Me the Ku Ku Driver
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Hi everyone.... today is my first day on the road driving taxi... and I sibeh blurr.
Juz want to share my experience and highlight the mistakes I made so that other first timer can avoid it.
Me being the super road idiot... it nearly took me 3 months to muster the courage to finally take to the road.
The best advice I learned from the seniors is that when u don't know the place... juz ask the passengers... and today everyone were willing to show me the way.
My Mistakes:
1. Forgot to add peak hour surcharge.
2. Forgot to add ERP charges.
3. Forgot to ON the meter.
4. 金沙 is not at sentosa
.Ah Leong
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From Vivocity to York Hotel... do you go
1. ECP - rochor - bt timah - scotts rd - cairnhill rd - Mt E or
2. kampng bahru - lower delta - delta - grange rd - orchard link - bideford - Mt E or
any otherway?
Tks.
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you can try this website out and most importantly...MEMORIZE.
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vivo to york: delta-grange or delta-scott ECP? this one even ALN also dun dare to whack... haha
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peak hr must manually key in???
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Originally posted by kengleong:
Hi everyone.... today is my first day on the road driving taxi... and I sibeh blurr.
Juz want to share my experience and highlight the mistakes I made so that other first timer can avoid it.
Me being the super road idiot... it nearly took me 3 months to muster the courage to finally take to the road.
The best advice I learned from the seniors is that when u don't know the place... juz ask the passengers... and today everyone were willing to show me the way.
My Mistakes:
1. Forgot to add peak hour surcharge.
2. Forgot to add ERP charges.
3. Forgot to ON the meter.
4. 金沙 is not at sentosa
.Ah Leong
what taxi u driving ?
U got chute spot here ?
Peak hour auto one leh ....
ERP auto one leh ....
Forgot on meter , fine , me also forget numerous times .
Both Sa , but jin sa is jin sa , sentosa is sentosa . Steering dun anyhow sa .
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Maybe Ah Leong talking about City Surcharge , aiyo , forget a few more times , u will remember for your rest of your lifetime .
ERP ? Maybe he saying he pay ERP to enter CBD , and still charge pax ? Ah Leong , cannot hor i tell you first .
U pay ERP go into CBD at your own accord , cannot charge pax hor .
Only when u take paxes into the CBD , your ERP card got deduction , then can charge , anyway it's auto into the meter .
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Originally posted by kengleong:
Hi everyone.... today is my first day on the road driving taxi... and I sibeh blurr.
Juz want to share my experience and highlight the mistakes I made so that other first timer can avoid it.
Me being the super road idiot... it nearly took me 3 months to muster the courage to finally take to the road.
The best advice I learned from the seniors is that when u don't know the place... juz ask the passengers... and today everyone were willing to show me the way.
My Mistakes:
1. Forgot to add peak hour surcharge.
2. Forgot to add ERP charges.
3. Forgot to ON the meter.
4. 金沙 is not at sentosa
.Ah Leong
Dont worry , the more u drive , the more u will realise how farked up TD life is and the more u will remember that you have to press the metre and add all the relevant surcharges!
Forgot = $ lost , remember that ;)
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Originally posted by Tio Call Liao:
Dont worry , the more u drive , the more u will realise how farked up TD life is and the more u will remember that you have to press the metre and add all the relevant surcharges!
Forgot = $ lost , remember that ;)
When tcl talk, listen.... -
Dont worry kengleong, in a few days time, you will be pressing the meter faster than the pax can say hello.
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I only forgot to on head light. keke....
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Originally posted by kengleong:
Hi everyone.... today is my first day on the road driving taxi... and I sibeh blurr.
Juz want to share my experience and highlight the mistakes I made so that other first timer can avoid it.
Me being the super road idiot... it nearly took me 3 months to muster the courage to finally take to the road.
The best advice I learned from the seniors is that when u don't know the place... juz ask the passengers... and today everyone were willing to show me the way.
My Mistakes:
1. Forgot to add peak hour surcharge.
2. Forgot to add ERP charges.
3. Forgot to ON the meter.
4. 金沙 is not at sentosa
.Ah Leong
Welcome Keng Leong
Not to worry, it is common for new driver to forget to add CBD surcharges and ON meter.
ps, I like the way F1 put it. but this is very true :)
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sorry har, side track a bit har..
i wanna try out to be a sunday only relief and if let say that week i am not able to drive due to reservices lah or going overseas lah.
can i just inform the hirer and ask him to drive for me on that day or do i have to pay him the rental on that day?
what is the practice har?
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For me, I pay him half the rental I'm paying. Means if my share of rental is $52, I pay him $26. Normal Sunday shift is cheaper hor.
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Originally posted by kengleong:
Hi everyone.... today is my first day on the road driving taxi... and I sibeh blurr.
Juz want to share my experience and highlight the mistakes I made so that other first timer can avoid it.
Me being the super road idiot... it nearly took me 3 months to muster the courage to finally take to the road.
The best advice I learned from the seniors is that when u don't know the place... juz ask the passengers... and today everyone were willing to show me the way.
