think

was reading this magazine, "think", on the mrt back home yesterday and saw this interesting article inside about the singapore taxi driver... the content was about the writer's experience taking taxis in singapore...

quotes from the article:

"The average taxi driver is definitely in need of help. Psychological help in some cases; others just need some basic lessons in driving."

"I normally hate making small talk. I would rather read a newspaper or stare out of the window. But in Singapore Taxis I prefer to keep the driver in conversation as this undoubtedly and without fail will keep him wide-awake. To start off the conversation say something stupid like,"hot day today" as if Singapore is any different from one day to the next. He will invariably turn the conversation around to asking where you are from and then talking about football and Liverpool or he will turn to the state of the economy. "No profit in taxi driving anymore, no customers and cars cost more to buy than ever before". This should keep him going for a half an hour or so, more than enough for the trip."

haha... after reading and giving the article some thought, i realise that what the writer was saying is quite true... maybe we are just stereotyping the singapore cab driver... who knows....