Why be a taxi driver?
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Just wondering...U guys are full-time taxi-drivers or part-timers with jobs?
Why do U want to be a taxi driver?
I went to look look at the criterion for being a taxi-driver...like quite expensive to even qualify as one in the first place..
- LTA Taxi Vocational Licence Application- SGD40 (SMRT to add SGD10 as admin fee)
- Complete medical check-up with a chest x-ray - Not sure how much.
- Taxi Driver Vocational Licence Course
- Singapore Taxi Academy - SGD258
- SMRT - SGD250 + GST
- Comfort - $267.50 (includes 7% GST)
- Taxi Driver Vocational License - SGD40 for 3 years
so upfront have to come up with at least SGD338 before can even qualify to drive a cab.
- LTA Taxi Vocational Licence Application- SGD40 (SMRT to add SGD10 as admin fee)
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now wats the min age ah?
cos i saw very very young drivers before..... probably younger than me one...... -
so that they can ferry me around ?
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Originally posted by FireIce:
now wats the min age ah?
cos i saw very very young drivers before..... probably younger than me one......30.they earn enough for SK2.
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xcert, - medical with x ray is about $40 - exam i think must pay another $50, if fail one module another $5 + $10 - accident u must pay $1000 for your own repair plus $1000 for the other car think hard first...
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fire, min age is 30 but no guarantee will approve. i started a year ago at 34yrs...
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Just wondering...U guys are full-time taxi-drivers or part-timers with jobs? Why do U want to be a taxi driver? Beri interesting question, So may i know what is your intention for asking this? kindly verify b4 i proceed with you an answer of your ignorant.
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Why I don't want to be a taxi driver.
Once a PAP grassroot leader ask me why don't be a taxi driver, when I complained to him of the difficulty of the over 40 to get a good job. We have only O levels and have worked hard for over 20 years to mid management levels, and then suddenly in the name of survival for all, we were swept off the economic ladder. Fair enough, out with the old, in with the young, give the young ones a chance. I am ok with that, but the foreigh talents?
I ask him isn't that a sign that we have gone wrong somewhere in our education, and countries like India, China, Philippines, Vietnam got their education programme right 10, 20 years ago? And these countries nationals are now comming here as talents. While we are asked to be taxi drivers, and labled as choosy, costly and sickly. I say with all my learning, QCs, upgrading, skills, and work discipline, am I to be a taxi driver? The bloody bugger kept silent.
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Because all the good jobs being taken over by foreign talents, last down the line is taxi driver lor.
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Which job gives u cold hard cash everyday with minimum capital ?
Minimum capital ? Rental $50 , diesel $30 , and return as in 100% profit ?
And short hours ?
And still very clean , not a dirty job ?
And sit all day long ?
And in a aircondition environment ?
And can meet and talk and learn from all kinds of people ?
And deal in cash terms ?
And the only thing we need is just a driving license !!
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Which job gives u those absolute freedom ?
Eat anytime , toilet anytime , drink anytime ..... and holiday anytime ?
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Minus point of a cabby , no CPF !
So what's my solution ?
Buy a similiar thing like CPF , insurance la , better interest , and protection for my family .
Lan pa pa lan , what CPF ?
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Taxi driver is the only job foriegner cannot touch , unless Garmen want to degrade the overall service standard .
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Taxi driver also don't have this word in their dictionary : Retrench
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Been a cabby ..... i never felt inferior before .
I feel proud of being a cabby , and i am proud cos i am not a bad cabby , and i am still improving as a person .
I am happy cos i have learnt a great deal from those people around the world . The people i met .
My circle might be just inside a vehicle , but my pool is as big as a globe .I can see many different people around the world .
By talking sometimes , u can learnt a great deal from them .
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I have cold hard cash everyday ....
We are so much better off compared to many Singaporean out there , when by the 25th of the month , they are quite broke liao .
I would say 30% of our fella Singaporeans , they're still struggling to make both end meets .
I am lucky i am a taxi driver .
Yes , i hope many still thinks it's a low class profession .
Becos if many think otherwise , then my rice bowl wrecked easier .
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drive taxi is good, so I can travel in taxi
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so upfront have to come up with at least SGD338 before can even qualify to drive a cab. Ha, with this amount you can groom a taxi driver, what about a graduate from any University for how long and how much investment you need to take for he or she before graduation. What is the starting pay when they started as a fresh graduate into the work force market currently. If they hit the first 5k how long they need to work for it. As Taxi driver.the senerio is different.
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i wish the co. will have stricter QC
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me a part time cabby... why i drive? i enjoy driving around and at the same time earn some money... that was why i started... it is clean, flexible and no hassle, no bosses to report, no emails to reply...no meeting... no fixed reporting time... that's why... but i like to keep it part time... cos i want to keep enjoying driving taxi... if full time, i may grow not to like it as much... so it is like a hobby to me... haha
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talking about CPF ...
Ok ...
If u are a man , and owned a house , and your wife not working , don't be a cabby .
Cos u're going to suffer financing the HDB loan .
If ur wife is working , still can drive a cab , partial pay by CPF of your wife , partial pay by cash .
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And currently , being a part-timer like ALN will be the best .
Work only the busy days , good $$$ weekends .
No good business don't drive .
No responsibilties , no burden of a full time driver .
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Originally posted by kinwashi:
Just wondering…U guys are full-time taxi-drivers or part-timers with jobs?
Why do U want to be a taxi driver?
Beri interesting question, So may i know what is your intention for asking this? kindly verify b4 i proceed with you an answer of your ignorant.
simply thinking of taking a vocational licence lor...can be relief driver or what-nots....so went to look look at the requirements...wahh....havent get one single passenger already spend SGD300++ liao...
wondering what makes people spend that kind of money up-front...especially for relief drivers when they dun do it full-time...emmm....and also for curiosity...what's their full-time job lor...
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NUS Arts & social sciences, business, law, computing, design & environment, engineering and science Old fee: $5,930 New fee: $6,110 Went up by: $180 Music Old fee: $7,350 New fee: $7,570 Went up by: $220 Medicine, dentistry Old fee: $17,010 New fee: $17,520 Went up by: $510 NTU All courses Old fee: $5,930 New fee: $6,110 Went up by: $180 The above. That figure. How many never make it, and how many are still looking for a place in the job market.As a graduate. First job first income can they get a car of their own. The below, simply thinking of taking a vocational licence lor...can be relief driver or what-nots....so went to look look at the requirements...wahh....havent get one single passenger already spend SGD300++ liao... wondering what makes people spend that kind of money up-front...especially for relief drivers when they dun do it full-time...emmm....and also for curiosity...what's their full-time job lor... You can drive 10 hours.You pay only $50 and diesel $30 and more than 300km. Press Busy you can do what you like and your own commitment with this ride. No more own commitment. Press For Hire, you get income. Xcert updated you with this info. Hope this will help.
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someone told me a wicked joke a few years ago; which is not too funny, imo.
Q: how to you spell retrenchment? A: Taxi-dri................you get the drift.
why be a taxi driver?
1. freedom of movement. not desk bound.
2. meet interesting people
3. low entry barrier, job readily available - i think it not that difficult to get a taxi vocational license
4. can check out chio girls once in a while
5. if feel `sian' and don't want to work, no need to apply leave
6. can criticize government openly to all walks of life
7. can stay out all night if you want to (night shift, ma)
8. you can skive all you want at work, guilt-free
9. you feel like a true vagabond. you literally don't know your next stop
10. your shell petrol card loyalty point clock up very quickly. one month redeem DVD player, next month, OSIM massager. .....