That reminds me [of something you did] when i started driving taxi 10 months ago.
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Originally posted by Cash Lee:
That reminds me [of something you did] when i started driving taxi 10 months ago.
Cash now lao jiao liao ;) -
Hi everyone... Big Thank You for your support and encouragement... today ah leong slightly more steady... but still cannot poon pi pi yet.
I rented my cab from Smart ( Kia CNG) on a daily basis (5am - 5pm $53.50) to test test water.
Asked a fellw TD how to use meter... he said to add morning peak hour to fare... press K4. To add erp/cbd charges press K2 & then K3 to add manually. Anyway today different car number and meter also different one! wah pianz eh... have to spend time to figure how to use.
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Both Sa , but jin sa is jin sa , sentosa is sentosa . Steering dun anyhow sa
Lol... this a good one.
Anyway my mandarin not so good and it happened that one china mei mei want to go there.
China Mei Mei: 金沙.
Me: Errr... 金沙英文�什么?
Mei Mei : é‡‘æ²™èµŒåœºä½ ä¸�懂?
Me: OORRRR... 赌场... 金沙... 我懂!! (in my mind... Sentosa Lah...).
No wonder when at ecp telok blangah exit she asked me i going the right way... and i still how lian say... neh... 对�!
Damn malu...
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Originally posted by kengleong:
Hi everyone... Big Thank You for your support and encouragement... today ah leong slightly more steady... but still cannot poon pi pi yet.
I rented my cab from Smart ( Kia CNG) on a daily basis (5am - 5pm $53.50) to test test water.
Asked a fellw TD how to use meter... he said to add morning peak hour to fare... press K4. To add erp/cbd charges press K2 & then K3 to add manually. Anyway today different car number and meter also different one! wah pianz eh... have to spend time to figure how to use.
金沙=MBS
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Originally posted by kengleong:
Both Sa , but jin sa is jin sa , sentosa is sentosa . Steering dun anyhow sa
Lol... this a good one.
Anyway my mandarin not so good and it happened that one china mei mei want to go there.
China Mei Mei: 金沙.
Me: Errr... 金沙英文�什么?
Mei Mei : é‡‘æ²™èµŒåœºä½ ä¸�懂?
Me: OORRRR... 赌场... 金沙... 我懂!! (in my mind... Sentosa Lah...).
No wonder when at ecp telok blangah exit she asked me i going the right way... and i still how lian say... neh... 对�!
Damn malu...
Like that very good liao lor... i still remember I took a pax at bouna vista...
Pax: Uncle 金沙
me: ok.
Press meter and straight away chiong Bouna vista -> Commonwealth Ave -> Clementi ave 2 -> west coast road -> GINZA PLAZA!!! hahaha
me: Reach liao...
Pax. UNCLE 金沙�MBS!!!...
HAHAHAHA...
Damn funny...
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@kengkia.... tks for your useful info.
@ALN..... Now looking at map.... Heng I never go by ecp... sure kenna L R CTR.
@TCL... yes TD not easy... 2 days only I backache lah... eyes tired lah. Further more I have to compete with the lau jiaos. They very fast and alert... from behind they move in front of me when I'm slowly sweeping.
I think they sweep like this...
and i sweep like this...
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Haha if kenna me u knoe wat is sweeping liao.....
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ha ha komade , u really young and energetic. i dont know how to sweep, i am now learning to suck .. kekeeee
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Originally posted by kengleong:
@kengkia.... tks for your useful info.
@ALN..... Now looking at map.... Heng I never go by ecp... sure kenna L R CTR.
@TCL... yes TD not easy... 2 days only I backache lah... eyes tired lah. Further more I have to compete with the lau jiaos. They very fast and alert... from behind they move in front of me when I'm slowly sweeping.
I think they sweep like this...
and i sweep like this...
ahhh. Sorry, if kena me. I don't gave chance. You have to be fast, everyman for his own. That's my style. I don't queue unless I know within 5 mins I can get a pax. Sweeping require luck and fast action. You have to be very alert and know your areas well. If that stretch of road always bo lang then don't waste time and do a fast sweep. Always prepare to E-brake. But please, look behind first. Do it safely, Hor.
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Originally posted by kengleong:
Hi everyone.... today is my first day on the road driving taxi... and I sibeh blurr.
Juz want to share my experience and highlight the mistakes I made so that other first timer can avoid it.
Me being the super road idiot... it nearly took me 3 months to muster the courage to finally take to the road.
The best advice I learned from the seniors is that when u don't know the place... juz ask the passengers... and today everyone were willing to show me the way.
My Mistakes:
1. Forgot to add peak hour surcharge.
2. Forgot to add ERP charges.
3. Forgot to ON the meter.
4. 金沙 is not at sentosa
.Ah Leong
hahaha....sound like my first time too, hope u take it as a learning curve.by the way, even lau jiaos are still learning, there are alway a thing or two to learn in taxi driving. And alway tell customer that you are new TD making a living and need guidance on road. Some customer feel more comfortable with new driver, they can guide and talk to you freely, for lau jiao, they dun like to talk so much.