[TAXI ECHO] Lucky Chameleon

Economics is a social science of human choice behavior . Different conditions are destined to be different. such as traffic . Living in Taipei City, the cost of an inch of land, a dense and convenient bus and MRT transportation network, the basic logic of money is to take time , and basically do not consider buying or maintaining a car.

Otherwise, you can measure it yourself.

If a parking space in Taipei City has its own parking space , it would cost one or two million twenty years ago, and now it is even more than four or five million. Buy a car with a big head (TOYOTA) for seven or eight million and put it there. , and spend 50,000 to 100,000 yuan each year on maintenance , not to mention the oil money that fluctuates with international prices...

And there is a parking space in your own home. Unless you are an executive and the company provides free parking spaces, you will inevitably pay 5K to 7K parking fees a month, and another 50,000 to 60,000 yuan a year. If you go out to a business unit, even if you can reimburse the parking fee, the cost of parking time is also a link to consider.

Living in Taipei City, as long as you are familiar with the operation rules of the bus and MRT transportation network, and the cost of arranging one or two taxis in an emergency, you don’t need to think about the problem of parking, but also save the cost of maintaining a car. Now the addition of online car-hailing, and It provides more choices for taxis, saves time, is convenient, and satisfies the psychological state of some personal enjoyment.

Some people say that owning a parking space is also an investment. I agree that if parking spaces were an asset , I would use public transportation and taxis myself, and then increase the rental of parking spaces as a monthly fixed income item. What's more, taking public transportation can also reduce the contribution of personal carbon footprint , according to the current market logic.

Having lived in Taipei City for 20 years, in addition to the unavoidable use of taxis at work, I have to rely on taxis for some difficulties in life. For example, I have to report back to the cat hospital once a year. From the very beginning, the lightness of the two cats , As they grew taller, it was really hard work, and the help of a taxi greatly relieved my stress.

The following records are left like this:

[20181207] Lucky Chameleon

Bai Bai weighs nearly seven kilograms, and is basically exercising my arm strength. I gave up taking public transportation and hired a taxi to go home.

After getting on the bus and explaining the location as usual, the driver's elder brother turned around and asked, can he speak Taiwanese?

Yes. I am used to being a chameleon in terms of language, and I immediately switched to the tone of the driver's brother, no problem.

Brother: I am from New Taipei City. My colleague heard me saying that I was coming to Taipei City, and reminded me not to speak Taiwanese, but to speak Mandarin.

Me: That's not the case. Generally speaking, it is correct to speak Mandarin, but there are still many people who can speak Taiwanese.

Brother: Taipei City really speaks a lot of Mandarin.

Me: Just ask me like you just now, that's fine....

The driver's elder brother said that he listened to a language teacher's broadcast, saying that the child should stop speaking Mandarin when he gets home, and speak his native language when he gets home.

I said yes, it was originally, my mother is from Hokkien, my father is a Hakka, I learned Mandarin and speak Mandarin at school, and when I get home, I still speak Taiwanese to my mother, Hakka to my father and my grandmother, and to my grandfather . To speak Cantonese* , you don't need to teach your mother tongue at school, but you speak your mother tongue at home .

As for how to use it outside? Language is for communication, and it’s good to be able to communicate . My brother agreed with me, and we had a good time chatting all the way.

When you get to the drop-off point, you should pay 140 for the jumping price according to the table. The big brother said arrogantly, 100 is fine!

So lucky today~⁽⁽ଘ( ˙꒳˙ )ଓ⁾⁾

 Eggplant Press: The grandfather who has accompanied me since childhood and taught me about green herbal medicine is my grandmother's second spring. An old veteran from Guangdong, Cantonese and Hakka have some overlapping or similar words, so basic communication is not a problem. .