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1927
Joined: 02 Oct 2011
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Weird, I've had them drive me all the way home to Anyang at a metered rate without any fuss |
I know. I've had this same conversation with others who have had no trouble at all with them. I don't get it. Maybe we were just unlucky three times. I just tend to ignore them completely now and look for the regular cabs. |
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Hiromi C
Joined: 28 May 2011
Location: Gwanak-gu, Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:53 am Post subject: |
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It's not only people of Asian descent they seem to refuse service to. I've been with white foreigners on three occasions where a 'foreigners only' taxi was flagged down, but refused to take us to our destination because it was not the Yongsan US army base. "I'm just a base taxi" was the comment (or to that effect). These occasions occurred twice in the mid to late afternoon coming from Myeongdeong and Jongro respectively, and once at about 9pm on a weeknight from Itaewon.
The destinations on separate occasions were Sinchon and Nowon.
I've never understood those taxis. |
My assumption is that taking fares to base makes it much more likely that they can get another fare immediately after the make the drop off. If they took you guys home, they'd be less likely to be able to find a white person in need of a ride. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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| 1927 wrote: |
It's not only people of Asian descent they seem to refuse service to. I've been with white foreigners on three occasions where a 'foreigners only' taxi was flagged down, but refused to take us to our destination because it was not the Yongsan US army base. "I'm just a base taxi" was the comment (or to that effect). These occasions occurred twice in the mid to late afternoon coming from Myeongdeong and Jongro respectively, and once at about 9pm on a weeknight from Itaewon.
The destinations on separate occasions were Sinchon and Nowon.
I've never understood those taxis. |
I don't understant this at all. The actual base taxis are from two or three companies who have taxis and drivers specifically assigned to the bases as they are under contract with the Exchange on base. They do not pick up customers off base unless the customer called and requested that in advance (for an extra fee). For the customers they pick up on base, they can only pick them up at designated taxi stops or by advance arrangement at another place on base. Of course, the customers picked up on base can be dropped off either on base or off base. |
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