Cambodia enlists tuk-tuk drivers in fight against trafficking

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Re: Cambodia enlists tuk-tuk drivers in fight against trafficking

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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 4:56 pm Also, talking of modern slavery...
Recently, Grab and Pass-App were both accused of making their drivers work for less money due to fare wars between the companies. The drivers say that some drivers are only earning half as much as they used to because of cut-price fares, and it's not enough to feed their families. There have been strikes and protest movements from the drivers.
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Methinks they protest too much...

Everyone can see with their own eyes the drivers like a really good sleep on every available corner.
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Not sure why pathetic PassApp and Grab drivers have been elevated to TukTuk Driver professional status.
They are a country mile apart.

One a slave - the other the world's most perfectly free man.
(that's why snowflakes use PassApp, they like dealing with slaves, and apps - 'can't handle dealing with a man who stands in his own power !!)

We are perfect for this job, 'know all about traffic
Phnom Penh traffic
traffic tickets
traffic bullies
traffic cheats
traffic victims
idiots in trafficked uniforms and trafficked powerful jobs
And with a clearly demonstrated lifelong commitment to non-slave philosophy and lifestyle.

And, we know just where to find the slaves
- PassApp drivers and their customers. 1st off the rank!

(written and spoken by sa albifrons on behalf of the United Tuk Tuk Drivers of Cambodia Guild)
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Am I the only one who thinks Grab not paying them enough might result in the drivers going into trafficking themselves?
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fazur wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2020 7:50 am Am I the only one who thinks Grab not paying them enough might result in the drivers going into trafficking themselves?
They can always join @SternAAlbifrons United Tuk Tuk Guild
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Mishmash wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2020 8:48 am
fazur wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2020 7:50 am Am I the only one who thinks Grab not paying them enough might result in the drivers going into trafficking themselves?
They can always join @SternAAlbifrons United Tuk Tuk Guild

Uh Uh - No they can't

SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2019 3:59 pm Everybody wants to be a tuk tuk driver
But few are chosen.
Grab grifters joining The Guild?
Ha!
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SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2020 9:44 am
Mishmash wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2020 8:48 am
fazur wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2020 7:50 am Am I the only one who thinks Grab not paying them enough might result in the drivers going into trafficking themselves?
They can always join @SternAAlbifrons United Tuk Tuk Guild

Uh Uh - No they can't

SternAAlbifrons wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2019 3:59 pm Everybody wants to be a tuk tuk driver
But few are chosen.
Grab grifters joining The Guild?
Ha!
I have no beef with the Guild.

They are an integral part of my life since day 1 - solid!
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I think mishmash has solid, sane posts.

What is he doing here? :)
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newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2020 1:38 am
BR549 wrote:Modern slavery is extending credit to people who cannot pay it back without incurring massive interest.
I saw in USA last 40 years..Argentina...for the last 10...and I see it in Cambodia...
It is all around....
People want things now..
Instead of saving up for them..
So the solution is to not extend credit to the poor and stupid?

And run the risk of being labeled a racist?
so. you'd rather help the poor destroy themselves by getting into debt than having to suffer the sin of being called a racist?

destroying themselves literally involves losing their homes, suicide, crimes us as drug-dealing and prostitution to raise funds to repay

but you'd let that happen rather than being called a racist by some uninformed person?

your priorities are a bit weird.
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