Enjoy ready enjoy...driving and money coming (liu lye liao)
everyday you are meeting many kind of two legs walking creature human... man or woman of many races.
some is interesting, some really bang ball after finishing the trip. just for those few dollars can never be about one hundred one single trip.
Let talk about day shift, you only got two and the half hours of 35% peak hours, how many trips you can run. Nowaday peak hours very difficult to find pax. sometime if you are lucky penguins are all round along the road.
Sometime only more taxis infront of you and behind plenty of many colours.
Last tuesday, just what happen ...rounding hougang many infront behind many taxis, no choice go back sengkang the same. What happen already 8.06am started at 6.30am one and the half hour... no mean no... this taxi driving, what experience what old bird.
Try fernvale...O. my first lovely penguin on sight, she on board.
Where too? sis... alexandra point...o... half day rental sure got.
So at 8.06am CTE to bukit merah exit, henderson,telok blangah, than alexandra road, requested to run this. OK.
Total..meter fares $22 erp $5 peak hour $7.7 admin charge credit card $3.57 gst$ 0.25 total $39.52.
destination time upon reaching 9.04am
Total one hour job..traffic flow cte inch by inch.
So your two and the half hours gone...you can eat wind..liao.
Other day this can be better.
so you can never.... calculate what you want... let the sky do the calculation for you as chinese alway say.
Driving taxi there is no permanent income should say.
Originally posted by ALN:kin, nowadays morning peak also hard to find pax? every morning i still see paxs at 9am in sengkang…. along the road to TPE… at the Shell station…
alvin, morning after 9am northeast, north, northwest all gold mine. cos alot of taxis already in town. coming in ones already came earlier cos people working in ex. woodlands start work early. only town start work 9am,10am. west bad cos of jurong west and tuas too many taxis headed there.
kin, nowadays morning peak also hard to find pax? every morning i still see paxs at 9am in sengkang…. along the road to TPE… at the Shell station…
Uncle..9am, If kin still at sengkang than that is not kin...(gold) japanese...hehe.
9am i alway stayput at tanjong rhu where ang mo stayed all those other various condo belts.
This are more potential, heartlands than maybe afternoon i will come back, if all other places are congested with all those taxis around.
Originally posted by KCTK:alvin, morning after 9am northeast, north, northwest all gold mine. cos alot of taxis already in town. coming in ones already came earlier cos people working in ex. woodlands start work early. only town start work 9am,10am. west bad cos of jurong west and tuas too many taxis headed there.
when i was a OMO , i loves Bt Panjang , lots of bookings .... Bt Btk also , CCK also , Hougang also best ...Sengkang and Punggol also one goldmine .
3 bukit is the best ... Bt Panjang , Bt Batok and Kaki Bukit morning up til 11.30am is the best .
5 Kang also best ... Hougang , Sengkang , CC Kang , Yio Chu Kang and Lim Chu Kang ...hahahaha
Funny euf , morning hours Tampines and Pasir Ris is normal bad for me ..... dunno why ? Airport ?
but some advice for newbies ....
it's good to be a relief noe cos .... there'll be a time u get tired about driving day in day out , it's good to take a break away from taxi driving ....
If being a hirer , it's difficult to take a day off .
there'll be some day , he can be really demoralised , not really motivated at all for a while , u worked and felt stressful .
The reason cannot be explained , i guessed it;s some kind of working long hours side psychology effect .
in fact , it's telling you , it;s time to take a break away from the things u do everyday .
honestly ... i felt that last September .. got the type of " walan sian la " feelings ...
i lost some discipline as well , as in ... i go coffee shop can sit and read newspaper for an hour !!
And can wait at Tuas for a booking for an hour . Normally i wouldn't do that .
And can go shopping for an hour from 11pm when i can pick another few pax at Tekka .
And worst , i can go drinking at Tanjong Pagar at 10pm sometimes with friends .
Now i am as fresh as new ...
Originally posted by ALN:u coming back to snatch my shenton way paxs?
very soon .... i decided ..... driving a Merc Cab is more ideal .
I want new challenge ... now it's about challenge , earn money or not , not my first priority .
To drive a MercCab is something i never experience .
Must see how far i can go ?
now company has got new personnel , now i settled down that side , and i can focus on travelling around Singapore to find new opportunities .
That side just see see look look , need me than i go . If not .....
hi all bros again,
just another qn i got. what is the market practice if a relief cannot drive on the schedule slots for 1 week. ? pay the hirer half on the agreed rental?
thx
Originally posted by Poolman:
very soon .... i decided ..... driving a Merc Cab is more ideal .I want new challenge ... now it's about challenge , earn money or not , not my first priority .
To drive a MercCab is something i never experience .
Must see how far i can go ?
bro me also looking at driving merc cab,now waiting for my relief to say yes than i'll go ahead.
no lah, just want to find out more details on the standard practice before i start....coz sometimes we never know if anything crops up :)
Originally posted by Teolk:
bro me also looking at driving merc cab,now waiting for my relief to say yes than i'll go ahead.
eh ... Merc cab must have 3 years driving experience , do u know ??
Originally posted by jim007:hi all bros again,
just another qn i got. what is the market practice if a relief cannot drive on the schedule slots for 1 week. ? pay the hirer half on the agreed rental?
thx
no need so advance like 3 days la ... like u 5pm start , if u tired , dun feel like driving , just call him 3 hours b4 he handover , ask politely la ....
And add u'll pay him that $20-$25 ( what u all agreed on ) the next day .
Say u feeling sick ... not suitable to drive . Hirer will understand .
Originally posted by Poolman:
eh ... Merc cab must have 3 years driving experience , do u know ??
I don't noe abt other co but Smrt don't need.They told me anytime i want can start. Rental is $116 b4 gst
Originally posted by Teolk:
I don't noe abt other co but Smrt don't need.They told me anytime i want can start. Rental is $116 b4 gst
Hmmm, I think I agree to some point with Teolk on this because I was being told that qualification (O level) will be sufficient to better qualify for merc cab. Not sure if previous working experience plays a part too.
any bros here can share the additional benefits of driving merc taxi? $116 means higher overheads and need to cover more mileage to pick up pax right?
Originally posted by jim007:any bros here can share the additional benefits of driving merc taxi? $116 means higher overheads and need to cover more mileage to pick up pax right?
$116 ? with gst $124 .
If to earn the diesel and rental , per hour $22 , u need 5.5hours to earn that amount , just the rental .
New bird will be damn shiong ....
if relief cannot drive, the rate is usually pre-agreed earlier on…. mkt practice is half to slightly more than half…. e.g. sonata is $26 to $30 for 12hr shift if cannot drive
if last minute then say then must pay full liao….
why? u so fast want to donate liao? haha
Uncle...Ok and understood.
e.g. sonata is $26 to $30 for 12hr shift if cannot drive.
What about if hirer wanted to use the taxi on certain day that is on our shift.
His personal usage, Why? they never pay us the $26 to $30. bela bela he just use it , and you rest.
And we take off, not driving we must pay the penalty. ya.
So we relief, really fool. Why? regulation is set in this way.