With the increasing popularity of electronic payment as a new trend in consumption patterns, many people are reducing the need to carry cash out and using a variety of electronic payment tools on their mobile phones. A few days ago, a Hong Kong drifter girl filmed an online video sharing her experience of playing "Yang Guifei" at a Lantern Festival market in Tsuen Wan, and when she took a taxi to return home, she found that she did not bring enough cash to pay the fare.
Taxis have no electronic payment, Hong Kong drifting women do "hostages" and other friends get off the bus to exchange money
The victim said that after completing the work at the Lantern Festival Market in Tsuen Wan, she took a taxi with a group of four friends to return home from Lok Ma Chau. However, when they were about to pay, they found that the four of them only had $40 in cash and there were no electronic payment tools such as Octopus, Alipay and credit cards installed in the car.
Subsequently, they informed the driver of the situation, and the victim said that he and another friend were "hostages" in the car, and sent the friend to get out of the car to find a way to exchange cash, and finally found a Hong Kong person who was willing to exchange 1:1 Alipay transfer for Hong Kong dollars.
In the film, the victim also pointed out that the driver communicated with them quite calmly during the whole waiting process, without any blame, which made her feel very sorry, and said, "In the future, whoever says that Hong Kong taxi drivers have a bad temper, I am the first to disagree."
Netizens had polarized opinions, with some questioning the driver's hidden purpose
The video attracted more than 3,500 comments from netizens, most of whom said that the victim was lucky to meet a "good-natured" driver, and that if he had been replaced by another driver, he might have already cursed him.
Some netizens also suggested that she could ask the driver for the payment method accepted before getting on the bus, or be ready to have enough cash at any time to avoid the embarrassing situation from happening again. The victim added that he would bring cash with him on weekdays, but unfortunately he spent all his cash to buy souvenirs at the Lantern Festival Market that day, and he was so tired after the event that they forgot to withdraw money before taking a taxi.
In addition, some netizens questioned that the driver did not stop skipping the meter while waiting, and wanted to take the opportunity to earn more fares before he was calm.
However, according to the taxi fare details provided by the Transport Department, urban taxis should be charged $1 per minute for the waiting time after the first 2 kilometres traveled9 until the receivable reaches $935. and then to $13。
The reporter of Sing Tao Global Network checked the distance and approximate fare of the victim from the location of departure from Tsuen Wan to Lok Ma Chau, and compared the fare paid by the victim in the end with the fare estimated on the online platform, and the fare was within a reasonable range.