jonix
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Well, Amie finally got me to quit giving them the finger...
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Manila taxi drivers on the meter
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shugar
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very wise indeed dennis-san...Jag, when something is trying to kill you every time you dive into Manila, it's prudent to study your enemy...
Jag
shugar
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bwaaaahahahahahahaha good for her! took my wife AGES to get me off the finger...Well, Amie finally got me to quit giving them the finger...
Jag
boljakool
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wow! thanks for that dennis... never knew some of what you said...
you've become quiet the filipino i see
Jag
Jag, you need to go to Cubao more often to experience the traffic those buses are making.
Also, there's a lot to see in Cubao!
clgsamson
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jonix
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boljakool
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...and you NEED to be friends with the cabbie when you go there!
did you know that a significant percentage of bus companies are allegedly owned by military generals
Well, Amie finally got me to quit giving them the finger...
smart move. that lessens the chances of you saying hello to a bullet
So can Manila taxi cab drivers make a living on the meter?
So that's the whole story. I know fuel prices are rising and they just adjusted bus and jeepney fares and I was wondering how difficult it is for the taxi drivers.
Thanks. - Just another ugly Kano.
barely able to earn a living. they are not on salary .
the norm here is that there are two drivers to a taxi. they alternate taking the taxi out. and they work/drive the taxi for 24hours straight until the next driver takes his turn at this point the gas tank is nearly empty.
then they have to pay the operator around 700 to 1,200 (could be more, it's called "boundary") per day so imagine for them to take home any pesos .
so when the next driver starts the shift, he first gets some gas thats enough to get a passenger for him to gas up for his shift. then the 24 hours run begins.... until his shift ends and have to pay the operator the "boundary".
so imagine running 24 hours and driver have just got barely the amount to pay for the "boundary"....... and say driver has kids......... blah blah blah
so next time ..... consider giving them tipsespecially if the driver is courteous. reward good behaviour.... but isn't it by giving tips the driver is being corrupted? oh well... damed if you do damed if you don't.......
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