Trying To Get A Taxi in China
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Even with an English App, Didi can still be a challenge.
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It was a nightmare for me until I discovered the secret. ALWAYS send the driver a message before he calls. If I send a message immediately they accept the ride, less than 5% end up calling. Saved my life so many time. In the message just ask when he's coming, and mention you're ready and waiting for him, (even if you aren't). They never call after that. Just send you a message back.No need to mention location if you can't say it
Evans Rutoh it really helps!)
Evans Rutoh youre doing gods work 太棒了谢谢朋友
My Chinese international student friends find is also struggled with talking with Uber in the USA at LA too. They love to call, and really unpatient under compare to DiDi in China.
now they have the default greetings like my GPS position is accurate, come and pick me up kinda stuff
Evans Rutoh god bless you 😂 I just screenshotted this for future reference
Lifehack: Just pass your phone to the nearest 公安 or 特勤 guy.
Haha It's so real! They always call, no matter how many times we tell them to just look at the app's map haha XDXD another reason to learn Mandarin
Ah Lenaa you are here too.
This one was epic.
It's unbelievable, they always do it, but WHY??? :)
Lenaaround i
*A.P.P.
Lol just don't answer and they'll soon come, that's what I do!!
Hahaha, omg whenever I take a didi, I always go to the nearest hotel and look between "my current location" and the hotel name maybe about ten times, proceeded by a dose of nervousness when I see the driver is near, and preparing my 2min max speech in Mandarin stating what country I'm from, what I do in China, and if I have a boyfriend or not *facepalm*😂😂
Haha!
and do you have a bf?
The Simple Life So true lol
Justin Huang 哈哈，我不需要 😂
As a Chinese, that's exactly what I do in Canada when calling a Uber. And I have to make an English speech about what I will eat for dinner and introduce Chinese food.....
I had the exact same experience with New York City UBER. Only it's more frustrating because UBER map app shows 6 cars drive by you in a minute yet they won't stop to pick you up AT YOUR LOCATION, you have to find them somehow with the directions "I'm south west of you."
The most funny part is they spent so much time and that guy actually can speak English...
wwlcat no shit
I usually just tell them "看地图“ and drop the call. Always worked.
Marat would you spell that out please so we can learn 😂😅😎
Abdallah Mohamed Kan Di Tu
@@abdallahmohamed7241 can dee too.
@@user-no3fl3xw8e con not can
Same on 😂😂
- 你会说英语吗?
- 是的。😅😅👍
Haha...nice. I actually didn’t see that one coming (but totally should have).
Nice bit of improv at 3:53 , just watching the street can be intresting
Jack Jellybean That part is so relatable tho.
What frustrates me the most is when you want to argue with them but don’t even know what to or how to say it😂😂 more frustrating!!
:D :D
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: P I have the same experience in Korea with Kakaotaxi. I'm horrible at giving directions in Korean but anyway, why do they call when GPS shows them exactly where you are?!
Diana W from my experience with Uber, the GPS is usually a little off...
Lol I’ve never gotten a call with Kakao, then again I’m a local there..
I bet the Didi driver just got a random guy to cover him for the trip, while he eats.
The production value on these videos is really high!! And this was super relatable. Good work!!
This is so spot on. So true to life. I love how Mamahuhu always perfectly encapsulates the laowai experience in China.
Hahaha this is 100% me whenever I'm called by Didi, Meituan or anyone and I try muddling through with my basic Mandarin.
I literally had this exact experience on Monday!!! Like exactly!! Jeezus! Why create this app???????????????????????? Told the guy four times the roads I was on, the building I was next too...... and he ask me again, where I was... AAAAH! Subscribed.
This is why I've had an ebike while living in China.
Same exact shit with Ele.me APP! Like just look at the damn address and go there!! I'm already hangry so don't call
free lifehack, leave a comment In the order's comment section (not sure if there's one in the mobile version) where you ask to send a text message if there's any issue. 9 out of 10 times, it works ! (unless you're in a tier 88 city, in which case the delivery guy calling you might be the least of your issues !)
haha the plot twist was awesome! this video was funny throughout, keep it up~!
You have distilled my 10 year China experience into one CZcams clip.
"oh shit, it's the same guy" haha
Reminds me how our Didi guy just stopped at a gas station in a middle of taking us to a hotel to run to the toilet. He even took out a roll of toilet paper from his car shelf 😂
I laughed way harder than I should have during the phone call😂
The plot twist tho. It was terrific lol!
