kicked out of a Taxi

As one Chises person, i guided a foreign friend in Nanning. The taxi driver thought we were not familiar with this city and tried to go around the place where we wanted to go. I found his behavior and asked him to go the right way but the had changed the direction.I argued with him,but still had to pay.Damn it!

As a rule taxi drivers do not like to be told their job. There were a few times I gave them drections when they clearly did not know where they were going. But when there is traffic it's hard to say whether or not it's better to take a side road and/or give directions. Many times streets are not "through" streets or go only one direction and it may have been impossible for him to explain it to you because of the language barrier.
I understand how frustrating it can be though. Just remember, patience and a smile goes a long way.

In Yiwu we grabbed a Taxi with our 2 young boys and Chinese friend. He was smoking in a closed taxi. I told our friend to ask him to stop the smoking while we lowered the rear windows, and get a rave via our Chinese friend about how rude foreigners are, We are very polite and hate rude foreigners also - 99% of TAXIS in Australia are driven by foreigners - many rude ! My wife wanted to get out. We have never caught a TAXI in China without giving good tips and have found 80% of drivers are A. able to drive & B. Polite.
So in general TAXI drivers in China are OK But seem oblivious of kids safety and health (as far as driving dangerously and smoking)

S _ it happens. Good Luck! JW

zjc2008685 wrote:

As one Chises person, i guided a foreign friend in Nanning. The taxi driver thought we were not familiar with this city and tried to go around the place where we wanted to go. I found his behavior and asked him to go the right way but the had changed the direction.I argued with him,but still had to pay.Damn it!

Good to see even Chinese people have problems. Now i dont feel so bad...thank you for sharing this with us.

jsbmeb wrote:

it may have been impossible for him to explain it to you because of the language barrier.

I totally never thought of this. I was so busy thinking about me trying to tell him something, i never thought the same problem could be reversed... Thank you. and i must comment and say, i am smiling alot more, so it can be known i come in peace!