About the Blog
SoSickofTaxi.com is a family travel blog dedicated to those people who always and when we say always, we meant ALL THE TIME ,“feel sick” whenever they ride any moving vehicle (name it, it’s qualified). This sickness is called as Kinetosis, commonly known as Motion Sickness. However, this group blog doesn’t only focus on the health or medicine field but even about those tragic / traumatic / distressing or funny / humiliating / amusing experience you have encountered during a ride to any transportation whether it is a public or private transportation, manual or automatic, air-conditioned or not, it is definitely welcome here in our community.
So, Why Taxi? Since the founder of this group blog (to be introduced later) doesn’t have their own private car and who are a frequent taxi riders, we have tons of stories and even tips we can share about it. To add, this concept was brought about last May 18, 2008 during a ride, which incidentally, the creators are talking about taxis. Nevertheless, this group blog is created NOT to discriminate Taxis, its drivers and its company.
You may ask who the creators of this blog are and so, here they are:
Dianne Kristin G. Peña – Content Editor of SoSickofTaxi
- an 20-year-old Registered Nurse.
- Blogger for 3 years
- Author of Coloring Back my room and LittleNars
- Content Editor of SoSickofTaxi
Adrian Jeric G. Peña – Web Publisher of SoSickofTaxi
- a 18-year-old freshman Multimedia Arts student at University of the Philippines, Open University
- Blogger for 6 years
- Author of My Boring Life…Now A Blog!, BrinkNotes Podcast, Jeric on the Tube, Distance Education in the Philippines, Pinoy Idol Podcast and others
Regular Contributors:
- Commuter for the past 15 years
- University Professor
- Inspiration of SoSickofTaxi
- a 15-year-old high school sophomore at St. Mary’s Academy of Caloocan City
This blog aims to gather readers and bloggers who experience the same experiences as ours and can share their own experiences, dilemmas, tips, recommendations about Motion Sickness, commuting, traveling, etc. This also aims to give public awareness about different modus operandi, scams and the dangers we can encounter as passengers.
If you want to write for So Sick of Taxi.com, please click here for more information. At the moment, we don’t give monetary compensation to anyone who contributes for SoSickofTaxi.com. We do link your sites or your chosen sites in exchange.
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hi..i really don’t know who to deal with in regards to abusive taxi drivers. I have encountered so many and this incident is not tolerable.
Anyways, just today(07/24/08) around 4:35pm..I dealt with an abusive taxi driver..the plate number is TYL 501..from ortigas to marikina, my 3 officemates and I usually pay a maximum of 120php..
everyday po..sumasakay kami ng taxi after work..4 po kami lagi and from marikina bayan may baba na 2..ang way is along J.P. Rizal St in San Roque lang..after po nun..may baba ulit na 1 infront of OLA church..and then just a few blocks naman po is ung house namin..nung baba na po ako..ang metro is just 115 or maybe 117php..but i gave the driver 125 (for courtesy)..when i’m trying to go down..the taxi driver asked me how much yung binigay kong money..i told him na bilangin nya..he opened his door and told ne na kulang yun…how can that be? dinagdagan ko naman..meron na daw additional 10php sa metro..but i was informed na di pa xa i-implement..and we need to pay addtl 10php pag may yellow sticker ung taxi which is wala sya nun..i fed him the necessary information and he shouted at me..ang kuripot ko daw, ginawa namin sya school bus..which is kahit anong mangyari..don pa din sya lalabas sa road na yun kasi one way po..i told him na dinagdagan ko na nga..bkit kulang pa..bababa sya ng taxi so i was scared because scary po tlga yung features nya..what i did is..tumawag ako ng bystanders which unfortunately is some kinda old na po..he told the driver na tama na ung binayad ko na sobra pa and di pa nga po implemented ung 10 additional..ang daming sinabi nung taxi driver..he even used profanity/foul words..so ang ginawa ko po..i got his plate number and the operator’s telephone number..and then i dont want to argue na..coz scary po talaga sya..i gave him additional 20php..my total payment was 145php pero ang metro po is 117php lang..
i called the operator and reported the incident..the dispatcher told me na hindi po nya alam yung name ng driver (coz i was asking for the driver’s name to lodge a complaint)..which ung mga bystanders po can attest to his rudeness..tomorrow pa daw po malalaman yung name kasi 24hours yung byahe..they told me to call back tom (07/25/08)..the thing is..baka po hindi ibigay yung real name kasi baka ipagtanggol nila..ayoko lang po mangyari yun sa ibang pasahero esp kung babae po ung sasakay kasi bastos po talaga sya..
everytime po na sumasakay kami ng taxi..di naman tga exakto lang yung binibigay namin coz mataas na tlga ang cost of living dito sa atin esp ung gas..
gusto ko lang po na maturuan ng lesson ung driver kasi di naman tama yung ginagawa nya..hanggat wala pong magco-complain..baka gawin din nya sa iba..
I informed the dispatcher (operator ng taxi) his name is Carlo na sa LTO nagwo-work yung father ko para lang di nila ako lokohin..i’m sorry..i know its not right pero nakakatakot naman po kung mauulit pa ito..
di ko alam kung anong action ang pwedeng gawin..I badly need your help! The taxi operator’s number is 024443060 plate number TYL 501.
Kind Regards,
Grace
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