Tag Archives: Taxi Uncle

Approaching a bus stop, i noticed an elderly malay woman waved at me. i stopped for her to board the taxi. she told me "Tan Tock seng hospital". as i drove off she said she couldn't lift her arms when she woke up in the morning. i saw from the rear mirror she had tears in her eyes. i suspected she had a stroke. she instructed me to visit the atm for her to draw money to pay for the taxi fare. i asked her if she had any children, she said she had one son who went to work. i got angry and started to lecture her. i said "your son should take you to the hospital in an ambulance. what happens if you fell sick in my taxi? i cannot save you". i drove as fast as i could to reach TTSH and she was rather concerned about paying for the taxi fare.

A taxi driver shared this funny but sad encounter during one of his trips from Singapore's iconic Marina Bay Sands to their condominium.

A netizen shared this incident which happened to her taxi driver father, who picked up a fare cheat from Holland Village to Bukit Panjang only to get cheated by the dishonest passenger.

I would like to share a positive story that has happened to me a recently. As a result of many incidents during the past year, on this particular day, I was feeling extremely helpless and tired.

A reader shared a post from a popular taxi drivers forum which claimed that the traffic police was now driving taxis when conducting their enforcement operations. From the image shared by a group of TransCab taxi drivers, comfort taxi SHD3947H was seen being driven by a TP and booking drivers who flouted the rules.

A 25 year-old yelled vulgarities at an elderly taxi driver and residents at Woodlands Avenue 4 after he was detained for trying to cheat on his cab fare.

I was skimming through your page when I realised an article about a fellow cabby making noise about cheapskate passengers sharing cabs with 1 stop per person.

The taxi ride to the customer’s place was filled with rich conversation. Taxi uncle in his 60s sharing with me powerful (and sure-fire) tips on staying healthy. We reached the lunch place. It was awkward as there was no business/friendship/family relationship between Uncle and me after that taxi ride. There wasn’t anything in it for us to be having lunch together (not family, not friends yet, not colleagues). But there we were, having lunch at the same table. We had a good chat about life and filial piety in the short lunch time.

when we reach our destination.the machine have some problem.the fare is about $5.he try few times,still the machine cant read the ezlink.my cousin insist he to stay awhile my cousin want to went up to take some cash,since the machine cant read the card. to our suprise the driver told us it just near by no need to pay for the fare.we was so suprice when he say its ok,its only $5 bucks.no worriess.

Uncle has already removed the pictures of the girl in the forum. She still dare to talk back, says that she is depressed and wants to commit suicide because I shame her online. But I am not cruel, I don't want to see a young person die so young. Why you try to cheat taxi drivers' hard earned money in the first place if you knew this would happen? Stop cheating poor taxi uncles who just want to earn a living.