# How would you deal with this shared taxi issue?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-deal-with-this-shared-taxi-issue/719442>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 7, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-deal-with-this-shared-taxi-issue/719442 "2015-05-07T02:49:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-deal-with-this-shared-taxi-issue/719442/21 "2015-05-09T19:05:48Z")

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Thinking on it more I think the reason it feels awkward is because why am I ordering other passengers out, controlling the car is the drivers job not mine he owns it after all.

Which leads me to thinking they want to make me “the bad guy”, like hey I wanted to pick you up.

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**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-deal-with-this-shared-taxi-issue/719442/22 "2015-05-10T04:24:36Z")

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> [@septimus](#):
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> In Pattaya, Thailand there were modified pickups which operate as fixed-route buses but convert to hired taxis at a moment’s notice (with the busfare passengers then being booted off!) It makes a difference fare-wise what you say when boarding: “Are you going to Sabai Room(!) ?” versus “I want to go to Sabai Room.” Best is to explicitly agree on price when boarding.

I’m less adventurous. I only stick to the baht trucks that normally follow the “known” routes up and down Beach Road and Second Road. I’ve hired one twice to go to some Cabbages restaurant, but it took a while because I naively try to find one that’s empty. Although there are taxis, Pattaya is one place that I’ve never, ever, ever taken a taxi.

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