The taxi driver wasn't happy with my review.

[BarBoy]

I'm still in the tourist ghetto sadly and last night I used a popular ride hailing app to get me from A to B.

 

His attitude was bad from the get go. Complaining about this and that, too far, traffic, no money etc etc..

 

So when I finally arrived at my destination I gave him a 1 star review, as the app allows for that. I was visiting a friend who is sadly very ill.

 

About 20 minutes later he shows up at my friends residence again absolutely fuming, demanding that I change the review because it damages his reputation. I politely explained that the review merely mirrored the service I received and he should work on his attitude when dealing with customers. He told me to eff off in thai and drove away in a fit of rage.  He hasn't been back since and I'm leaving the ghetto now.

 

Charming chap, wouldn't you say?? How can they ever improve if they can't take even a single iota of criticism? 

[Patong2021]

You obviously  have little experience with these apps. Please do the research before posting.

 

 

The driver does not know the origin of a rating and the ratings are not immediately shared. This is intended to protect the passenger.

[BarBoy]

34 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

You obviously  have little experience with these apps. Please do the research before posting

 

 

The driver  does not know the origin of a rating and the ratings are not immediately shared. This is intended to protect the passenger.

So how did he know then??

[worgeordie]

Bob ,you better just stop in the house , as you are always having problems with

people when you venture outside , 

 

regards worgeordie

[BarBoy]

15 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Bob ,you better just stop in the house , as you are always having problems with

people when you venture outside , 

 

regards worgeordie

Hardly my fault though, is it?

 

And I don't want to be a hermit 

 

When was the last time you went to the Korova milk bar, little Alex??

[Bangkokhatter]

14 minutes ago, BarBoy said:

So how did he know then??

He didn't, it's just another made up story to add to your list.

[BarBoy]

4 minutes ago, Bangkokhatter said:

He didn't, it's just another made up story to add to your list.

Ah yeah, I forgot that you were there!!

 

Peeping Tom is it? Rear window style??

[Dan O]

46 minutes ago, BarBoy said:

I'm still in the tourist ghetto sadly and last night I used a popular ride hailing app to get me from A to B.

 

His attitude was bad from the get go. Complaining about this and that, too far, traffic, no money etc etc..

 

So when I finally arrived at my destination I gave him a 1 star review, as the app allows for that. I was visiting a friend who is sadly very ill.

 

About 20 minutes later he shows up at my friends residence again absolutely fuming, demanding that I change the review because it damages his reputation. I politely explained that the review merely mirrored the service I received and he should work on his attitude when dealing with customers. He told me to eff off in thai and drove away in a fit of rage.  He hasn't been back since and I'm leaving the ghetto now.

 

Charming chap, wouldn't you say?? How can they ever improve if they can't take even a single iota of criticism? 

I guessed it was Bob just from the headline 

[BarBoy]

Just now, Dan O said:

I guessed it was Bob just from the headline 

It's not though.

 

It's Colin.

[CharlieH]

More off topic and inflammatory remarks removed.

 

STOP making this about the poster instead of the topic.

[BarBoy]

3 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

More off topic and inflammatory remarks removed.

 

STOP making this about the poster instead of the topic.

Thank you, Charlie. I have no idea where all this negativity against me is coming from, I am merely positing about my own subjective experiences in Thailand, which I thought forums were supposedly for.

 

I really appreciate your assistance in cleaning up my topics. Thank you.

[EVENKEEL]

Is your Merc getting serviced? 

[BarBoy]

1 minute ago, EVENKEEL said:

Is your Merc getting serviced? 

I am not at home.

 

And I like to travel by train whenever possible..

[EVENKEEL]

1 minute ago, BarBoy said:

I am not at home.

 

And I like to travel by train whenever possible..

I like planes myself. 

[BarBoy]

4 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

I like planes myself. 

I don't trust Asian planes anymore.

[worgeordie]

36 minutes ago, BarBoy said:

Hardly my fault though, is it?

