...not that it hurts:terrymc wrote:Why ? my company fired me so what job should I go for now,taxi driver of course,no need high diploma or PHD,hehe.
I have a degree, so someone owes me a living! 
Speaking of entitlement, I just spent the last week driving around the Eastern US. Including of all places... Detroit! Couldn't help but think of my cyber-buddy who hung his hat on it's well-tailored outskirts at one time...Vaucluse wrote:Maybe because they are not capable of landing a job . . . you seem like the type of person who lives by the Entitlement principle.
Why not look at it the other way and say how wonderful a place Singapore is because people like cab drivers have a job, or waiters or accountants or masseurs or etc etc ad infintum.
Entitlement, entitlement, entitlement . . . you see it here in Malaysia every day with the Malays . . . pathetic.
Well hello road.not.taken . . . nice to see you back!road.not.taken wrote:Speaking of entitlement, I just spent the last week driving around the Eastern US. Including of all places... Detroit! Couldn't help but think of my cyber-buddy who hung his hat on it's well-tailored outskirts at one time...Vaucluse wrote:Maybe because they are not capable of landing a job . . . you seem like the type of person who lives by the Entitlement principle.
Why not look at it the other way and say how wonderful a place Singapore is because people like cab drivers have a job, or waiters or accountants or masseurs or etc etc ad infintum.
Entitlement, entitlement, entitlement . . . you see it here in Malaysia every day with the Malays . . . pathetic.
If it is one thing that is miring down and hindering the American spirit I love ~ it's the sense of entitlement that has left it's stain on my commrades since the the blush of affluenece that took hold in the post-war/1950s era.
An overblown sense of entitlement.
It's a damned dangerous thing.
Memories . . . I suggest you actually read the blog (from the beginning, where the background is explained) before spouting off. After 16 years at theVaucluse wrote:Maybe because they are not capable of landing a job . . . you seem like the type of person who lives by the Entitlement principle.
Oh, I was on a mini road trip. Me and the puppy. 2600 miles worth! I would have swung by and taken some photos of the old stomping ground if I had known Grosse Pointe held such memories.Vaucluse wrote:Well hello road.not.taken . . . nice to see you back!
What on earth made you drive around Detroit??? Did you go to my old stomping ground, Grosse Pointe? Did you visit my old Elementary School? Did you visit the baseball field where I hit a home run over left field off Lloyd MacEacheran's pitching???
And this feeling of entitlement simply makes people less aggressive in pursuing what they wish to have . . . Catch-22.
You may suggest many things, like that you'd like to be taken seriously in life despite dressing yourself up like an immature clown who is hanging on to his youth but can't get around the fact that he is a total pencil-dick.I suggest you actually read the blog
. . . Go away boy, you bother me. Oh so many . . . remember that we moved there after being in Cyprus for six months due to being evacuated from Beirut . . . Grosse Pointe was Paradise . . . green lawns, kids playing on the street, no geek-Finns around, street-hockey . . . my introduction to 'Corduray' pants which my mother referred to as 'trousers' in front of my friends. much to my deep embarrassment.road.not.taken wrote:Oh, I was on a mini road trip. Me and the puppy. 2600 miles worth! I would have swung by and taken some photos of the old stomping ground if I had known Grosse Pointe held such memories.Vaucluse wrote:Well hello road.not.taken . . . nice to see you back!
What on earth made you drive around Detroit??? Did you go to my old stomping ground, Grosse Pointe? Did you visit my old Elementary School? Did you visit the baseball field where I hit a home run over left field off Lloyd MacEacheran's pitching???
And this feeling of entitlement simply makes people less aggressive in pursuing what they wish to have . . . Catch-22.
I drove out to visit friends in Michigan. About 900 miles each way! It was either stay home with the pup (who hasn't had all his shots yet and is therefore limited in his socializing with other dogs) or put him in the car to sleep off his required 18+ hours of sleep a day. So I thought, what the heck? He did beautifully. So alas, no secrets... you can put your wild imagination to rest.Vaucluse wrote:Oh so many . . . remember that we moved there after being in Cyprus for six months due to being evacuated from Beirut . . . Grosse Pointe was Paradise . . . green lawns, kids playing on the street, no geek-Finns around, street-hockey . . . my introduction to 'Corduray' pants which my mother referred to as 'trousers' in front of my friends. much to my deep embarrassment.
Still doesn't explain the lengthy trip, though . . . secerts, eh?
Through the eyes of the innocent and rose-coloured hindsight . . . the best four+ years of my life!
Understand where you are coming from and don't think you meant to sound elitist even if you do just a little (by accident of course). Have had many arguments with Taxi drivers on where I am going (no matter where that is) and it always ends with them taking a longer route. Maybe they are confused by the discussion or they are just getting back by the only means possible to them. I usually give them a tip and wish them a nice day after such occurrences - Really messes with their heads.Zeenit wrote:I had a driver that collected me at The Tanglin Club today and argues about where I lived. He then said its only HDB there.........which is not true. This went on for about 5 minutes he took the long way and overcharged me.
I have complained to Trans Cabs about his overcharge and attitude.
Have anyone had similar problems?
1800 miles with a puppy . . . car-sickness? The first time I took our newest addition to the vet he puked all over the place . . . still fishing out bits of carrot from between the seats . . . odd thing is that he doesn't eat carrots!road.not.taken wrote: I drove out to visit friends in Michigan. About 900 miles each way! It was either stay home with the pup (who hasn't had all his shots yet and is therefore limited in his socializing with other dogs) or put him in the car to sleep off his required 18+ hours of sleep a day. So I thought, what the heck? He did beautifully. So alas, no secrets... you can put your wild imagination to rest.
A very good point . . . same thing in Australia. Taxi driving is about the only way to potentially make some good money, at least it's not all declarable . . . a bit of empathy would not go astray.A fair number of them are also very new on the roads so tend to get just as confused as we do when trying to find an address. We need to give them a break.
Very appropriate . . . I'd prefer not to be kicking any arse either way, and have luckily been spared that, by choice.A good rule to follow in life: the ass that you kick on the way up may well be the ass that you have to kiss on the way back down...
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