I came home at 2.30 a.m. today...
Have you ever felt that everything was working against you, and you were getting nowhere, fast?
Well, that's pretty much how I feel these days. Have been working long hours to pay my bills by the end of the week, but sometimes, you don't see much results at the end of the day!
Today I started work at 8 a.m. Delayed lunch until about 1.30 pm. Topped up petrol and tried to do something about the under inflated front tyres. But all the pumps I went to were broken. One worked but I failed to check the specs in the car door, so missed the opportunity to inflate it to the correct pressure.
Due to this, the car didn't handle smoothly and my driving became iffy, which resulted in even lower ratings. It's at an all time low now :(
Dropped off passenger at KLIA just before 6 pm but realised later that there was a problem with payment. Trying to get it now via customer service. I'm really at her mercy now. Strangely I'm less worried about this than the car condition.
Discovered bald patches on the front tyres, so will have to change them tomorrow. It won't hurt to check the rest of the car either. I think the patching on the exhaust is coming loose. The damages are really affecting my ratings..
At 9.20 I got a job for KLIA1 to KLIA2. Cancelled that and the next job was Mitsui to KLIA. Cancelled that too and later found myself requeued. Damnit!
Do you think that's fair? I've waited 3 hours for a paying job to get out of KLIA and I get penalised for refusing to take short jobs that will result in me getting requeued by the time I come back to LO. Manual accept - 25% commission. Any which way, driver kena.
I really wanted to leave after that. Nak tengok video pun tak selesa. Serba tak kena dalam kereta, ok. Called Shamila to whine. In the end tunggu jugak.
I ended up regretting that decision. By the time I got a fare, it was almost midnight. Maybe due to my current low rating, I waited a really long time before I got the call. Unfortunately, guy is a Singaporean going to Wangsa Maju. Missed a turn and took a long, long way through MRR2. At some point, blundered into a turnoff near Cheras and struggled to get back on track. It didn't help that the construction areas were badly lighted and my night vision seems to have become worse. At some point, we even had to go through an unlighted tunnel near Setiawangsa. It was quite an ordeal and took me over an hour to arrive at destination.
TBH, I was probably a little sleepy due to the late hour. So I had problems remembering words, recognising landmarks and identifying current locations. Everything looks so different late at night!
Managed to inflate the tyres properly at Caltex just before I got home. Lucky they had 2 air pumps because the first one had a leaky hose.
I have to do my follow up at KKM tomorrow, then sort out the car. After that I need to rest and work on the tour packages. I can't do Grab forever and the car maintenance is not cheap. God knows how I'm going to pay for new tyres... I need every cent to pay the AEON bill this week.
Have decided to increase my daily target. Achieved it today, technically. But with RM84+ not collected, I barely have anything to show for today's hard work. I need a break from driving tomorrow. Sad lah.
Have you ever felt that everything was working against you, and you were getting nowhere, fast?
Well, that's pretty much how I feel these days. Have been working long hours to pay my bills by the end of the week, but sometimes, you don't see much results at the end of the day!
Today I started work at 8 a.m. Delayed lunch until about 1.30 pm. Topped up petrol and tried to do something about the under inflated front tyres. But all the pumps I went to were broken. One worked but I failed to check the specs in the car door, so missed the opportunity to inflate it to the correct pressure.
Due to this, the car didn't handle smoothly and my driving became iffy, which resulted in even lower ratings. It's at an all time low now :(
Dropped off passenger at KLIA just before 6 pm but realised later that there was a problem with payment. Trying to get it now via customer service. I'm really at her mercy now. Strangely I'm less worried about this than the car condition.
Discovered bald patches on the front tyres, so will have to change them tomorrow. It won't hurt to check the rest of the car either. I think the patching on the exhaust is coming loose. The damages are really affecting my ratings..
At 9.20 I got a job for KLIA1 to KLIA2. Cancelled that and the next job was Mitsui to KLIA. Cancelled that too and later found myself requeued. Damnit!
Do you think that's fair? I've waited 3 hours for a paying job to get out of KLIA and I get penalised for refusing to take short jobs that will result in me getting requeued by the time I come back to LO. Manual accept - 25% commission. Any which way, driver kena.
I really wanted to leave after that. Nak tengok video pun tak selesa. Serba tak kena dalam kereta, ok. Called Shamila to whine. In the end tunggu jugak.
I ended up regretting that decision. By the time I got a fare, it was almost midnight. Maybe due to my current low rating, I waited a really long time before I got the call. Unfortunately, guy is a Singaporean going to Wangsa Maju. Missed a turn and took a long, long way through MRR2. At some point, blundered into a turnoff near Cheras and struggled to get back on track. It didn't help that the construction areas were badly lighted and my night vision seems to have become worse. At some point, we even had to go through an unlighted tunnel near Setiawangsa. It was quite an ordeal and took me over an hour to arrive at destination.
TBH, I was probably a little sleepy due to the late hour. So I had problems remembering words, recognising landmarks and identifying current locations. Everything looks so different late at night!
Managed to inflate the tyres properly at Caltex just before I got home. Lucky they had 2 air pumps because the first one had a leaky hose.
I have to do my follow up at KKM tomorrow, then sort out the car. After that I need to rest and work on the tour packages. I can't do Grab forever and the car maintenance is not cheap. God knows how I'm going to pay for new tyres... I need every cent to pay the AEON bill this week.
Have decided to increase my daily target. Achieved it today, technically. But with RM84+ not collected, I barely have anything to show for today's hard work. I need a break from driving tomorrow. Sad lah.
