The one downside of living in a country with super cheap taxis? We spend way too much time in them and figure out pretty quickly that a life swanning around in taxis isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.<\/p>\n
Here are our top 6 gripes. Any to add? Let us know in the comments…misery loves company and all that.<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0The driver never has the right change<\/h3>\n
Whether you offer a AED 200 note or\u00a0AED 50, there’s always a problem with the change<\/p>\n How great would it be if you\u00a0could pay with your card, it would eliminate the change problem! But alas no, either the system doesn’t work for you, or the screen is frozen by the last passenger who tried to work it.\u00a0<\/p>\n This should be a no-brainer. The roads here are complicated and you’ve got\u00a0to be living here a lloooonnggggg time to confidently\u00a0navigate the roads without GPS.\u00a0How are new taxi drivers supposed to manage?<\/p>\n Need a taxi at\u00a06pm after work, or 7pm when the taxi drivers do a shift change? Forget it. And why do the drivers all change shifts at EXACTLY\u00a0THE\u00a0SAME\u00a0TIME. So unnecessary<\/p>\n In a city of over 200 nationalities this is to be expected. Still annoying when you’re trying to explain your destination<\/p>\n Then you proceed to have the ‘who has lived\u00a0here longer’ argument. As long as the route you end up on has no traffic, there are no casualties.<\/p>\n <\/body><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The one downside of living in a country with super cheap taxis? We spend way too much time in them and figure out pretty quickly that a life swanning around in taxis isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Here are our top 6 gripes. Any to add? Let us know in the comments…misery loves … ","protected":false},"author":452,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feature"],"acf":{"legacy_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2016\/10\/_relatedEntryImage2x\/Screenshot-2016-10-02-at-7.39.43-PM.png?mtime=20161002193953","legacy_full_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2016\/10\/_featuredImage\/Screenshot-2016-10-02-at-7.39.43-PM.png?mtime=20161002193953 880w","legacy_meta_tags":"![\"Giphy](\"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2016\/10\/_blogWide\/giphy-56.gif?mtime=20161002190345\")
<\/figure>\n2.\u00a0The card payment system NEVER\u00a0works<\/h3>\n
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<\/figure>\n3.\u00a0There’s no GPS system in the car<\/h3>\n
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<\/figure>\n4.\u00a0It’s impossible to get a taxi when you actually need one<\/h3>\n
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<\/figure>\n5.\u00a0There’s usually a language barrier with the driver<\/h3>\n
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<\/figure>\n6.\u00a0When your driver thinks he knows a better route than you<\/h3>\n
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