Bro, I saw what you wrote and the excerpt is below and realised that you are delusional. High Moral Standing!!!! I also think you are being less than honest with the entry requirements. The vast majority of Singaporeans do qualify to be taxi drivers including ex-convicts.
scrooby doo...remember the cartoon, that clumsy dog.
what's wrong with ex- convicts driving as long they are not hard-core criminals. your thinking is old fart type, you are probably those who always brag about experience to your juniors.
The taxi vocation is somewhere below 2nd car dealers, HDB property agents and insurance salesman now know as financial planners.
Honestly people have more respect for the hawkers, the various office workers, storekeepers and most vocations but certainly the conduct of most cabbies would not warrant respect equivalent to these people.
times are changing, i bet you have not seen people living in district 10 driving taxis. i mentioned before, taxi driving is good for retirees, get to see around during their last phase of their life. What i don't understand is that the rental of taxis are considered very high, they should just capped it at less than 100 dollars per day. those driving mercs have to pay $103 to $138 per day exclusive of diesel or CNG. for me myself, i still prefer the old toyota crown, manual and reliable engine.
Most front serving vocations receive similar abuse from customers of varying nature including doctors and lawyers. There are inconsiderate, dishonest and abusive patients, clients and customers. It is nothing new. There are people who lodge unreasonable complaints to various professional boards and these highly educated professionals have to undergo various stressful and time-consuming disciplinary hearings etc.
The taxi service is an essential service but not a noble service because any man and his dog can qualify to be a taxi-driver. There is very little barriers to entry. Not many people can be hawkers because there is an element of hard work and risk involved. There is no NTUC to them give a recipe, set the stall up etc.
oh really, yes, anybody can qualify to be a taxi driver. i wager a personal bet with you, if you can survive 1 year on the road without accident, you can come and slap me. if not, you are another bragger and pretend to know all. i have been driving for 6 years, never have any major accidents that require insurance claim. if you can beat me to that, i will drive my taxi over the moon...
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Like all vocations there will be good, hardworking and honest people but the taxi drivers conduct in the main is so far from that of a hawker. Thank god it is highly regulated.
there are black sheeps in all kind of vocations, i personally see and experience how acidic lky's cronies are. i am surprised SAF has not been tamkup in the news for the wrong reasons, probably cover-up!
