I thought the worst kind of taxi touts only exist in airports. And bus terminals perhaps. Well, I'm just so wrong. It's everywhere, like
mat rempit, mat bangla, mat indon and
mat nepal in KL city.
I normally take the LRT whenever I go to KLCC even when the fuel price was still at 1.92/litre because why drive when the convenient LRT is just a stone's throw away and you can just hop on and hop off, right? So, I took the LRT lah.
I no longer shop for brands, since I discovered cheaper options (read:online shopping), oh and what a steal they are most of the times, but I figure most of the online boutiques are mostly rip-offs, I thought I could get something similar for much much cheaper in Sg. Wang. So the plan was to go to KLCC and take a cab to Sg. Wang.
I went to the taxi stand at the Jalan P. Ramlee wing, there was a line of idle taxis and out in one corner, some taxi drivers were chatting and smoking. A group of 5 foreigners came after me, but they got a ride first. Another group of Caucasians came and those taxi drivers came swarming like flies to dungs. It took me 10 minutes before any of them came approaching.
"Pergi mana?"
"Sg. Wang."
"Sg. Wang 18 ringgit eh dik."
"18 hengget???"
I waved him away. Another pakcik approached me.
"Sg. Wang 15 ringgit,ok dik?"
"Kenapa mahal sangat, pakcik?"
"Sekarang jam la."
"Tak boleh pakai meter eh?""Haven't you heard? Taxi meters are now extinct."
Haa tu diaaaa statement taxi driver, taxi meters are now extinct katenye...:P
Okay, I made up that last part. Feeling a bit irked by these
teksi ulat and (that makes the driver to be known as)
ulat taik, I switched to
pegawai penguatkuasa mode and peeked in the first three taxis in queue and all three were meterless.
Sapraiss sapraisss..*sigh* I am not a foreigner that you can
ketuk as you like, at least try
la to be considerate when putting a price to a fellow Malaysian.
KLC.C is badly infested by taxi touts. Shame. I know it's yesteryear's news but I thought something had been done about it? I hope these taxi touts drivers' driving license (what a mouth full!) will be revoked. And this to apply to bus and lorry drivers who drive recklessly too.
Anyways, I digress.
Online shopping is bad. Addictive. But worst of all, it's 'risky'. All of my online purchase were a size too big and the lovely gladiator I bought which took 7 days to arrive cannot be worn for ever (albeit the perfect design and perfect size and look so very perfect on me) because it has pigskin lining.
Oh sedihnya..:(
I think I've learnt my lesson, and that's it - no more virtual shopping for me. I guess I am back to shopping malls and real-time shopping. I am definitely buying that pair of Heech gladiator sandal (but Sulliban rocks too)
sementara stok masih ada. Definitely maybe, as a birthday prezent to myself.:)
Having said that, my birthday is like, 3 days and 10 hours away y'all.*hint hint* :P