In the end, the guy on the left sounds like a turkey when he says” look at the app” 😂😂😂😂😩
ughhhhh the STRUGGLE . SOOOO true. Thanks for giving me a china day without even leaving my room yet. hahahahah
I'm so jealous of expats that speak and read fluent Chinese. China is so cheap and convenient because its priced for the average Chinese consumer, so if you're making as much as the average the ESL teaching expat(2 or 3 times as much as the average Chinese college graduate) AND you're fluent enough to use all the apps/websites/services, its like being moderately wealthy person back home.
Haha, so funny, this is exactly what happens most of the time with Didi App
Sooo true! Also with the waimai! is terrible when they have some kind of problem and they need to call youuuu... hahaha
This guy Adam is the best character
hahaha this is so true! the same with the food delivery apps like e le ma who just call literally to tell you they are arriving. just knock on my damn door like a normal person, don't make me suffer with a phone call in chinese!
yeah, they do sometimes call because they're late, but other times they call when they're on time and literally in the elevator on the way up or even when they're standing right outside my door. i guess they want you to be ready to receive the food so they can leave quickly.
They freaking call me to tell me they a like 30 or 40 minutes away. I get so frustrated I have to ask my roommate to translate. One time I understood them and they were saying to me find someone who speaks Chinese.
They freaking call me to tell me they a like 30 or 40 minutes away. I get so frustrated I have to ask my roommate to translate. One time I understood them and they were saying to me find someone who speaks Chinese.
Oh and to add on they ask where I live. It’s on the app and on the receipt.
@@HeyLexxxie I live in an old building which doesn't have apartment numbers on the door.. They always call.
THAT ENDING THOUGH 😂😂😂
So relatable ...I say 你看你的手机 all the time when I can’t give the directions 😂😂😂
Loved it! You guys have awesome production. Sincerely hope you get many more subs!
Same situation for Chinese in English-speaking country😂Even though I am able to write academic essay in English and handle most face to face talk, I still feel stressed when doing the English phone call. Seems that I would suddenly lose most of my English listening capacity when dealing with the mechanical voice
I have no idea why this channel doesn't have like 4x the subs it currently has. This stuff is gold every time!
Help spread the word!
On it.
I use DIDI every day, I don't bother with the English version, even though my Chinese reading sucks.
I like the Chinese version better, the pinyin and English can be confusing
This is so accurate! Hahaha! Good one Mamahuhu
Finally got around to watching this! I don't live in CN but I feel like I get a good dose of expat living everytime im here haha. Loved it
Hahaha, nice one, in shanghai some didi drivers were actually talking like that, so much nonsense and don't straight to the point, but it's still convenience for the most part.
You guys are so talent ! I laughed sooo hard
"Oh sh*t, it's the same guy!" 😂
Super relevant video! I get people asking me what to say to Didi drivers... but I don't don't have a complete solution because there are SOOO many things the driver could be saying!
So accurate 😂😂😂😂 Love it
The thing is... I suggest that if you are not a native Mandarin speaker, don't call a taxi by DiDi. Sometime even me and my friends, we can't understand the accent of those drivers and we can't understand exactly what they are talking about... if you use DiDi in Beijing or some other city where people speak pure Mandarin, that's much easier for you but if you are in cities like Chengdu or Chongqing... it's better go home on foot because accent will KILL you (I'm not joking)
Hahahaha the last part is really funny.
Should have made the car white instead of black Ahahahahaha
Looool wake up from a sleep & wacth this 😂
抱歉我的英语不好。我和滴滴司机交流过，他们打电话的原因在于如果他没打电话就被取消订单的话，他会被扣服务分（这东西会影响他接单）。所以滴滴司机都喜欢先打个电话。
我也都是直接app里面发消息，一般都行不会打过来。还有一个问题就是滴滴这个蠢东西的定位有时候很偏，要是叫车的人没注意，只看地图会被坑死的。
兄弟，可以用软件翻译一下，哈哈哈
算了吧，还不如留中文让老外们去翻译，XD
明明Uber也都打电话 不明白这个点为什么非要吐槽 如果是英文不好的中国人在英语国家接uber司机的电话也是一样的情况 为什么外国人就觉得中国司机打电话有错。 不打电话即使知道目的地也不知道你是哪个人啊，大街上那么多人呢
Jinyi Li Uber 如果不是到了接送地點找不到人也不會打電話
I remember the times of taking taxis and trying to show an address to the drivers from my mobile phone, but their eyesight was so bad that they almost never could see what I was trying to show them.
