wats up cabbie's?

manz boy did i hv sort of a rough day! not sayin it was entirely bad but reli the in betweens reli irked to the point i really wanna sit down here gather my thoughts and critically expound my experience with some of the greatest companies you can ever get!

wells imagine this, you wanna rush frm orchard to marsiling and u wait in line at the taxi stand for 10min, get a cab, tell the cabby, "er...Uncle marsiling 20 min?"

He answers and say's, "20min???(laughs cheekily) 20 min ar? Which way you want ar boy?"
Before i could say anythin he decides for me...

"Take CTE, SLE, exit to wdlands avenue 2...surely the fastest one. NOt much traffic light as well."

Hearing that u'd say "thank God i got a cabby who understands my need now."

Well let me explain this situation. Firstly this is the moment of silence/turning pt(probably 3secs) whr ur cab ride would be a pleasant one or one whr u hv to act like u know nuts abt religion, politics and singapore and agree and act as if the cabby reli does know's his stuff. (no offence cabbies but reli its true rite?)

TO put it simply there are this few cabbies that exist:
1. Those that just drive
2. Those that ask you what is the meaning of life
3. Those that lament how difficult it is to live in singapore
4. Those that talk abt politics
5. Those who bug you abt ur beliefs....
6. And those reli bad mood drivers who look like watever u do is an insult to him and the biggest mistake was takin a cab with him!(this i agree, total mistake)...

and the list can go on...

How i wish mine was the first driver....

BUT NO....

The cab driver had to ask after that grace period...

"What's the rush boy?".... and there it began my 25min ordeal!
(mind u i said 20min...)

Frm questions abt my faith,the basis of my beliefs and dat hmmmm its all abt the power all this groups have and that christians create strife becoz they think that only they go to heaven and everyone is condemned to hell!

boy was tat a conversation, well not really more like a lecture and in summarry he wanted to say,boy u better not be like those dogmatic conservatives and open up to the world and see tat all paths lead to heaven!!!

wells i tried to reason but it din work. he felt i was challenging his thoughts, i said one thing he was able to counter with another and couldnt see wat i was drivin at yet i saw wat he was driving at. so i just resigned to filtering his thoughts and constantly said agree to tat which i agreed upon and just nodded to tat which i din reli agree and just looked like i was listening to him to those tat were kinda illogical...the irony was that he argued man is logical but some of his arguments were illogical? but wells it his perception and i just left him with this thought. Well in the end of the day yea all paths go to heaven. And we are responsible for our own actions and are answerable to our perception of who God is. SO yea it all depends where u go rite?

ok i'm not some jerk who disregards the "hospitality" of a cabbie k? I'm happy he took me on this ride. That he was friendly. Had a lovely smile. And yea provoke my grasp of knowledge...and....

yea imagine, it was the perfect day. perfect moment. Flag a cab and there he goes lamenting. U reach ur destination all bleahx and loaded with sometimes redundant stuff. As in why cant cabbies just keep their eyes on the road drive silently and just stick to their task of gettin us as quick as possible to our destination. If i was anal to the cabbie today i would hv said man i'd pay less coz u took longer than 20 min i asked for and i think u could hv driven faster. BUt oh wells. Shant grumble too much becoz tat aint the crux of this pertainin prob i hv with cabbies here.

besides their conversations which will reli kill me to plug in earphones and zone out to lala land...the reason of this outburst was becoz of one appalling act that i myself cant kp to myself any longer. Coz dat was the last straw. Imagine this situation, u were cycling or walkin down the pavement and u saw this guy on a wheelchair. He flags for a cab. The cab slows down and stops. Wells not for him! BUt the guy further down the road. My reaction was like. WAT THE!!! THe cabbie actually missed the guy in the wheelchair???

While consolidatin my thoughts i wondered if the cabby was too lazy to get out of his car and help him into his cab? Good thing i was rushin and zooming past. ANd that i din get ur no. and complained right away. but i guess the worse thing i did was not to stop and pei tat guy till a cab came for him...gosh...

cabbies...the irony was that i watched on the news abt improving things for the handicap...and i see dat...oh manz...

so wats the lesson? i reli dun noe hahas....i noe i could hv done somethin to at least do some justice for that guy. BUt in my heart i was like prayin the nxt empty cab better stop. oh wells.

cabs...cant live without em...cant live with em...they're there when u dun need em and not there when u dont...and only good service comes if u pay more and u just listen to their ramblings.

and yes i noe this are all weightless arguements or claims. But hey...i bet there are ppl out there with pretty similar experiences...and boy do i hv more than wat i've just written here...

so wats up cabbies? Just remember I am payin for you! And u can bark all u like but hey, i can choose not to pay coz if u din fulfill it ur not worth it and u better learn dat i'm no floormat! and dat the ppl who ride with u are not some ppl u can just exploit ok? gosh cabbies...wake up ur idea seriously.