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"When you finish a taxi ride, between two to ten minutes are wasted in dealing with the payment." How? On what planet? This takes about 30 seconds, tops. Why i
by fleitz 12y ago
"When you finish a taxi ride, between two to ten minutes are wasted in dealing with the payment."
How? On what planet? This takes about 30 seconds, tops. Why is the driver digging around for change? Are you too cheap to round the tip to the next bill?
To solve the problem Uber solves please read the following handy tips:
1. Carry cash, in your wallet, if you're unfamiliar with it, you may obtain it at an ATM.
2. As you're approaching your destination look at the meter, this will be roughly the amount of cash you'll need. Move the decimal to the right one digit and multiply by 2, this is the tip. Add it to the amount on the meter.
3. Select the closest amount of bills to this amount eg. 20.57 means a $20 bill.
4. Hand this to the driver, say 'keep the change' and get out of the car.
- ankurpatel 12y agoHaving lived in India for sometime and used Taxis a lot, it doesnt take more than a minute to pay a Taxi driver and they can give back change fast. Also everyone pays by cash compared to US where things are paid mainly through credit card.
- Fuzzwah 12y ago"On what planet?" Followed by what I'm taking to be a very American centric idea of how a taxi ride is completed.....
- cwyers 12y agoAmerica isn't a planet? A lot of people are going to be surprised.
- fleitz 12y agoOk, how is it done in India that could possibly take longer than 30 seconds...
- plinkplonk 12y agoIt doesn't. It takes about 30 seconds. A minute max if both sides are fumbling for change etc.
- JimA 12y agoSo for a $10 ride you are tipping $200?
- kcbanner 12y agoHe meant 20%.
- sbenario 12y agowhich is again, a very american-centric way of looking at things.
- fleitz 12y agoIf a driver doesn't want a tip I'm happy to keep my money... Please enlighten me as to how paying for a taxi cab ride could be anymore complicated than taking an amount of cash in excess of the bill, handing it to the driver, and exiting the vehicle.