No Taxi from 9pm to 10pm at Great World City Shopping Centre

Went Great World City Shopping Center yesterday since was long time not being there.

After shopping, I decided to take a taxi back home, so I just took a queue at the taxi stand at 8.50pm. Seems few people was queuing there.

After 20 minutes, even I notice many taxi was passing by the road with "available" blue light on top of the taxi, they drive very fast and prevent to come into the shopping centre's taxi stand.

After 30 minute's waiting, finally I saw a taxi drive in to the taxi stand to drop off a passenger. After dropped off the passenger, the taxi driver set his "available" blue light "Taxi" to "Busy" red light! Many people in the taxi stand queue was making noise at the taxi stand at this moment.I had not taking taxi at this timing at least 4 years ago, unfortunately, 4 year's later in 2010 today, 9pm-10pm still one of the worst time to wait for a taxi, even though the casino is opening soon in Singapore.

I gave up after an hour's wait till 10.05pm at Great World City Shopping Center taxi stand, I just walked 30 minutes to Tiong Bahru MRT station and took MRT for my way home.

In my observation, those people in the queue was impatient to keep waiting and made a taxi booking, can see the taxi just arrive to pick the passenger within 3 minutes!

Taxi Driver Who Did Not Know The Road

I am not sure whether I don't have luck to take the right taxi, that was very high chances the taxi I took always who do not know the road and drive to the wrong place.

Due to my job, I need to take taxi often, so based past bad experiences, I always have my map with me and recently I even bought the Navigator device.

Unfortunately, many lousy taxi driver who seems not living in Singapore always drive to the wrong place or told me never heard the road name before, that was really a Big Big shame of them.

If you say I might having poor expression or bad conversation, then if I SHOW THE PRINTED MAP + NAVIGATOR WITH VOICE ASSISTS, can they still unable to drive to the destination?

It happened to night! This taxi driver told me he stay in Clementi, while I tole him I wanted to go Kent Ridge Crescent and go in by Clementi Road, but he drove me to west coast road, he insist not look at my map and the Navigator's guide, end up went to the wrong place again and again!

It really 'impress' the tourists who came to Singapore, a world class and famous branded Singapore!

I hope the related firm should do something about this.
Hardly understand what wrong with these group taxi driver who do not know the road.

The real professional I ever met which he really tried his best call up his friend or colleagues to guide him how to drive to the destination I required, unfortunately I had not met the second one who do this since 2 years ago.