AH can skip reading this post. I think he has had an overdose of taxi tales from me for the day.

Today, as usual, I embarked on one of the usual home visits I've got to make as part of my job. I hopped on a cab & requested the cabby to take me to Blk XYZ, Jln Bukit ***. Uncle cabby made small talk with me, asking about what Barang-Barang meant, when the B2 lorry drove past us. And so on, and so forth.

We finally got to the area of Jln Bt *** & started hunting for Blk XYZ. We couldn't find it after 2 rounds, all we saw was Blk XYZ, but it was a 1-storey block - which was obviously not the one I was headed for.

When I realised we were going in circles, I suggested he looked into the st directory, only to have him shove it at me and asking me to look for the location. Fine. So that was what I did. But we still ended up at the same place despite coming in from a different street entrance.

I usually have a high threshold of patience for taxi drivers, but today I felt rather annoyed. I didn't shout at him, I just well erm, ignored his suggestions that I gave him the wrong address, I overlooked the exact location of the street. He even went on to suggest whether my "friend" could meet us somewhere convenient. Finally I told him that where I was going was part of work.

In the end, I told him to let me alight at the main road, so I can hop on another cab to help in this amazing race of mine. He complied & I detected relief in his voice. When I asked for a receipt, even the machine bungled on him. To which he loudly said, "Aiyah, even the machine bully me!" He apologised again. I accepted it, after all it wasn't his fault he couldn't find the place.

I hailed another cab, after at least 45 minutes of "joyride" in the previous one. Again, the cabby took me to the same place! I finally thought, maybe I am at the right place after all, and I should walk to find it.

So I walked, and walked, for a good 15 to 20 minutes around the blocks, out onto the road, over the traffic light, etc when I decided, that's it. I can't be walking around in circles like this. I hailed a cab & headed back to office.

Argh!!

I'll be returning there tomorrow. With Bapak this time. After much ploughing through the street directory, I hope I can get there easily tomorrow. Turns out that there are more than 1 Blk XYZs in that area! Gee, how in the world could this happen??!

That was today's tale.

Yesterday, with my boss in the same cab as me, I chalked up more than $25 on taxi claims! Reason being, when I left the 1st destination to continue with the 2nd destination, we realised I had accidentally deposited some documents I needed at the 1st destination. So cabby turned around, in the busy area with plentiful ERP gantries, back to Destination 1, then off to Destination 2. Two taxi tales on consecutive days? There must be a reason behind these.

Let's see what tomorrow brings. Pleasant tales, please!