Comments on: A taxi driver’s $8.40 http://eidus.org/2007/08/12/a-taxi-drivers-840/ Witness the World Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:28:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Karl http://eidus.org/2007/08/12/a-taxi-drivers-840/#comment-11 Karl Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:29:21 +0000 http://eidus.wordpress.com/2007/08/12/a-taxi-drivers-840/#comment-11 Daniel, it's not the point that a dollar varies from person to person. Yes, money is different, something like an easy $15 for us could be vastly different to a family who has no stable income. But in this case you have mentioned, it's not about the different in normative value of the $8.40, but about the mindset of the driver. Without a doubt he would never want to let money go, and would even cycle to make sure every cent is in his wallet. To him, there is no such thing as a free ride. He may be middle-income after all, but I think his actions here denote his petty grip on monetary wealth. Surprising that you made such a generous comment after your first experience with the Serangoon taxi driver; that driver had such a problem too. Daniel, it’s not the point that a dollar varies from person to person. Yes, money is different, something like an easy $15 for us could be vastly different to a family who has no stable income.

But in this case you have mentioned, it’s not about the different in normative value of the $8.40, but about the mindset of the driver. Without a doubt he would never want to let money go, and would even cycle to make sure every cent is in his wallet. To him, there is no such thing as a free ride. He may be middle-income after all, but I think his actions here denote his petty grip on monetary wealth.

Surprising that you made such a generous comment after your first experience with the Serangoon taxi driver; that driver had such a problem too.

]]> By: amanda http://eidus.org/2007/08/12/a-taxi-drivers-840/#comment-9 amanda Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:26:44 +0000 http://eidus.wordpress.com/2007/08/12/a-taxi-drivers-840/#comment-9 pretty much the same thing happened to me on friday night. i was running really late and it cost me $10.40 (booking fee + peak hour surcharge) to get to church, despite it being 10 minutes away. he didn't have a NETS machine and i only had $9.40 on me but the taxi driver insisted on waiting 10 minutes for my friend to come and rescue me with a dollar. i really thought he was just going to let it slide... pretty much the same thing happened to me on friday night. i was running really late and it cost me $10.40 (booking fee + peak hour surcharge) to get to church, despite it being 10 minutes away.

he didn’t have a NETS machine and i only had $9.40 on me but the taxi driver insisted on waiting 10 minutes for my friend to come and rescue me with a dollar. i really thought he was just going to let it slide…

]]> By: CelluloidReality(s) http://eidus.org/2007/08/12/a-taxi-drivers-840/#comment-10 CelluloidReality(s) Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:39:37 +0000 http://eidus.wordpress.com/2007/08/12/a-taxi-drivers-840/#comment-10 Yeap, sometimes we fail to understand the value of a dollar varies from person to person. Glad you realise that there are others who will go the extra mile to earn that extra dollar. Yeap, sometimes we fail to understand the value of a dollar varies from person to person.

Glad you realise that there are others who will go the extra mile to earn that extra dollar.

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