Wednesday, August 20, 2008
19:57 by FoxTwo
On a weekday, or even on Friday nights and Saturday nights, try this. Around 10pm or so, try to get a cab.
Notice anything?
Yeah, not a single available cab. Every one that passes you will be lit up in red, with the words "Hired" or "On call". Even those that are empty, zoom past you.
So, did the recent price hike "help" us consumers to get a cab?
The same thing is happening right now as it did before the price hike - near midnight, cabs suddenly disappear off the streets, and don't appear till about 12.30 or so. Is the current situation any different from previous?
Like I read in a funny email some time back - thanks, but no thanks, dear gahmen. Don't try to help us anymore ok? What's happening now is that we're paying more for the same thing that happened before the huge price hike.
Unless of course, the all-powerful gahmen can come up with a way to levy a fine on cabs and make sure they are available to us. Otherwise, more price increases just make us pay more for the same shitty cab-availability we've always been getting. If anything, make the fare a flat fare. Screw all the stupid surcharges. Just one uniform fare. That way the cabs won't have "special hours" to disappear off to.
By the way can we get a refund or something?
19:57 by FoxTwo
Mystery Of The Disappearing Taxis
On a weekday, or even on Friday nights and Saturday nights, try this. Around 10pm or so, try to get a cab.
Notice anything?
Yeah, not a single available cab. Every one that passes you will be lit up in red, with the words "Hired" or "On call". Even those that are empty, zoom past you.
So, did the recent price hike "help" us consumers to get a cab?
The same thing is happening right now as it did before the price hike - near midnight, cabs suddenly disappear off the streets, and don't appear till about 12.30 or so. Is the current situation any different from previous?
Like I read in a funny email some time back - thanks, but no thanks, dear gahmen. Don't try to help us anymore ok? What's happening now is that we're paying more for the same thing that happened before the huge price hike.
Unless of course, the all-powerful gahmen can come up with a way to levy a fine on cabs and make sure they are available to us. Otherwise, more price increases just make us pay more for the same shitty cab-availability we've always been getting. If anything, make the fare a flat fare. Screw all the stupid surcharges. Just one uniform fare. That way the cabs won't have "special hours" to disappear off to.
By the way can we get a refund or something?
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