taxi drivers.. HOPELESS...

Hey, don't blame me, I didn't bother to read through the rest of the crap in this thread before posting. Must take time to read other people's arguments in future.

"Never argue with idiots. They'll drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."

Still these thread is not close come on. Or im dreaming

I had a taxi driver once, on order to come and collect me from my villa. 15 minutes after he should have turned up, I got a phone call from the taxi company telling me that the driver can't get to the villa, as the road is completely barricaded and blocked off by the police.

This confused me, as I was standing outside watching the various traffic driving by as per normal.

It wasn't until I spoke directly to the taxi driver that I realised he was at the wrong end of the road, trying to drive into the school. He didn't get a tip, that day.

The taxi company is just as bad - they say they havn't got enough taxis to send one within the next 3 hours, but they have around 100 of the damn things sat outside City Centre Mall, doing nothing. The excuse?

"Oh, those aren't phone-call taxis."

"Then why do they have your phone number all over them in really big numbers?!?!"

"Ummmmmm, they're not phone-call taxis."

What a bunch of cretins.

"Never argue with idiots. They'll drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."

Me fine. Evening was another routine. Did not go out. How are you? Hope by now you would replay what happened and laugh to tears about it.

I fully agree with you. What you said is complete logic. But you know the quality of sevice here. I better keep my mouth shut. Some do not like to hear or read about the truth.

You are very lucky to start the meeting 20 mins late.

Good night.

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how are you today? did you have a nice evening?...well.. it was not MY private guest.. otherwise i would definitely go and pick him.. the guy came from France for the meeting with our company and booked the limo from the hotel... neither you, nor I and no one else should go and pick up the attendees from all over Doha's Hotels for the meeting,right? it is nonsense, right? that's what taxis and limos are for, right? it was not any other solution for this particular case, only to keep him on line and keep explaining to him how to get to the office, and he kept explaining to the driver where to turn, where to take left or right.. isn't that insane? we started a meeting 20 minutes later because of that!

what are you doing here?? how did you get here at all????...you too go to sleep.. dont you need to wake up at 6 am tomorrow as usual??? lol...

KHANAN!! HEEELP!!!! send Sako to sleep!!!

OK YAMMAR I'LL STOP COZ TOMORROW I'LL GET BACK TO YOU HOPELESS TAXI DRIVER

Oyasuminasai Qatarisun

Hey Sun ,,,

i thing we have to creat an Indian JPS :)

cheers

nice 1 kellysheroes, I agree with you

hummer, stop it, QS just sharing her experience with the taxi driver.

that's what I'm doing (zzzzzz) I think you'd better go to sleep too coz you're hallucinating and you keep on telling bedtime stories. tomorrow, i'll pick you up, give me call 458 8888. by the way, i enjoyed your thread.

Unfortunately. What we learn and read in the books does not apply here. You should always expect the unexpected. Trust daddy (me).

If I were you, I would either send my driver or go myself to pick the guest.

I did mention once about what did my friend experience when she was travellig and got a karwa. the driver did not know where the airport is. So always use your imagination and consider always the worst scenario.

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you didn;t bother to read any of the posts and keep posting your stupid comments.. go to sleep.. weren't you going to go to sleep yet?? aren't you tired?? go go... ksh ksh ksh...

im confuse ill beter go to bed now bye... and have a good sleep

i though it is taxi now it is a limo maybe your in wrong thread

yeah.. and also this guy got a LIMO from the HOTEL.. it is a HIGH LEVEL LIMO.. why the hell this guy should leave this LIMO in the middle of nowhere and start looking for some primitive Karwa, staying on this heat, just because a stupid and untrained LIMO driver doesn't know where C-Ring road is???

он - только глупый человек

yup im serious like what `i always say's just call 458 8888

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Leave one taxi and get another one are you serious

we dont have that many taxis on the road

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what's that??LOOOOL...

Easy,easy...

He's just an malenkaia disnia.

Pushkin, come down....

hummer... either you read the thread (IF you want to participate in it) and switch ON a bit of your miserable mind..., or just give me a break and disappear out of my thread!!!!

who told this guy to used his/her french mobile number, why dont he/she get out of the cab and find another cab who know this fucking cinema traffic light

http://www.qatarliving.com/group/ql-kairali

YOU DONT KNOW ME, DONT EVEN TRY !!!