Yes! Exactly right...those were my years in China too. In fact, even today I still use regular taxi versus didi.
You got it wrong. Most taxi drivers who have "bad eyesight" didn't go to school. They can't read, so they'll say forgot their glasses or something
Could be, but china literacy rate is quite good.
True it's good, but for the older drivers, I can assure you it was no coincidence
Lol. I'm actually feeling that ringtone
This is hilarious 😂
HAHAHAHAHA I LOVE THIS.
Hahahaha Ubers in South Africa do the same sometimes, they text you and ask you where you are, even though the app says it, and then when you are in the car they ask where you want to go to 😂
The ending 😂😂😂😂
the only time they call is to be sure that my location is correct or if they are stuck in traffic. XD
Great video guy, the ending was great!!!! ^^
Dat plot twist lol
this is gold lmao
I have a great experience with Grab in Thailand. Every driver uses the app map and communicate by text which is auto translated.
LMAOO this is my experience in China as well. So funny.
With Uber in America then just follow the location of the customer and go there. They never call you. But in China they call you , and constantly never go to the right location. This video is completely accurate. Also Chinese people speak for five minutes to discuss a single simple conversation like where someone is and they must repeat themselves three or four times before the driver understands. It’s such a ridiculous situation every time.
It could be problematic everywhere in the world that you cannot speak their local language. You just cannot expect that everyone in China can speak English, especially the taxi driver who has less possibility of getting educated. The reason for drivers must call you is that DIDI sucks. It usually sent a wrong location to drivers.
Love this. Was this done on the Panasonic GH5
I'm using the same app. When they call me, I'm always skipping the call.
Great video. I experienced this the first few times using the app. Now I just hangup when they call and send them repeated messages to meet me at the location. It works like a charm.
omg this is hilarious!
Haha so true Didi driver always call you but their attitude are ok
Fucking hilarious gwei Lous man!
This was so frustrating when I was in China!! The whole point of calling a did is so I don’t have to flag a taxi but it ends up being pretty much the same effort lol
China looks pretty fancy in this video, a lot like London to be honest.
AHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!! It's so true!
Thank you so much for this positive video. I cant stop laughing :D
So true as a chinese i was pissed off that a lot DIDI drivers never pick me up by the location I asked. They always ask me to walk to the pick-up point they wanted for their own convenience
the ending is so LOL|
Hahaha, this is so gooood.
Why don't you have more subscribers? I don't understand. Maybe you guys should look at the app, look at the app, look at the app.
You guys are fucking talent! hahahahahaha
Wow, Didi's ad just pop out when the video finish.
This video is totally spot on!!!
THIS IS ME WHEN I ORDER FOOD IN CHINA looooool
Haha that's real, but uber and grabcar also had this kind of problems 😂
When I took a UBER at Australia for the first time, I wondered: what is wrong with the driver why he didn't call me for such a long time after he accept my book.
徐凌 hahahahah
That was funny. Thank you. Hahahaha
this is so me hahaha
I LOVE THIS VIDEO
Hahaha OMG i can totally relate to this😅🙊🙊
This is so funny
It's the same in Vietnam and Thailand most of the time. Some drivers are STARTING to learn to text. That's marginally better. I think in part they call because they have non existent map reading skills
Hahahahaha haha 😂 so true !
These videos are great.
This is so fun 😄😂😁
Something similar happened to me when I was in Spain ended up walking chasing the taxi for hours
OMG! Great one guys!
You can just say 'my position in app is accruate'.that's all .they will find u
LOL! App no, A-P-P yes.
Hahaha I can relate
I cannot believe how accurate this video is!
#LearningChineseIsAContinualStrugge :-)
this is exactly how I feel lolz
Didi app, Meitu waimai, eleme, this happens all the time. This is like some sort of documentary channel of our lives in China. It's frustrating at times but you guys at Mamahuhu give us a chance to laugh about our daily experiences. Very funny high pitched voices "look at the app!!", "look at the app!!" "look at the app!!" hilarious twist. sometimes the driver speaks the local dialect and that renders even the little mandarin you can speak totally useless.
*Meituan waimai 😄 how's your life in China? I hope you enjoy it
美团外卖 meituan waimai。yeah, thanks for the correction. There is a very popular mobile photoshop app called meitu, mixed them up. Life is okay. It gets much better as soon as you get used to the way things work in China. Laugh about your mishaps and stop complaining about everything. The more things change the more they stay the same.