My working spirit is at all time low, and this stupid objective-C language give me all kind of headache just because it doesn't discard all the objects it uses automatically. God bless anyone who came up with garbage collector for Java. Heck I don't care about efficiency and performance, I just need to get my project done and DONE. Oh gosh..
Anyway, I was looking for a cab the other day when I saw this Indian couple fighting, or quarelling, as they were about to get on a cab. They kept quarelling and never got into the cab. So I just walked there and took the cab. The cabbie uncle complained about the Indian and I told him that at least they didn't get into the cab and fight inside his car.
He laughed and told me that it was one of the Indian tricks for free ride. Not that all Indians are like that. But these tricks are used by Indians passengers and not, or almost never, other kind of people in Singapore. Please keep that in mind. It's just a story a cabbie told me and by no means it's guaranteed to be accurate whatsoever. Take it with a pinch of salt.
So the idea is that the couple would quarrel a bit as they got into the cab. Then they would stop and say nothing throughout the journey. As they are about to reach the destination, they would start quarelling again. When the cab stop, they would reach the climax and as it gets tense, the girl will just walk out and slam the door. The guy would show that he is angry or whatever, and tell the cabbie to wait as he chases the girl. Amidst this kind of heated situation, of course most cabbies would hesitate to interupt any of them as they don't want to be involved in any kind of fight. And as for the couple, of course none of them would return to pay for the cab fare.
Another trick is the one used by old Indian ladies. The old lady would get into the cab and after a few minutes, would start sobbing and telling the cabbie her 'sad stories'. All kind of story. The ingrateful sons, the jerky husbands, whatever. And as they reaches the destination, the lady would tell the cabbie to wait as she needs to get the money from her house. Of course by that time, she would have made herself looked like the most unfortunate creature in the whole island that the cabbie just couldn't bring himself to do anything other than wait for the lady to return with the money. Obviously she is gone for good.
The cabbie said that although they knew the tricks, sometimes they just couldn't do anything about it. They can only blame their own luck.
Anyway, I was looking for a cab the other day when I saw this Indian couple fighting, or quarelling, as they were about to get on a cab. They kept quarelling and never got into the cab. So I just walked there and took the cab. The cabbie uncle complained about the Indian and I told him that at least they didn't get into the cab and fight inside his car.
He laughed and told me that it was one of the Indian tricks for free ride. Not that all Indians are like that. But these tricks are used by Indians passengers and not, or almost never, other kind of people in Singapore. Please keep that in mind. It's just a story a cabbie told me and by no means it's guaranteed to be accurate whatsoever. Take it with a pinch of salt.
So the idea is that the couple would quarrel a bit as they got into the cab. Then they would stop and say nothing throughout the journey. As they are about to reach the destination, they would start quarelling again. When the cab stop, they would reach the climax and as it gets tense, the girl will just walk out and slam the door. The guy would show that he is angry or whatever, and tell the cabbie to wait as he chases the girl. Amidst this kind of heated situation, of course most cabbies would hesitate to interupt any of them as they don't want to be involved in any kind of fight. And as for the couple, of course none of them would return to pay for the cab fare.
Another trick is the one used by old Indian ladies. The old lady would get into the cab and after a few minutes, would start sobbing and telling the cabbie her 'sad stories'. All kind of story. The ingrateful sons, the jerky husbands, whatever. And as they reaches the destination, the lady would tell the cabbie to wait as she needs to get the money from her house. Of course by that time, she would have made herself looked like the most unfortunate creature in the whole island that the cabbie just couldn't bring himself to do anything other than wait for the lady to return with the money. Obviously she is gone for good.
The cabbie said that although they knew the tricks, sometimes they just couldn't do anything about it. They can only blame their own luck.
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