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.


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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.

[baludoy]

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).

+1 davao city drivers are very kind and concientious. that's why in my 8+ years of stay over there, i never feared riding cabs even in the wee hours of the morning even if i was alone way too drunk to be too comfortable w/ my surroundings

[jcastillo932]

This was happened on November 2004, galing ako Arcadia sa Malate and medyo nalasing. Ng sumakay ako taxi sinabi ko sa driver na Laon Laan corner Miguelin Street tayo manong, sa sobrang inum nakatulog ako talaga. Then the driver suddenly wake me up at sinabi "boss laon laan na". Pag kita ko nasa laon laan corner miguelin street na nga ako. Pag baba ko taxi na realize ko na nakatulog ako ng mahimbing, buti na lang hindi ako na holdup. The taxi company is R & E. Medyo matanda driver, di ko nga napasalamatan man lang nung nagbayad ako.

[pup2]

Hindi naman yata nanghoholdaup ang legit taxis, lalo yung R&E, malaki na at matagal na company na. Pero minsan pag na holdup /carnap yung taxi, ginagamit sa kalokohan kaya ayun ... better to be safe pa din and take note of the cab number at kung may picture ID ng driver, i-check na siya nga talaga yun! Minsan yung taxi companies na ang humahabol sa kawatan eh.

[ed_lupeet]

This happened nung pauwi ako from glorietta. Medyo may edad na ung driver ng taxi. Nag kwentuhan kami during the travel and sinabi nya kung gaano ka garapal un mga ibang taxi para kumita ng malaki. Nag kwento sya na ok lang sa kanya kahit maliit lang ang kita sa byahe basta fair ka sa mga pasahero. Sinabi din nya na di sya tumatanggap ng tip. Nung magbayad na ko ng fare, sinobrahan ko ng konti ung bayad. Sinabi ko na keep the change. He insisted na kunin ko ung sukli. Nung binigay na nya ung change nagsabi sya na check ko baka may naiwan ako gamit and nagsabi sya ng thank you before sya umalis.

[[archie]]

thats a nice experience sir, ako never pa ko nakakuha ng taxi na mabait yung driver. sana one of these days...

that will really put a smile on your face.

[welscua]

Dami ko experience nyan sa Trinoma Mall, Q.C. Everytime na uuwi kami ng family ko ay wala ng tanong kung san pupunta, basta sakay agad and okey na.
Unlike sa SM, pipila ka na ng matagal tapo sometimes ayaw pa ng driver na isakay ka dahil wala raw pasahero makukuha pagbalik, and nakakainis tatanungin ka muna bago ka pasakayin.
Nga pala pag nag-try kayo taxi sa Trinoma don't forget to ask the security guard about that small piece of paper, nakalagay kasi dun telepone number ng LTO in case na may problema kayo sa taxi.



SHARING IS CARING.....

[jansky]

dito sa baguio mga taxi driver sinosoli tlaga mga sukli kahit piso pa or singkwenta sentimos pag ala silang sukli sabihin sa u "sir wala po ba taung barya dyan ala pa akong barya eh" pag sinabi mong okay lang (1 peso 5 pesos) eh malaking thank you ang maririnig mo sa kanila

[myk384]

Naalala ko tuloy last September 2010, papunta ako ng Silver City mula sa bahay ng lola ko sa Rosario Pasig. Dahil walang fx na magpapasakay (mga bandang 7:30am, rush hour) nagtaxi ako. May napara ako tapos nakipagkwentuhan kami habang papunta. Medyo near exact change yung binayad ko, so siguro happy siya and nice kausapin. Not to forget malinis ang taxi.

may your tribe increase!

[gongrhey]

I use Nissan Yellow Taxi (airport taxi) pag pumupunta ako ng airport para bumiyahe. Ibinigay sakin nung isang driver nila na nasakyan ko one time na dumating ako yung contact number nila. Ngayon pag aalis ako hindi na ako nagpapahatid, nagpapasundo na lang ako sa bahay. Very prompt sila, one time more than 30 mins na nag-antay sakin yung driver kasi sabi ko 2PM pero wala pang 130 nandun na. Sabi ng driver okay lang daw sinisiguro lang nila na ma-pick up ako on time. Tapos while nasa byahe, tumatawag sa radyo yung supervisor kung na-pick up na raw ako at kung saan na location namin. May radyo sila kaya alam nila kung saan ma-traffic at nakaka-iwas sila. Hindi pa ko na-late sa mga flights ko.

Wala namang extra charge, mas okay kesa kukuha ng regular taxi kasi pag sinabi mong airport makikipag-deal agad na doblehin daw yung patak ng metro. Na-try ko na rin tumawag sa ibang malalaking regular taxi company para magpasundo pero ayaw nila kasi depende daw kung may unit sila sa area namin.

[mikomac]

Hindi naman yata nanghoholdaup ang legit taxis, lalo yung R&E, malaki na at matagal na company na. Pero minsan pag na holdup /carnap yung taxi, ginagamit sa kalokohan kaya ayun ... better to be safe pa din and take note of the cab number at kung may picture ID ng driver, i-check na siya nga talaga yun! Minsan yung taxi companies na ang humahabol sa kawatan eh.

I have this good & bad experience with R&E, yung iba nilang drivers mandaraya. Sa trinoma ako sumakay eh sakto, R&E yung nasakyan ko. then sabi ko, "Kuya, sa (place where I live) tayo. then R&E knows the way kasi its also their way to their Garage. then sa ibang daan nila dinaan which is napalayo kami. (parang his plan ay ilayo yung daan to my destination.) then yung karamihan sakanila, The good side of them is most drivers are mabait at pala kwento, at hindi sila nangdadaya at barumbado magmaneho. like TS' experience they Greet us Hello and Take Care before and after trip.