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not only that! moreover! this guy came form France, so he had his French mobile number.. and he spent with me like 20 minutes on the phone, while I explained to him how to get this f** cinema traffic lights on this f** C-ring road!! I actually was leading him over the phone, while he was showing to the driver the directions based on what i was saying to him! why? who is going to pay for him international roaming??

and why i cannot blame on them? who i supposed to blame on?

i cant say anything here... wat i did was... based on my experience, i terribly lose my patience everytime i took a cab. with this, i decided to get my own car. my biggest problem is solve. simple as that! you can't blame them... find ur own way that you may benefit a lot... without pointing anybody else!

your advice as usual the funniest and the most extraordinary one!!!

right! since i do have a car already, al i need is a TAXI!!!! ..

thanks!!!

as i have experienced with some taxi drivers... specifically that lightblue cars... definitely i aint posting here if i didnt manuever my steering quickly coz sadly it was a tremendous fault he did against my way. without any signs of courtesy, that bluecar driver in the centerlane suddenly cut on my front quickly just to pick that people who suddenly sign to ride for a taxi service. Am driving from the outermost lane, and the last choice i should do is to get off to the shoulder as not even the strongest brake could help me anymore not to touch him from back. From the smooth road, down to the sandy road shoulder, all foul rubber smells and smokes and a bowl of dust off road fumed out...

is that the way they are trained for?

so why i always say.... karwa is not teaching driving...

instead .. they are good teaching their drivers with DIVING along with their vehicles...

I know!! Buy a taxi! then you can guarantee you will get where you want! Sit in the back seat and just tell the driving seat where you want to go!! First class door to door service!!

"It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid."

- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Really if you want to find a taxi, go around in small streets and you will find some in front of cafeterias, that is my new strategy:) It works, I am waiting for a driver couple of minutes to finish with tea and everything is ok. But I saw some cars parked in front of some private houses, I don't know what are they doing there, maybe they are familiarizing with neighborhood.

OK JUST TALK TO QATARISUN SHE HAS THE DETAILS

Familiarizing with cafeterias and canteens.

MAYBE FAMILIARIZING DOHA (EVERY STREET)

Thanks Dracula, I finished with taxi for today:)

What kind of training they need? Surviving in desert, free climbing, "March or die" 30km or just to learn some basic places in Doha, like Souq Waqif or Dafna area etc etc. It is easy, Doha still is not so big.

i have been picked up yet!!! loooong time ago...lol...

but thanks for the offer...

DONT WORRY DRACULA IM THE ONE TO PICK HER UP...

I JUST CALLED KARWA 458 8888, THEY SAID THEY WILL PUT THEM IN TRAINING AND THEY WILL REPLACE THE GPS AND SELL THEM AGAIN TO PUBLIC LIKE WHAT THEY DO TO FORD CARS THEY USED LAST YEAR IN ASIAN GAMES.

omg "TAXI DRIVER HAS 3 MONTHS TRAINING" ???

Wait, dont take any taxi!!!

I'll be there in 30'.

For some people whole life is not enough. And yes some of them are very hopeless, I am using taxi every day and I met them very well.

you are absolutely right.. the problem is:

1. they are NOT getting trained properly

2. They are not smart enough to follow the simpliest explanations...

hummer_H3.. fine.. since they get trained for 3 months and STILL are not able to reach the CINEMA TRAFFIC LIGHTS on C-Ring road, it emphasizes their STUPIDITY and HOPELESS... got it???

JUST CALL ME ILL PICK YOU UP, YOU MIGHT BE LOST THE DRIVERS ARE STILL ON TRAINING. CALL ME 458 8888

YAMMAR DONT MIND QATARISUN ANYMORE JUST MIND THE DRIVER THATS OUR TOPIC REMEMBER... HEY GUYS TO REMIND YOU THE TAXI DRIVER IS OUR TOPIC NOT STUPID COMMENTS... JUST REMINDING

Find a taxi and come.

I still have 2 bottles.

yes!

VUKPOP HAVE YOU READ THE HISTORY OF THIS THREAD COZ QATARISUN WILL GET MAD AT YOU IF YOU DONT, ANYWAY AS FAR AS I KNOW TAXI DRIVER HAS 3 MONTHS TRAINING AND FAMILIARIZATION IN DOHA SO THEY ARE NOT HOPELESS...

now i have some free time for your stupid comment...don't jump into your stupid conclusions so fast... look...my advice (this time is FREE ): READ and THINK and REFLECT carefully...deal?

