SMRT Taxis launches good service promise with Tip-the-Driver Initiative

when i heard about this on the headlines of news 5 tonight i knew i had to blog about this. i wanted to listen to the story on news but my sis insisted on watching this fucked up dancing show on channel8. so i read the story on the channelnews asia webby.

so apparently, smrt is setting up some initiative where u can tip the driver if he has good service and u can get a money back garuntee if the service was not up to standard. so according to the article, they wish for drivers to greet the passenger, give a safe journey, switch on meters at start and turn it off at end and blah blah blah. haven't the taxi drivers been already doing all these? maybe except for the greet the passenger part. and somemore they want the taxi driver to give safe journey. but this is singapore man. u drive fast u drive slow also the fucker behind confirm will complain. so whats the difference? and they actually expect singaporeans to tip the cabbie voluntarily. when i heard the headline i thought they will make it compulsory for the passenger to tip or something. then if like that is like gambling already. but lucky, smrt got quite alot of brains.

so they also say that if the passenger is not happy with the service they can call the hotline and get a money back garuntee. 'But will passengers abuse this money-back guarantee scheme?' they ask. my answer. OF COURSE LA. as i said earlier this is singapore man. sure got people chao kar one. just now hear headline already first thing come to my mind is 'heh can cheat'. wahahaha.

so, in conclusion, i think this initiative is useless. i believe singaporeans will not be so gracious as to give tips voluntarily and the system will definately be abused. those who will tip would already have tipped without any initiative of this sort.

oh and the article also says 'As for drivers who go the extra mile, SMRT hopes commuters can tip them. '. limpeh say, kanina if the taxi driver go an extra mile of course must pay la. chao chee bye. the meter down there for fuck ah? 100meter 10cents right? extra mile must pay $2.40 leh! wahahaha.

fucking iced coffee forever giving me stomachache. 6 bucks for a stomachache. today 2.05 for a stomach ache. not bad.