hong kong taxi
Thursday, 30 November 2006 13:45 pm
This morning traffic was a nightmare today. It took me 35 minutes instead of the regular 10 to get from ferry pier to office.
But interesting was my cabbie’s reaction. He was actually apologetic for the traffic and the congestion and kept making excuses. Yeah mate - like it’s your fault! Your apologies aren’t making me feel any better…
In the end he even volunteered to make the taxi fare 30 dollars instead of the 54.20 the meter was reading. That was a very courteous but insane offer I figured and I paid him the full fare.
This makes me think then how taxi drivers are paying / reporting their daily revenues. Isn’t there some kind of a tally that comes out of the meter thing and which should match what the cabbie is filing he’s made in a day? Well apparently not, since I don’t think the driver would have come up with this offer if he has to add the difference from his own pocket.
