he knew where was the hotel. Who knows, he actually sent us to another hotel! OMG! Told him that this is not the place. Repeated the name of the hotel again. He went "orh;....." and drove off.... then he drove towards selegie road, which i already sense something is wrong. He went to another hotel, and tried to get us to alight.... by now, the director beside me, who was a old australian grandfather (LOL!!) was really pissed and told him this is not the place!
We had to give him directions how to go and directed him to the destination. By the time we reached the hotel, the taxi fare was close to 8 bucks. So the director told him we are only going to pay $5, which was the usual fare to travel from our office to the hotel. The taxi driver, who was a chinese national (No offense to all my chinese national friends out there), immediately spoke at the top of his voice, and said "No way!!" So the director angrily told him, its either $5 or he gets nothing. The driver tried to bargain and said $6 while the director insisted at $5. Eventually, he got no choice but to take the $5 and he tried to be funny again... ask us to give him the exact amount. say no change. So again the tussle went on..... no change, okie,,, bye!! So in the end, he still guai guai took the $10 and gave us the $5 change.
One thing i really learnt, we Asians tend to be much less aggressive when it comes to arguing for our rights. Even with unreasonable taxi drivers, i doubt many singaporeans will be that bold to argue with the taxi driver, what do you think?
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