Things that make me smile
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Originally posted by Cash Lee:
Yah that true....
nowadays can find angmo all a round in sg
some even live in HDB.
You are right. I also ever kenna young female ang mo pick up from 1RQ to Bangkit Rd. No, not the condo inside, but the HDB outside (near Kim San Leng).
BUT, this is more of the special case, rather than the norm.
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Originally posted by Poolman:
We are talking about % of the possibility .Mr Adams ? the % to Woodlands it's simply less than 5% i guess .
Miss Serene ? Chances to hit north is almost as good as 70% !
Or malay name Miss Rohaidah ? Good chance they go to Takashimaya from Suntec ? Dream on !!! Dream on !!!
Mostly likely Yishun , Woodlands , where places with hugh malay community . Good chance to Bedok Reservoir as well .
Listen people, the professor has spoken.
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Originally posted by Poolman:
Reject reject ... why are they using it now ? Cos previous experience with names , they just couldn't get a cab . Eg Mr Murugesan , Mr Kelvin , Mr Cheng , Mr Tan , Miss Cindy etc ..... Cindy this name i see also scare .No lah, only CCK MiCasa millionaire cabby can afford to reject calls like this.
Beside the names, there is also pick up location shown on the calls right?
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Originally posted by WizQ:
No lah, only CCK MiCasa millionaire cabby can afford to reject calls like this.
Beside the names, there is also pick up location shown on the calls right?
hehe our calls got location mah...... :P
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Originally posted by Cash Lee:
Yah that true....
nowadays can find angmo all a round in sg
some even live in HDB.
Too many ang mo in Sing liao. Many are chow ang mo, boh lui aye (poor). Can even see ang mo squeeze in bus.
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Originally posted by Insg:
Too many ang mo in Sing liao. Many are chow ang mo, boh lui aye (poor). Can even see ang mo squeeze in bus.
yah alot of taiko trips these days....... :P
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Originally posted by komade:
hehe our calls got location mah...... :P
Yeah, got destination is good, but it is only good if you GOT the pax on board your cab. Newbies like me will only end up seeing lao guis smoke when reach the pick up locations :(
At least tright now I can quickly press the meter first, and if it is confirmed, the pax will be there for us.The only problem is some seasoned TD, like Al "Fast Finger" ALN usually got all the bookings before we even press the MDT. Phui!
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Originally posted by WizQ:
You want difficult? Mr. Auto, Mr SMS and Mr iPhone booking.
Any brothers here want to share how you tackle these situations? I will share my take on these three types later.As mentioned earlier, not everyone is like that millionaire CCK cabby, who now is enjoying live in the Carribean, can afford to reject all calls. I would just like to share my simple strategy with these calls.
Auto booking. Many of the staff call from their office just before they come down. Once recorded, the next call will be listed as auto booking (without name). You need to invest some time to familiriase with the "pick up" loactions. Ie, which building has what big foreign companies (foreign banks, finance firms, law firms, etc) and if you got calls from these buildings, most of the time it is "safe".
Sometimes you can even tell what type of pax and their type of residence from the number the call are made from. For example, if call from 6890xxxx, you can tell the age of pax, their rank in the company, method of payment (all will pay by eVoucher), etc, Believe me, your experience will tell.
SMS booking. Again, need to see which buildings they are calling from and most of the time it is a lone pax. They just use sms for the convenience.
iPhone booking. This is the type I don't like and will reject. These people using iPhone booking are usually the "smart aleck" who will "no-show" as they will grab any empty cab, even though they have made the booking. Worse is that they don't bother to cancel.
If they don't "no show" (that is, they cannot get empty cab before we reach the pick up location), usually they are the Desmond Lim or Raymond Tan type, which will bring you to Komade's favourite places (Sengkang and Punggol).
Anyway, I hope Professor Poolman would come back from the Carribean soon and teach us more on taxi driving. Seriously I learnt a lot from him.
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Originally posted by WizQ:
As mentioned earlier, not everyone is like that millionaire CCK cabby, who now is enjoying live in the Carribean, can afford to reject all calls. I would just like to share my simple strategy with these calls.
