Revolting PassApp drivers quit en masse peeling stickers, burning shirts

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Mon Aug 19, 2019 9:59 am

The flag down fee is not what the driver gets, it's the fee charged for hiring a tuk tuk.

The minimum fare is the fare passapp charges if you drive less than 1 km.

So minimum fare all included is 1.700 + 2.000 = 3.700 for any ride under 1 km. The first km in an airconditioned taxi in Bangkok costs about 4.700 r. just to compare.

If these guys want to be taken seriously they better get their number right before passapp will even consider listening to them.

IraHayes · Post by **IraHayes** » Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:46 am

Kammekor wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 9:59 am The flag down fee is not what the driver gets, it's the fee charged for hiring a tuk tuk.

The minimum fare is the fare passapp charges if you drive less than 1 km.

So minimum fare all included is 1.700 + 2.000 = 3.700 for any ride under 1 km. The first km in an airconditioned taxi in Bangkok costs about 4.700 r. just to compare.

If these guys want to be taken seriously they better get their number right before passapp will even consider listening to them.

Absolutely correct! Do any of these guys even understand how partnering with a ride hailing app works and what the terms flag down fee even mean? Because it doesnt look like it.

Bitte_Kein_Lexus · Post by **Bitte_Kein_Lexus** » Mon Aug 19, 2019 11:48 am

frizzie77 wrote:Let them just burn their stuff if they think it's shit

Want to be the lazy old-fashioned tuk-tuk driver? Sorry guys, those days are over. Get used to it.

Hundreds of others to replace you, thank you very much...

Exactly. Care factor=zero.

Grab is squeezing them dry though, it'll be interesting to see what the competition comes up with.

miciur · Post by **miciur** » Mon Aug 19, 2019 1:10 pm

fax wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 9:36 am Angry drivers have posted screenshots showing they've made 1700 Riel from driving for as long as 35 and 41 minutes. PassApp has reportedly lowered their prices 15% and it's coming out of the drivers' pockets.

First image: Who can count see driver earned 3$ ( PasApp charge 15%). Actually flag down fee is 2000 Riel, enough for pay company charge ( until 13 km) First price (14500 Riel) same taxi price in Bangkok. Cambodian tuk tuk drivers think earn big money with 2-3 hours work per day. This time is over. Btw today valid PasApp fare:

And Bangkok taxi fare

IraHayes · Post by **IraHayes** » Mon Aug 19, 2019 1:19 pm

Maybe no one explained the setup to the drivers in simple terms.

1. For each journey you will make 1,000R per km (min is 1,000R)
2. The company will add 2,000R to this as commission.
3. The more you are available the more work you will get and therefor the more money you will make.

frizzie77 · Post by **frizzie77** » Mon Aug 19, 2019 11:04 pm

Cambodian tuk tuk drivers think earn big money with 2-3 hours work per day.

Exactly the problem in Cambodia: Khmers are rather lazy than work.
That was, btw, already noticed by the French when they arrived here, hence their hiring of Vietnamese for administrative positions of any importance.

To me this 'protest' by PassApp drivers feels like a protest against having to actually w-o-r-k. Wow, that apparently is a whole new concept...

frizzie77 · Post by **frizzie77** » Mon Aug 19, 2019 11:07 pm

IraHayes wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 1:19 pm Maybe no one explained the setup to the drivers in simple terms.

1. For each journey you will make 1,000R per km (min is 1,000R)
2. The company will add 2,000R to this as commission.
3. The more you are available the more work you will get and therefor the more money you will make.

That seems very reasonable, IF you're willing to work. However, that's the problem with Khmers: they like to be lazy bastards, where preferably the money just flies into your hands, like magic.

Ghostwriter · Post by **Ghostwriter** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 5:09 am

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:39 am

frizzie77 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 11:07 pm
IraHayes wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2019 1:19 pm Maybe no one explained the setup to the drivers in simple terms.

1. For each journey you will make 1,000R per km (min is 1,000R)
2. The company will add 2,000R to this as commission.
3. The more you are available the more work you will get and therefor the more money you will make.
That seems very reasonable, IF you're willing to work. However, that's the problem with Khmers: they like to be lazy bastards, where preferably the money just flies into your hands, like magic.

The second phase of culture shock can be a bitch, can’t it?

CamExpat · Post by **CamExpat** » Sat Aug 24, 2019 8:00 pm

This morning there was a notice in my grab app offering a 500 riel discount and telling me driver commissioms are reduced to 5% until end of august. Guess this is why.

In many other countries grab has to compete for drivers. In Singapore, they are solid booked from start to end of shift. My impression is there are a lot more drivers then passengers here.

First week I was here I was frustrated as I watched 2 grab tuk tuks drop passengers off while I was waiting for mine to arrive. Normally Grab optimises this sort of thing and the drop iff becomes the pickup. I guess here with so many someone elses number was top of the queue.

Grab has solved 2 big pains travelling in developing countries: negotiating with drivers and making sure you have small money to pay them.

Last weekend I couldnt find 2 grabs at orusso (even after getting someone local to explain where we were). i negotiated with a tuk tuk driver to take us home and he wanted $5.... and there must have been about 30 ither tuk tuks around. (grab fare was 5500 reil).

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