me and my mistress - the taxi driver!
well you know what they say bout mistresses.. their ups and downs... there are 'good' times (and i dun mean only that thing) and the not-so-sexually-attractive times (especially when they asked u to dump ur wife)... the same goes with me and my taxi drivers... sometimes i really adore them and at times i feel like farting directly in/on their face - with their mouth opened.... yeah to give them a little after taste....
first, the 'good' (near extinction) species... mostly those old, smiling, kind-hearted ones, who drives not only to feed their family, but also FOT THE CUSTOMER! with their heart... passion, conviction...
imagine that u r heading to point B, walking there in an unforgivable weather... and u r late! with a wave of 'my' (after this we change back to ur) firm, mascular yet delicate hand, u (;p) took a cab... with a smile and a soothing gesture ur taxi driver welcomed u into his temple of urm.. 'logistic' heaven... and along the way u had a healthy conversation on the weather, the road, sammy velloo (ok i dun know how to spell his name properly!), on the national football team, manchester united, (how chelsea, arsenal and liverpool sucks) - everything... even ur studies! ( i was once lectured by the taxi driver to e a good student, son and civilian!!!! - tongue lashing weh!!!;p) they would just talk bout anything that would sooth u, make u forget even for a while, ur problems, stresses, mistress, mistresses, oh ya wife.... everything!and they'll take u off ur sad little world into the real world.... all u need to do is just asked them bout their lives, their family, their health anything, cut-out-the-silence (ey, this sounds familiar;p) and they'll charter u into complete relaxation... trust me! if u r lucky enough, u might get them to tell bout how it was during the times when malaysia was under the britons, the japs and the sepets - the communists. breathtaking! it's a whole new journey itself!
indeed these types of taxi driver make me feel that i'm still somebody in this world.. still intact with the world i tried so hard to excel in... an most importantly they reminds me of me granpas, the storytelling esp... wallaweh, why did i go there... sad weh.....:( aiyo...... that's how i enjoyed my taxi ride, heck that how i enjoys my sad life, by reminding myself of my past, present and future...
and in comes the devils of this post... the young, rude, snobbish, cheating, i-know-better bastards... they simply drive u mad...literally.... to tell u the truth, i'm a bad consumer.. i'll just let it go when i was cheated or mistreated... it's not in me to react on the spot... to report them..to yell,
these kind of taxi driver just wan profit and nothing else matters... not even a smile, or a simple thank you.. heck, they just keep on honking in a traffic jam... iamgine what the passenger would feel!!! they cut q, they ran over traffic lights, start bitching when things doesn't go their ways! i despies them weh.. did i mentioned that they even went out of their ways to cheat their customers with lousy excuses... petrol hike, toll hike (even when we didn't use the toll!!!), even sugar and chicken!!! WTF.... there this one time, it was in the wee hours, i just arrived from my hometown to intec, he said it's 'subuh' so pay extra lor... i'm ok with that, then he asked for RM x, i paid him and wait for my change (and it's more than 5 bucks weh), and he just looked and me and asked me to get out faster, got other customers!!!! my jaw dropped! WTF...
there's this one time when irshad and i was cheated from KL central to bukit jalil!!! we have to pay double.... when it's clearlt stated that midnite surcharge would amount to xtra 50% of the whole fare... not 100%!!!! just like what irshad mentioned - one of use paid and the other was cheated... and most probably that person's ME...
not to mention those who refused to take me just because i'm too good looking! actually, because there heavy traffic to where i'm going! FYI their 1st client's charter is... give priority to passengers and yes the 5th one is drive with care... during the puasa month, the taxi i was in almost crashed into a divider... imagine that... not married and ur dead juz bcoz ur taxi driver's hungry!
and yeah, no.4 is honest and trustworthy!
pliz take note that i wrote this post bcoz of my heavenly ride to my aunt's place yesterday... not the few undeserving taxi drivers....
p/s: yih seong, i still dun think it's weird to asked how the taxi radio works.... and i just learned from my taxi driver yesterday that there's a coupon system going on, easier and un-cheat-able! not bad eh;p
to all the 'good' taxi drivers, i salute ur cause! ;p
take the train, buddy
Posted by: Sebby | January 25, 2007 06:24 PM
moosie, i miss your hand on my ass.
Posted by: Yih Seong | January 25, 2007 11:49 PM
whoa yih seong... that was kind of gay... i like... =P
Posted by: Fabian | January 26, 2007 06:32 AM
yer..yeeseong...come find me..i am anwar
Posted by: anwar | January 26, 2007 06:38 AM
u dig ur own grave yih seong.... u r officially gay weh.... ;p miss u too;p and wei chong, u seriosly wanna b abwar ka? sweat;p
Posted by: mUsTaQ | January 26, 2007 09:47 PM
i'm not gay. i just appreciate mustaqim's warm hands and how they feel on my tush.
Posted by: Yih Seong | January 27, 2007 07:52 AM