Auto booking. Many of the staff call from their office just before they come down. Once recorded, the next call will be listed as auto booking (without name). You need to invest some time to familiriase with the "pick up" loactions. Ie, which building has what big foreign companies (foreign banks, finance firms, law firms, etc) and if you got calls from these buildings, most of the time it is "safe".
Sometimes you can even tell what type of pax and their type of residence from the number the call are made from. For example, if call from 6890xxxx, you can tell the age of pax, their rank in the company, method of payment (all will pay by eVoucher), etc, Believe me, your experience will tell.
SMS booking. Again, need to see which buildings they are calling from and most of the time it is a lone pax. They just use sms for the convenience.
iPhone booking. This is the type I don't like and will reject. These people using iPhone booking are usually the "smart aleck" who will "no-show" as they will grab any empty cab, even though they have made the booking. Worse is that they don't bother to cancel.
If they don't "no show" (that is, they cannot get empty cab before we reach the pick up location), usually they are the Desmond Lim or Raymond Tan type, which will bring you to Komade's favourite places (Sengkang and Punggol).
Anyway, I hope Professor Poolman would come back from the Carribean soon and teach us more on taxi driving. Seriously I learnt a lot from him.
haha since when Ah Seng n Ah Pong become my fav place??
me also long time nber go there liao leh..... :P
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That night I drove from one end of AMK5 (at the junction of YCK Rd and Buangkok Green) to the other end of AMK5 (a T-junction with YCK Rd again, ironically) and got ALL the green lights.
I went to check again, there are TWELVE traffic lights along this 4.9km stretch
. Even the ICC staff sitting in my cab was amazed. This 12 consecutive green lights is a record for me. :)
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wah....damn power sia...Me born with red light on my forehead, same junction no matter which way i go can get red.
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Originally posted by WizQ:
That night I drove from one end of AMK5 (at the junction of YCK Rd and Buangkok Green) to the other end of AMK5 (a T-junction with YCK Rd again, ironically) and got ALL the green lights.
I went to check again, there are TWELVE traffic lights along this 4.9km stretch
. Even the ICC staff sitting in my cab was amazed. This
12 consecutive green lights is a record for me. :)possible to do it, u knoe u can get green lights frm Eu Tong Seng Street
all the way to Kallang Mrt there if u time urself right ;)
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The other day my hirer uncle called me telling me that he just lost his wallet at the Taka taxi stand when he was helping the pax with their barang barang into the boot. He panicked because he got all his cards (NRIC, Driver's lic, TDVL, diesel card, ATM) on top of the cash.
He told me that he drove back and searched around but couldn't find it. I asked him whether he check with Taka, and he said he checked with the security warden but also no luck.
I tried to call the Taka info counter and managed to find the wallet. Someone found it and brought it to the info counter!!. Quickly called the hirer uncle to go and collect the wallet back,
He was happy to see his wallet with all intact, including the cash. I am also happy, not only that he found his wallet, but more importantly that there are still many honest good people around. :)
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Originally posted by komade:
possible to do it, u knoe u can get green lights frm Eu Tong Seng Street
all the way to Kallang Mrt there if u time urself right ;)
Yeah, but this is not really about timing it right, it is just the lights are green just before you reached the intersections. That's why I was amazed by it :)
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Bravo..........Ken Yap. Uncle Kenny oso lost my bluetooth earpiece while helping paxes to unloaded bags at geylang lor 10 fragrant Hotel.so can help ???
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Originally posted by Vee4317l:
Bravo….......Ken Yap. Uncle Kenny oso lost my bluetooth earpiece while helping paxes to unloaded bags at geylang lor 10 fragrant Hotel.so can help ???
hmm.... lor 10..... u sure u bring customer there?? :P
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Originally posted by Vee4317l:
Bravo….......Ken Yap. Uncle Kenny oso lost my bluetooth earpiece while helping paxes to unloaded bags at geylang lor 10 fragrant Hotel.so can help ???
Uncle Kenny, bluetooth earpiece also you can loose? Did you check whether your ear still attached to your head? ha ha ha
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Originally posted by WizQ:
Uncle Kenny, bluetooth earpiece also you can loose? Did you check whether your ear still attached to your head? ha ha ha
Maybe uncle Kenny distracted by some "tins" when he was in GL...... :P