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jvalmer
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| Feloria wrote: |
Kind of related--
A week ago I took a taxi to go to Home Plus, chum dong.
The fare had reached about 3000 won, and the taxi driver stopped and asked a woman on the street where she was going.
She said E-mart, chum dong which is across the street from Home Plus.
The taxi driver let her in and proceeded to drive. I was curious to see how this would play out with the fare and everything.
The taxi driver stopped at Home Plus and expected me to pay the entire fare, which was 5,000 even though the other woman was also getting out of the taxi.
Now it's true that I would be paying 5,000 either way, but this chick gets a free ride??
I don't think so--I gave 4,000 and said that the other woman could pay the rest. I know, childish on my part maybe.
Is this common practice? The driver didn't say anything to me when she stopped for the other woman, so I wonder... |
Generally if shared, the passengers pays full fare from where they got picked up. So the lady would have been asked for her share too.
However, they will ask a Korean speaker first if they can pick up another passenger. They aren't supposed to these days, but was very common practice in the past. |
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nero
Joined: 11 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 9:37 pm Post subject: Re: Holiday, Taxis, & Manners Rant/Question |
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| With a giggle, I answered both drivers. |
Lol, I am imagining rchristo fluttering his fan coquettishly and fingering his pearls as he answered. |
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radcon
Joined: 23 May 2011
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| Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:35 am Post subject: |
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| By and large taxi drivers in Seoul are surprisingly honest. But the OP ran into a tactic they sometimes use to overcharge. They ask you directly "would you like to turn her?" knowing that this turn would then put you on the scenic route. I guess they feel justified if the passenger okays the route. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:45 am Post subject: Re: Holiday, Taxis, & Manners Rant/Question |
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| nero wrote: |
| rchristo10 wrote: |
| With a giggle, I answered both drivers. |
Lol, I am imagining rchristo fluttering his fan coquettishly and fingering his pearls as he answered. |
| RChristo wrote: |
| I was clearly perturbed, but I immediately giggled with my question |
Lol.
Cut out the flirtatious giggling rchristo, and see if there's any change.
Keep the hangbag out of sight also. |
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rchristo10
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:20 am Post subject: |
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| Steelrails wrote: |
So can what was this blurb?
What's going on with taxis during the holidays?
I'm genuinely curious. Do the cabbies get rude or try to rip people off? Why? Stress over having to work the holidays? Part-time drivers who flood the market? Trying to get more money during the holidays? |
It was actually a short story on Koreans being angry over cabbies both cheating them and also picking and choosing who'd they pick up. It was quite biased and when I saw it I wondered if there'd be a backlash because it did really make cabbies look bad. I saw two in the prior morning to my incidents. So I was wondering if there's like an unstated war against cabbies and whether I just got a bit of backlash. |
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rchristo10
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:21 am Post subject: Re: Holiday, Taxis, & Manners Rant/Question |
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| Julius wrote: |
| nero wrote: |
| rchristo10 wrote: |
| With a giggle, I answered both drivers. |
Lol, I am imagining rchristo fluttering his fan coquettishly and fingering his pearls as he answered. |
| RChristo wrote: |
| I was clearly perturbed, but I immediately giggled with my question |
Lol.
Cut out the flirtatious giggling rchristo, and see if there's any change.
Keep the hangbag out of sight also. |
I find giggling (not really so girlish giggle) help to turn a bad situation into a less aggressive one. Works for me that's all....
....but good lord you're humorous lady. You actually got me to imagine it and I'm rofl....kakka |
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soulofseoul
Joined: 23 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:47 am Post subject: |
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| Take the damn subway. Its chun won and then you dont have to worry about getting ripped off and posting lenthy posts on here unless you got nothing else better to do :lol: |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 4:15 am Post subject: |
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| rchristo10 wrote: |
| Steelrails wrote: |
So can what was this blurb?
What's going on with taxis during the holidays?
I'm genuinely curious. Do the cabbies get rude or try to rip people off? Why? Stress over having to work the holidays? Part-time drivers who flood the market? Trying to get more money during the holidays? |
It was actually a short story on Koreans being angry over cabbies both cheating them and also picking and choosing who'd they pick up. It was quite biased and when I saw it I wondered if there'd be a backlash because it did really make cabbies look bad. I saw two in the prior morning to my incidents. So I was wondering if there's like an unstated war against cabbies and whether I just got a bit of backlash. |
All the citizens would have to do is go for 24-7 subway service and those cabbies would fall in line....
Interesting story though, thanks for sharing. Something to be aware of. |
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