 

And I don't want to be a hermit 

 

When was the last time you went to the Korova milk bar, little Alex??

That's where I am now Bob ,bottoms up..

 

regards worgeordie

[BarBoy]

5 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

That's where I am now Bob ,bottoms up..

 

regards worgeordie

Me too!

 

Cheers!

[EVENKEEL]

12 minutes ago, BarBoy said:

I don't trust Asian planes anymore.

Malaysian Air is a bit troublesome. 

[BarBoy]

5 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

Malaysian Air is a bit troublesome. 

As is Boeing in general.

 

Much prefer trains.

[Sandboxer]

Funny how "Bob" has become a term much like "Karen" in the real world to refer to deluded individuals hallucinating about being wronged.

[BarBoy]

1 minute ago, Sandboxer said:

Funny how "Bob" has become a term much like "Karen" in the real world to refer to deluded individuals hallucinating about being wronged.

I'm not hallucinating..

 

I am 100% coherent! 

 

And my name is Colin, not bob.

[Sandboxer]

1 minute ago, BarBoy said:

I'm not hallucinating..

 

I am 100% coherent! 

 

Lol, ok Brandon.

[BarBoy]

4 minutes ago, Sandboxer said:

 

Lol, ok Brandon.

Sorry who?

[ChumpChange]

2 hours ago, BarBoy said:

I'm still in the tourist ghetto sadly and last night I used a popular ride hailing app to get me from A to B.

 

His attitude was bad from the get go. Complaining about this and that, too far, traffic, no money etc etc..

 

So when I finally arrived at my destination I gave him a 1 star review, as the app allows for that. I was visiting a friend who is sadly very ill.

 

About 20 minutes later he shows up at my friends residence again absolutely fuming, demanding that I change the review because it damages his reputation. I politely explained that the review merely mirrored the service I received and he should work on his attitude when dealing with customers. He told me to eff off in thai and drove away in a fit of rage.  He hasn't been back since and I'm leaving the ghetto now.

 

Charming chap, wouldn't you say?? How can they ever improve if they can't take even a single iota of criticism? 

Oh, Bobby Bungholio, you poor, innocent lamb, what a tragic ordeal! Truly, the trials and tribulations you endure on a regular basis, merely for the sake of the rest of us lot, should be immortalized in song and stone. A bad attitude from the taxi driver and a Thai swear word being hurled your way? How atrocious! I can barely believe you survived such unrelenting horrors. You are even braver than you look bruv and I don't say those words lightly.

 

But let’s not overlook your unparalleled fearlessness in times of deep distress and yet holding your ground, calmly dishing out life advice to a madman whilst he is raging outside your ill friend’s house. You, Bobbarooney, are the unsung hero of ride-hailing reform. Without your valiant 1-star crusade, who knows what the world would even come to? Next thing you know, drivers might start showing up shirtless and hurling chili pepper drenched durians out of their windows if it weren't for your valiant, mitigating actions.

 

And as for leaving the tourist ghetto, I’m sure the local economy is totally devastated to see you go. But hey, Bits of Bob, they deserve the price they need to pay, so onwards and upwards, right mate? Perhaps your next stop will bless us with another tale of courageous consumer justice done proper. Don’t keep us waiting too long though matey, these gripping stories of yours have become the only highlight of my day. They are what I live for!

[richard_smith237]

1 hour ago, BarBoy said:

I have no idea where all this negativity against me is coming from

 

C'mon - really ???.....   no one goes through life this oblivious, surely !!!!  ????

[BarBoy]

19 minutes ago, ChumpChange said:

Oh, Bobby Bungholio, you poor, innocent lamb, what a tragic ordeal! Truly, the trials and tribulations you endure on a regular basis, merely for the sake of the rest of us lot, should be immortalized in song and stone. A bad attitude from the taxi driver and a Thai swear word being hurled your way? How atrocious! I can barely believe you survived such unrelenting horrors. You are even braver than you look bruv and I don't say those words lightly.

