Taxicab Experience That Made You Smile

[russpogi]

A while ago (around 3am today), I hailed a Nissan Sentra [SIZE=3]Simpson Taxicab Plate TXF-245[/SIZE] along Jupiter Street, Makati. Here's my experience:

The moment I got in the cab, the driver greeted me "Good morning sir! Saan po tayo?" That statement alone made me smile. I said my destination then we took off. While driving me and the driver had a little chit-chat (travel time was about 5 mins only). The moment I arrived at my destination (I was not in a hurry), the driver and I wasn't finished with the topic and we spent about 2 more minutes to wrap up. The driver was very polite and nice to talk to. My fare was Php45 and I gave him Php50 and said to keep the change. He said, "Thank you po sir! Ingat po kayo and God bless!". I said likewise.

It's really nice to encounter taxi drivers like him nowadays. It's unfortunate that I forgot to get his name. I will call the taxi operator first thing tomorrow to let them know that they have a driver that is a role model for cabbies and let them know that I was very pleased with the service.


Kayo? do you have any similar experience taking a cab and actually be pleased with the service?

[GerardTagayty]

naku never in manila. ahehehe! well i dont commute naman sa manila. once pa lang and this was in baguio. i partied with a friend sa nevada square. we got an fx taxi nun sinabi namin kung san kame uuwi he knew paglabas lang pala ng nevada square yun place namin. we didnt know kase we came form somewhere lese before going there. as in para lang shang lumabas. he made us pay 10 pesos lang. and sabi ingat kame kase pababa yun bahay and he waited for us to get iside the house before leaving.

[CVT]

naku never in manila. ahehehe! well i dont commute naman sa manila. once pa lang and this was in baguio. i partied with a friend sa nevada square. we got an fx taxi nun sinabi namin kung san kame uuwi he knew paglabas lang pala ng nevada square yun place namin. we didnt know kase we came form somewhere lese before going there. as in para lang shang lumabas. he made us pay 10 pesos lang. and sabi ingat kame kase pababa yun bahay and he waited for us to get iside the house before leaving.

Generally bro.,- mababait ang mga FX na taxi sa Baguio, based on our limited experience (2x a year lang kaming napunta roon for a few days....)...

TAI taxi naman sa akin, when I attended a management seminar in Makati a couple of weeks ago.... I don't want to drive in Makati for obvious reasons....

I told the taxi driver that he can come back for me at around 5PM after the seminar. So, I gave him my mobile number, and he did the same, too. Half an hour before we were dismissed, I texted him. Apparently, he is far from the area so he took the initiative of paging their dispatcher so that another cab can pick me up.... Moreover, he even called my mobile phone to tell me that another cab is on its way for me.... Well,- that's service.....

5505:home:

[pup2]

My sis' driver of 2 years was a cab driver of my bro in law whom he just conversed with. The guy said he had been wanting to move out of cabs kasi daw sobrang tagal nila magmaneho pero minsan hirap pa maka boundary!

My sis hired him and he was a revelation. Vourteous, prompt, maingat mag drive (maingat pa sa bro in law ko), at malinis sa sasakyan. In fact, wala akong masabi sa kanya other than he doesn't seem to like taking baths.

Pero mukhang as far as public transport is concerned, yung sistema nila of operating and paying ang nakakadagdag sa gulo, kundi man sanhi nito.

[ThePatriarch]

I surely hope dumami pa lalo dito sa atin ang mga courteous and professional taxi drivers . ang gandang pakinggan kung may mga ok na driver sa kalsada, sana naman maging general rule sila instead of being the exception.

[myopia73]

My experience was in Davao almost 6 years ago. Most of the taxi drivers, if not all were courteous. It has been a habit of mine to leave tips or pag may butal, keep the change na... So when I got off I had a change of around P 4.00 and the driver said he had no change. Sabi ko OK lang, nevermind. I was surprised sa reaction ng driver na taos pusong pasasalamat niya for that amount. Samantala dito sa Manila.....(sigh).

PLUS, at that time lumabas ang mga new models ng taxi from Daewoo, Toyota etc. I was trying different new models everytime, sa dami nila namimili ako hehe.

It ticks me off pag ang opening spiel ng driver pag pasok mo, "ser bahala na kayo magdagdag"

[n5110]

experience ko sa TAI taxi ok naman, pahatid sa airport tapos hatid misis ko sa Makati, di naman humingi ng dagdag.matino kausap ang TAI taxi.

yung opening line naman ng airport metered taxi: "traffic" ..sus san ba walang traffic. cool lang kasi first ko nakasakay ng new vios na taxi. hehe

[v6dreamer]

Service with smile, cant beat that at may tip pa siya.

[jonski]

Sakin last month lang nung nahulog cellphone ko kasi medyo maluwang yung bulsa ng pants ko..Pagbaba ko ng taxi ay tinawag ako ng driver at sinabi na naiwan ko cellphone ko.


OT
Pero hindi ko parin malimutan nung totoy pa ako sa Manila noon. NAsa UST ako nun papuntang Quiapo and sumakay ako taxi and sabi ng driver ay airport taxi daw sya kaya mas mataas ng kunti bayad but pumayag ako..nung pagdating namin sa Quiapo ay 3000+pesos siningil sakin

[m777]

sana dumami pa ang cab drivers na ganyan. its been a while since i took a cab. but if i were to take a cab again. i will really appreciate it if the driver will be that nice.