Taxi Service

I have been to three of the country’s metropolitan cities, Manila, Cebu and Davao and I’m proud to say that the best taxi drivers are from home, Davao City.



Cebu City cab drivers comes in close second and the worst cab drivers are the ones from Metro Manila.

Hands down. Or should I say hands up?

Bakit ko nasabi yun? Well, siyempre from experience.

Sabihin na nilang medyo chaka ang illang units ng taxi na rumarampa sa Davao pero iilan na lang ang mga ito. Hindi na nire-renew ng local government ang lisensiya and rehistro ng mga taxi that do not have aircondition and those older taxis.
Taxi drivers in Davao will give you the exact change up to the last centavo without you asking for your change unless you insist that they keep it na lang as a tip.
They don’t make chika either unless you started to converse with them.
When you arrive at the airport, cabs are located near the exit and they use their meters kahit malayo pa ang destination mo as long as it’s within the city. Kahit sa Toril pa yan (the farthest barangay in Davao).

Cebu cab drivers aren’t that bad either. They’ll take you wherever you want to go kahit pabalik-balik at pabago-bago pa ang destination niyo. No complaints. Well at least sa experiences namin everytime we’re in Cebu. They also give exact change up to the last centavo. The only chaka thing we experienced was when we came back to the resort where we were staying from a night out in the city. Both taxis na sinakyan namin (we were in two groups) charged us with a hefty fare which was double the amount shown in the meter.

Manila cab drivers are the worst. Based from our experience, 4 out of 5 are either mandurugas, manloloko ng kapwa tao at walang respeto.

Ang taxi na sinakyan ko from the airport pagdating sa hotel ay mukhang walang planong ibigay ang sukli ko. The fare was almost P200 and I gave him P500 dahil wala akong hundreds. Kung hindi ko pa siya tinakot na isumbong sa airport taxi service at sa pinsan kong mataas ang posisyon sa LTFRB (kunwari) ay hindi pa niya ibibigay ang sukli ko.

Second time, we were on our way to Trinoma and the meter was only less than P40. The taxi driver knew we were tagabukid because nag-usap kami ng friend ko sa loob. My friend gave him P40 but the driver insisted on a P50 fare because yun daw ang flat rate ng mga taxi sa Maynila. Sinigawan ko nga ng expletives and I name-dropped a popular muslim family name as my apelyido . Natakot yata ang gago. No, not the Ampatuans. Hahaha!

Third time, we rode a taxi outside the hotel in Makati Ave. where we were staying. My friend wanted to go somewhere in Pasay kaya we hailed a cab. When we told the driver of our destination, he told us we pay him P300 instead of using the meter because malayo daw ang pupuntahan namin. Haller? Ano kami ignorante, eh dun lang yun malapit sa airport noh. Kalokah!

Fourth, pauwi na kami galing Greenbelt 5 matapos namin makasalubong si KC Concepcion and Piolo Pascual habang bumababa sila sa hummer na sinakyan nila at papunta sila ng restaurant para kumain. Oo Ate Lyka, nakasalubong ko si Piolo. Ang gwapo niya at nginitian ako. Nyahaha!

Anyway, medyo umaambon kaya nagmadali kaming pumara ng taxi. When we were inside the cab, the driver asked kung saan kami, I told him diyan lang sa Makati Ave. Aba, pinapababa kami dahil papunta daw siyang Quezon City. Ganun? Kelan pa nagkaroon ng ruta ang mga taxi? Kalokah!

And that my friends are the reasons why I hate going to Manila. Dahil sa mga lecheng taxi drivers na ‘yan!

Ironically, two of these mandurugas na taxi drivers are from the same operator. Perhaps they needed to educate their drivers more? And yes, I already called their operator's attention.



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