Maybe some taxi drivers should learn something about Doha. Streets and some areas for beginning.

ok..get it salax85..goodluck in selling your car.

MAYBE THE TAXI DRIVER IS HAVING A DRIVING LESSON WITH TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT AND FAMILIARIZING QATAR

go better sell your car as long as someone is interested in it..

Now, what is this forum all about now? It's now buying and selling of cars? how about the taxi drivers?

Take this:

http://www.qatarliving.com/node/108558

well.. it just confirmed that you DO NOT READ THE POST CAREFULLY... so it's simple.. if this topic is not interesting for you, and you don't want to read it carefully, just move to another one.. but to say that I BITE on someone's back after my posts?? you should be really out of your mind completely.. or have some real problem with comprehending

all taxi drivers in Doha are hopesless?

such a polite remarks, lol.

s-m-i-l-e

and what exactly is my problem with tea boy??? he asked me for money, i gave it to him.. what's the problem?

and yes, one guy asked me to prerare all his correspondence,and i STILL do it for him.. what's wrong with that? it just shows my SOFT heart..nothing else..this tea boy needs me.. this guy needs me as wel.. how can i leave the country???lol

YUP INTERESTED WHAT MAKE... AND HOW MUCH

MAYBE IF YOU LEAVE THE COUNTRY KEEP IN TOUCH COZ YOU MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE PILOT OR CABIN CREW VON VOYAGE

NOW you talk...

comment is impolite?

look who's talking.

s-m-i-l-e

SALAX85 HOW MUCH DID YOU SELL YOUR CAR

that can be given EVER: to leave the country because of stupid taxi drivers...lol...

Oh! no comment...goodluck to you!

you just DO NOT BOTHER

-to read the original topic

-to read the following posts

-to at least to check who you deal with: a MAN or WOMAN

yammar08...i think YOU have a PROBLEM!!

coz if you EVER bothered to check the profile, you wouldn't say what you are saying..your comment is impolite..

the same with you salax! after I said 5-6 times that I DO HAVE A CAR, you still insist on me buying your car.. it is IMPOLITE.

you two cannot keep a normal conversation as you don't want to hear the other side.. you are not any better than this taxi driver!

Do you mean, who is being tortured now? the taxi driver or qatarisun?

OH NO!!! NOW IM CONFUSED WHO IS NOW TORTURE THE DRIVER OR QATARISUN?

HELP ME

hummer_H3, do YOU have a lover-taxi driver?

salax... your post i will ignore and leave without any comment, as it just doesn't make any sense whatsoever...lol...

you are smiling

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Seems that no one agrees with qatarisun, all are against him. Also I saw his replies in other threads and it really shows that this guy has an attitude problem!

IM SELLING MY PLANE OK

you are Majnoon.. i am majnoona....feels better now?..lol...

BUT DRIVERS ARE SWEET LOVERS

You enter coordinates into a GPS, this could be lat-lon, UTM or since Qatar has their own coordinate system which is very good you could use theirs which is QNG. I was being sarcastic when I said that you didn't know where you were, I was attempting to put a little humor into the thread. Lighten up siddeeq or you'll be giving instructions for an ambulance and a medic for a heart attack.

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now I know, you're living in Hilal West lol...I mean working... (edited)

foolish... you really reflect your ID...lol..

salax...good luck to you in selling your car.. how this topic can relate to YOU SELLING the car???

could NEVER be a taxi driver .. TAXI DRIVER WILL NEVER BE MY LOVER at the first place...

and of course, the Doha's taxi drivers ARE HOPELESS AND USELESS....

ok, tell me what the driver should enter the GPS in order to reach a distination? C-Ring Road is not good enough, right? Al emadi building is not good enough either.. obviously Cinema Traffic Lights is not good at all... so how GPS is working in Doha, where actually there are no addresses?...

...but the silliest thing that you mentioned was: "you probably don't really know where you are".... if i didn't know where I AM, i most likely wouldn't start this topic.... my suggestion is to read the Forum Topic carefully next time... of course IF you want to post a comment on it...otherwise you might look silly.. thanks.

