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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 6:31 am
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jimbo99
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Hsinchu (Taiwan), Saigon, London
Programs: EVA (diamond), A3, BMI, VN
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Originally Posted by IceTrojan
One particular driver was with us for 2 weeks, and in that time I learned alot about how they actually make the money, and it's hard. Our guy even told us it's ok to call 24 hours a day if we needed.
Yes... I had a girl who just "learnt" my schedule. She just always seemed to be there in her yellow taxi when I left my office or out of my favourite bar. Although she gave me her number, I don't think I ever actually called her. All a bit unsettling.

Even more spooky is getting into a taxi and the driver says "XYZ hotel?". You say "Oh yes. Have I been in your taxi before?". He replies, "No, never".

VN saying: Moi nguoi dan la mot cong an
Means: "everyone's a policeman"

One time I dropped a mobile phone in a taxi. Later that night I got back to the hotel where I was staying to find it had been handed in by the driver. I had taken the taxi neither too nor from my hotel. The phone and its SIM were UK ones - so he couldn't have contacted the phone company. I didn't tell the driver my name or where I was staying. But, somehow ...
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