Thoughts on Tuk Tuk hailing

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Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2017 3:35 pm
the hand wobble normally does the trick aye
This. A little "no thanks" wave off. No point in being rude or ignoring them.

If I need to go somewhere I'll use a motodop (regular guy if he's there). Only time I need a tuk tuk is if I'm carrying something I can't take on a moto - which is 100% travelling *to* my place, not from it, so the tuk tuk drivers outside my place are unlikely to ever get my business unless I have visitors.
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What gets me is that when you don't need a Tuk-tuk, there will be dozens outside my house soliciting for my business; the day I do actually need one there is never a one in sight.... This phenomenon is not restricted to Tuk-tuks, mind.
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hanno wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2017 5:29 pm What gets me is that when you don't need a Tuk-tuk, there will be dozens outside my house soliciting for my business; the day I do actually need one there is never a one in sight.... This phenomenon is not restricted to Tuk-tuks, mind.
Quite true. Murphy's law in action.
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hanno wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2017 5:29 pm What gets me is that when you don't need a Tuk-tuk, there will be dozens outside my house soliciting for my business; the day I do actually need one there is never a one in sight.... This phenomenon is not restricted to Tuk-tuks, mind.

Your referring to women ?
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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Goes with motodops too, those fuckers are never there when needed but are always touting when I'm hungover and pissed off.
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timmydownawell wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2017 5:44 pm
hanno wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2017 5:29 pm What gets me is that when you don't need a Tuk-tuk, there will be dozens outside my house soliciting for my business; the day I do actually need one there is never a one in sight.... This phenomenon is not restricted to Tuk-tuks, mind.
Quite true. Murphy's law in action.
such a true statement hanno
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