 

But let’s not overlook your unparalleled fearlessness in times of deep distress and yet holding your ground, calmly dishing out life advice to a madman whilst he is raging outside your ill friend’s house. You, Bobbarooney, are the unsung hero of ride-hailing reform. Without your valiant 1-star crusade, who knows what the world would even come to? Next thing you know, drivers might start showing up shirtless and hurling chili pepper drenched durians out of their windows if it weren't for your valiant, mitigating actions.

 

And as for leaving the tourist ghetto, I’m sure the local economy is totally devastated to see you go. But hey, Bits of Bob, they deserve the price they need to pay, so onwards and upwards, right mate? Perhaps your next stop will bless us with another tale of courageous consumer justice done proper. Don’t keep us waiting too long though matey, these gripping stories of yours have become the only highlight of my day. They are what I live for!

They aren't stories though, like the Bible and the Quran...

 

They are stonewall facts.

 

[richard_smith237]

2 hours ago, BarBoy said:

Hardly my fault though, is it?

 

If such events repeatedly happen to you, when such experiences are completely alien to everyone else... 

 

... then perhaps you should be looking inwards !!...   as ultimately many of the situations you find yourself in seem only to happen to you...

 

 

Or course... As posters have already pointed out - its impossible that this driver knew you left the negative review. 

 

So... You have either completely misunderstood the situation and the driver was angry at you for some other reason you are oblivious to... Or, as others have suggested, this as another Thai Bashing fabrication.

 

2 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

The driver does not know the origin of a rating and the ratings are not immediately shared. This is intended to protect the passenger.

 

[BarBoy]

41 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Or course... As posters have already pointed out - its impossible that this driver knew you left the negative review. 

Just because other members have pointed something out doesn't make it true, does it?..

 

A man of your intellectual prowess should easily be able to ascertain that!

 

Right??

 

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[richard_smith237]

36 minutes ago, BarBoy said:

Just because other members have pointed something out doesn't make it true does it?..

 

Oh dear... Where to start...   getting dragged down to this level of simplicity is exhausting... 

 

'It' is not just true because other members have pointed it out to you...  'Its true' because its true...

 

Ride-hailing and food delivery platforms, implement a delay or anonymisation process to protect users' privacy.

This ensures that drivers or delivery partners cannot immediately identify who left a specific review or rating.

 

The primary reasons for this approach include:

Privacy Protection: Delaying or anonymising reviews helps protect the user from potential backlash or confrontations.

 

Encouraging Honest Feedback: Users are more likely to leave honest reviews if they feel secure that their identity won't be immediately linked to the feedback.

 

Aggregate Reporting: Platforms only show reviews as part of an aggregated score or after a threshold number of reviews to further ensure anonymity.

 

 

36 minutes ago, BarBoy said:

A man of your intellectual prowess should be easily able to ascertain that!

 

There - easily ascertained  !!

 

It doesn't take any prowess whatsoever to identify that your post was either a complete fabrication, or you have somehow upset this driver through other means and significantly enough for him to think about it and they return. 

 

Perhaps you were drunk enough to tell him you were leaving a 1 star review etc and thats why he became angry with you.

 

 

 

 

[ChumpChange]

14 minutes ago, BarBoy said:

They aren't stories though, like the Bible and the Quran...

 

They are stonewall facts.

 

Boobalah, of course! Stonewall facts, etched in the annals of history alongside the Ten Commandments and the Big Bang itself. Two books of fables that could never, in any way, compare to your real-life experiences. I can already picture future generations studying The Gospel According to Boob in school: And lo, on the fifth day, Boobs gave a 1-star review and brought righteous judgment upon the sinful driver of the tourist ghetto. Amen.

 

Honestly, mate, your humility in carrying the burden of absolute truth is nothing short of inspiring. It must be utterly exhausting being the sole custodian of reality in this chaotic world of doubt and disbelief. Keep fighting the good fight for us, bruv. Stonewall facts like yours are the anchor we all need in these turbulent and chaotic times.