..and nobody is talking about fortunate YOU... i am talking about the guest who came to Doha from France for 1 day for the meeting with our Company. Next time I will suggest all our guests to make sure they have either good friends in Doha to drive them to the meetings, or to buy the car prior to coming to qatar, as qatari taxi drivers are comletely stupid, hopeless and useless...

Example:

Your father, brother, lover, is a taxi driver

and you would read this thread "taxi drivers, HOPELESS",

what could be your reply?

Definitely you'll get this:

"SHUT UP AND GO TO HELL, AND DUN FORGET TO BRING YOUR RUBBISH ATTITUDE WITH YOU".

taxi drivers are hopeless?

NOT ALL.

s-m-i-l-e

I obviously underestimated your intelligence. I didn't realize you could enter "Cinema Traffic Lights" into a GPS and it would take you there. As I mentioned earlier there are many descriptions used for the same "landmarks" here. You also don't seem to recognize sarcasm but then again you sound like you must be perfect so you don't experience it much. I fortunately don't have to depend on taxis, I have friends and a car.

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GUMBY was right, THAT'S WHY I TOLD YOU TO COMPLAIN AT KARWA NOT HERE TO ADDRESS THIS KIND OF PROBLEM AND ALSO THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE AN HOTLINE AND OPEN FOR 24 HOURS 7 DAYS A WEEK AND WAITING FOR YOUR COMPLAIN.

OR IF YOU WANT I WILL JUST CALL KARWA AND ILL COMPLAIN FOR YOU SO THAT THIS TOPIC WILL BE DROPPED.

NEXT TIME DRIVE YOUR OWN CAR AND PICK UP YOUR GUEST FROM WHERE THEY ARE.OR CALL ME AT 458 8888

that's what exactly i am saying.. and also the drivers are not able to follow the simpliest directions...my location was not that difficult to find! al emadi building on C-Ring Road on the cinema traffic lights intersection knows basically everyone who lives in Doha for a while... what is so hard about it? and even if you don't know where it is, it was very easy to explain, and that's what i did... and the passenger in taxi got it right away, and managed to direct the driver.. but driver couldn't understand it even though i explained it to him 3 times...

it is just we had a meeting in Al Emadi building, and one guy, who is first time in Doha, supposed to come from the Hotel, using the hotel's LIMO and LIMO driver just couldn't find the Cinema Traffic Lights... what the F** does it have to do with ME buying a CAR????

Seems to be me that the blame should be laid at Karwa's feet-lack of a proper training programme.

why dont you address this forum to few people here whom you want to get response and mention their names, so that they are the ones who can just reply on your thread.

man, i'm gonna snap here...if u r new here and have no idea about this then why r u even replying?!

If you're looking for a problem, you're probably gonna find one.

QS, i completely agree and understand u. i've been using cabs here for few years. i am blessed to have a car now!

hummer-dont u know that nothing happens when u complain to karwa anyway?!

If you're looking for a problem, you're probably gonna find one.

for what should i call karwa??? and why on the earth i should GO TO KARWA?? you are even more stupid than i thought.. can you read at all???

sorry wrong number 458 8888 Im just new here

hummer_H3 has rights to post the comment in a DIFFERENT thread.. coz this his comment has NOTHING to do with my original post. Clear?

ok next time dont complain to qatar living go straight to karwa or call 488 4588

is that understood or Ill explain further

this one doesn't want to understand what's written..lol...hummer_H3..if you bothered to read (and TO UNDERSTAND) the initial topic, you wouldn't post this stupid reply...

Majnoon Ajnabi.. how on the earth can you spell differently: "CINEMA TRAFFIC LIGHTS on C-RING ROAD"???what the hell the taxi driver doesn't know this intersection? Specially it was clearly explained that if you come from Ramada signal, pass the FIRST traffic lights (where are two petrol stations on both sides of the road), then pass the SECOND traffic lights, which is Al Muntazza traffic lights, then take the service road, and just before the THIRD traffic lights, which is CINEMA TRAFFIC LIGHTS you will find Al Emadi building.

