Riding a taxi in Metro Manila can be rather disappointing rather than a convenience. If you have traveled around the city via taxi before the ride-sharing era, you probably know a lot about this.
You have probably experienced getting the final bill on the meter jacked up because it was traffic.
You have probably been declined because the taxi driver was not going where you are going.
You have probably felt scared riding in a taxi in the middle of the night going home from overtime at work.
Abo Limos shared an album on Facebook that showed some of the responses you can get when hailing or riding a taxi in Metro Manila. The responses can be rather disappointing especially if you’re in an emergency or in a rush to go somewhere. This was done to show why commuters deserve Grab and Uber as additional means of transportation.
10. Increasing the price because your destination is far
9. Another response asking for increase in fare
8. You probably heard of this variant to jack up the fare as well
7. Or this excuse
6. Or just declining you completely
5. Telling you to just walk
4. Hello from the other side
3. Not bringing you to your exact destination because maybe “hanggang kanto lang sila”
2. Taking somebody else as passenger
1. Finally, this.
Have you experienced any of these? What other responses have you heard when riding a taxi? Share them with us.
