Thaiger Talk Quiz #081 - Taxis in Thailand

[BigHewer]

Quiz #81

Everyone who has spent some time in Thailand has a taxi story or two. What's your best (or most harrowing) tale? And which is harder, getting 5 out of 5 in this quiz, or convincing a Phuket Airport cabbie to put his meter on? Let us know in the comments folks, and enjoy the quiz 

And now for the answers...

[DwizzleyMatthews]

3/5 1st 3 correct.

In my defence i rarely get taxis and …….. that’s it that’s all i got

 

[Bluesofa]

4/5
Failed on the last question - how many wheels on a meter taxi.

[DiJoDavO]

3/5.

Should have known that taxi drivers don't need to take that exam by their behavior. Thought that they did but just ignored it afterwards. Could've got 4/5.

[Cabra]

3 of 5... No great stories. Worse thing that ever happened was my GF and I missed our early morning flight to Koh Samui after hailing a taxi on the street and the driver got hopeless lost on the way to Don Mueang. 

[Marble-eye]

Can anybody do worse than 2.

[Slacker77]

1 hour ago, Marble-eye said:

Can anybody do worse than 2.

Yes i can , hahaaaaaaa wow that was bad 

Score: 1

[Marble-eye]

4 minutes ago, Slacker77 said:

Yes i can , hahaaaaaaa wow that was bad 

Score: 1

Time for me to take the dunces hat off.

[BigHewer]

3 hours ago, Cabra said:

3 of 5... No great stories. Worse thing that ever happened was my GF and I missed our early morning flight to Koh Samui after hailing a taxi on the street and the driver got hopeless lost on the way to Don Mueang. 

I take it you got Q3 right in that case

[Marc26]

4/5

 

Didn't know about the green/yellow ownership

[Cabra]

23 minutes ago, BigHewer said:

I take it you got Q3 right in that case

Missed#1 and #5

[Poolie]

4/5.

[Rookiescot]

3/5.

Tuk tuks are cheaper and I'm a miserable bastard. 

[Bertik]

Even though I only got 3 of 5, this quiz is still easier than trying to get a driver to use the meter 

[Faraday]

A somewhat rude & unnecessary comment has been removed.

Moderator 

[Saltire]

Miserable 2 out of 5 (again)

A few years go on a Bangkok break we stopped a taxi around Nana BTS (a miracle I know) to go to a restaurant not far away but traffic was horrendous, and the journey started real slow.

The driver turned down one of these long walled parallel sois and ground to a halt. At this precise moment I knew I needed a toilet for a very urgent Number 2! (Non brits Google).

The wife asked the driver if there was a toilet en route and he immediately took a left into a big hullking dark building and pulled up at the main entrance to be met by a bemused security guard who, on hearing the requirement sprinted into action.

He waved me to follow and opened door after door down several long corridors. I relised then it was an unused military hospital, so a toilet wasn't far away. Credit to the security man who also grabbed a toilet roll from the ladies toilet and threw it over the door for me.

Suitably relieved, I went out to find he had waited outside the toilet to guide me back to the entrance and the waiting taxi.

Both he and the cab driver got a large tip and oh how they laughed!

Anytime I get a Bangkok taxi I remember the guy that saved my life.

 

 

Edited July 13, 2022 by Saltire

[BigHewer]

1 hour ago, Saltire said:

The driver turned down one of these long walled parallel sois and ground to a halt. At this precise moment I knew I needed a toilet for a very urgent Number 2! (Non brits Google).

Very entertaining account. Had a similar experience in Vientiane about 20 years ago. Similarly helpful cabbie but a private home rather than a military hospital