is that clear? everyone who lives in Doha more than 1-2 months, and not a taxi driver, would be able to find this intersection. but THIS driver took our guest to some other Al emadi building, which is in the airport area... so don't make this stupid comments that I DON"T KNOW WHERE I AM. ..and how eventually the guy who was sitting in the taxi (and who is THE FIRST TIME IN DOHA) was able to direct this stupid driver following my explanations??? Coz he was sitting actually in the car, was listening to my explanation over the phone, and was showing to the driver with his hands where to go! so again, if you don't have anything clever to say, better don't even try...

huh! a violent reaction! every one has the right to post his/her comment here, peace!

you're right qatarisun! dunno where they got their ideas to post those. they might still be in afternoon nap mode. lol

silent "G"

it doesn't matter if they have a GPS if you can't give them the coordinates of your location. The info in the GPS is limited and everyone has a different spelling for streets, compounds etc. And besides haven't you realized yet that all taxi drivers know everything so you probably don't really know where you are.

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It has happened to all us.In my first week in doha, my cab driver didn't knw the way to the Airport!!!!! I'm glad i had memorised the same.One of the many "Doha Rocks" incidents :-)

Mowasalat has been trying hard to recruit and train drivers to keep up with the demand.One driver of mine cd barely reverse my car when he needed to get out of one tight lane after one accident in front of us (i almost missed tht flight).

So i'm glad they atleast know how to drive safely.Memorising directions and major landmarks should be the next priority of Mowasalat.I don't think all cabs have GPS (i've seen em only in some of them).

I feel sorry for these guys - most of them have to pay some QR 360 per day for car (increased from QR220/day) and the money they make over and above that they have to keep.One of the worst jobs to have in Doha.Sometimes they barely make QR220.The fixed salary cab drivers - those in the earlier contracts have a fixed salary of QR1,200 per mnth.

My suggestion was buy you own car so that your problem be solve ok

that also happened to me couple of times.. fist they are pretty confident, and next second they suddenly forget where they are and where do they go...

whellw..the limo was hired for the certain lengh of time time...so he didn't really care about the meter.. he just was not able TO LISTEN, TO HEAR, TO THINK and TO UNDERSTAND... so finally i had to explain the same things over the phone to the guy who was in this taxi, and who is absolutely new in Doha, and he managed to direct this stupid driver!

What I know is that, they have a quota from their daily shift and they need to reach that amount at least before the end of their shift. Therefore, they have to play stupid as if they don't know the directions in order to let you pay more than you are expecting.

Tactics.... bad tactics.......so so bad....

well.. when I just came to Qatar, one day I supposed to meet one friend. First he tried to explain to me what I should tell the taxi driver. but then he said, forget about it, he will never bring you there, just tell him to drop you off beside Ramada Hotel, i will pick you up from there...

When I picked the taxi, THE TAXI DRIVER DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET TO RAMADA HOTEL!!

these limo drivers are actually not employees of the hotel. they are only contracted by the hotel to serve their clients.

had a terrible experience too. i got a limo service from Four Seasons Hotel to my flat in Al Ghanim. i showed him the fastest, shortest way. when we reached the front of our building he asked me how i know that way. i said "of course i live here". then he said he doesnt know how to go back. WTF!!!

silent "G"

that's what i say.. if even the regular Karwa cars have it, LIMO sure suppose to have it anyway!! otherwise it turns out to be a circus.... I have to literally lead the guest over the telephone from one point of the city to another !!

and that one was a high level LIMO driver!! so what about others?? OMG!!!

QS I'm not sure about the Limo, but all Karwa cabs have them. It's in their meters.

"I call upon you all, political forces, citizens, to start a new phase which is called 'Lebanon and the Lebanese people', in which we are committed to the national project, with a civilized mindset."

Lebanese President Michel Sleiman

maybe:

- they dont know what's left and what's right;

- they cannot differentiate main road from service road and vice versa;

- they are just completely lost. they dont even know the names of the streets.

its still a puzzle to me why some karwa drivers are hired, how they pass the assessment of trainors and how they got their license. most of them (not all) only know how to ride the car but dont know how to drive using their common sense.

silent "G"

are you sure.. actually if they do, that one particular supposed to have... it was a limo from the InterCon...

Cuz they are stupid and new. THey have GPS in their Karwa cabs, but idiots dont know how to use them. Next time just smack them on their heads and tell them to use their brains first then the GPS.

"I call upon you all, political forces, citizens, to start a new phase which is called 'Lebanon and the Lebanese people', in which we are committed to the national project, with a civilized mindset."

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