You forgot my Change, Stupid DRIVER :-(

Haha.. well that happened to me a lot of times. I was in a bus and there is this conductor. Every time I ride in the bus where he is, he is doing that. At one time he told me, (I had a change of only 8 pesos) "Come ride tomorrow and I'll give you your change". I was like, what???? What do you think of me??? Would wait for you??? (no.. I was just in my little head) So I was not able to get my change. A few days later I saw him again. I looked at him really bad. Like I'm going to eat him alive.. LOL... And he did not make me pay. He moved really far away from me, never get close and so I was not able to pay. Next time the same guy I had change of 465 pesos. Guess what? A few meters away from where I'm taking off he still did not give me my change. I had to call him. I was in the very front of the bus, many passengers standing, he was in the back. I hate making scenes, but it seems like they would not give it unless you ask for it. i think it's their way to make more money (little more money). Like they say, "Sorry, you forget it. Your fault". Hahaha.. they're crazy

When I was a student, I rode public transport a lot especially when I was in college, yes I found some of them to be really rude, ignorant and ill mannered (but not all, there are also good drivers trying to earn a decent living for their families), you see these were long and difficult trips those days compared to today's standards, commuting las pinas to manila and back daily so I encountered a lot of these...., I promised myself that when I grow up, I will buy my own car and probably have my own driver so I will never have to deal with these people again, that's exactly what I did, the problem now is when you encounter some of them on the road, wonder where they learned how to drive

I think I would pay next time in coins too. Sounds like he was overwelmed and not paying close enough attention to the people who did pay. Out Public Vehicle has a place where you pay the fee in the exact change or a debit type card. This way the driver doesn't have to give change.

Next time, use these. That will make that driver think twice and he will start learning how to count.

i think that it their tactic to have more money.. I mean if a taxi driver would drive you into a traffic to have a greater fare, then jeepney drivers would probably pretend that he forgot to give you a change or rather, think that you haven't paid..This is not knew.. there are only a few drivers that is really honest about that..

He should settle yours first. If you did give him first than the other customer,then he should give your change first to avoid you from assumed he just pretending that you did not pay your fare to him. But he made the mistake and he should realize that as a honest driver he should do that to you. It is pretty hard to find an honest driver nowadays~

Oppppps! Chill out, my dear! Were you mistaken to be like a goon? Kidding aside, yeah, I guess you better prepare an exact fare next time. We have to understand those drivers too, they can be certainly preoccupied. Just keep your cool...

It happens to me many times. There are times the driver denies if i did pay or will reason out he already gave my change. There are some drivers like that that is why I need to have coins when riding a PUJ. Drivers do appreciate if they will not give a change. If you pay in higher bills, they tend to have problems with it or will ask the next PUJ if they can give a change. Or sometimes they have many coins to change you back. Remember to always bring coins when riding PUJ.

I had the experience when the driver did not give me back my change. It was early in the morning and I was rushing to work, when I opened my wallet i had no coins so I paid the driver 500 peso bill and ask him maybe he could drive to the gasoline station so he could have it changed. He did not stop at the gasoline station and then a lot of passenger started getting in. I asked him for my change and asked me to wait. By the time I was nearing the stop I was suppose to get off i totally forgot about the change because I was thinking of rushing to get to work on time and I had to catch the next train. I sometimes think it's their modus operandi....sometimes they ask you to wait then they try to act as if they forget.

chill bro! But i get ya. It really is annoying. I guess all of us have their own jeepney stories, on how we were duped by these people. It's sick. There are those who think they can getaway with not giving a 1-peso change. It's annoying. If you pool all the 1-peso, 2-peso, 50-centavo change that they didn't give, it'll probably amount to something big. I always argue for my change. Even if it's just a mere 1-peso. I worked hard for that 1 peso. There are jeeps in my area who wouldn't accept passengers that has a fare range of 8 pesos to 10 pesos. When they reach LRT2 Santolan station, they won't accept passengers who fall under the minimum fare range, even if they have passengers inside who will disembark on the same location as those who're trying to get a jeepney ride in the LRT2 santolan station. Some jeepneys who cut trips, they would put in a sign that they're only up to this mall, which is only 8 pesos from where they're loading. and then when they reach the mall, they'll change their sign board to another (further) location, which only is 8 pesos too. They do this when it's extremely traffic or raining hard. Sometimes FX drivers are worse. They raise the fare based on whim. And it's not like they raise it by one peso or by a few centavos like the jeeps do. They raise it by 5 pesos, by 10 pesos! It's incredulous! I had an experience when a passenger told the fx driver that me and my friend haven't paid our fare yet. The driver went after us and told us that we haven't paid yet. I told the driver that we already did, we paid while the fx was in front of mcdo, and maybe the person who said that we haven't already was the one who didn't pay. Boo! Why are there people who act like this :(

Yup they are pretty slick and I suppose he thought you would forget and or he simply was not paying attention. But I suspect that after you raised your voice he figured he could not outsmart you. Sad though because imagine how many others perhaps he has slicked out of their change too.

Funny this happened to me this today. I went to the mall to pay some bills and have some 'gala' time. When I went home, I paid, the driver a bill and the since there are many passengers, the fare collector almost forgot to give my change if I haven't yelled and another passenger relayed the message. This often happens and sometimes, I get tired of reminding people of their duties. I know that some drivers get little of the profit but that doesn’t mean deliberately scamming their passengers so that they could have little more bucks in their pockets. Passengers like us are also screaming for in every fare hike and everything that makes prices go up. We all work and we don’t undermine their importance but it does mean that some should abuse their position. I often take public transport and I go out of my way to thank the driver for taking me safe in my destination but I also curse in my head when some driver thinks he’s the king of the road just because he has a license to drive.

one experience that i also have but totally different to your's is the comparison of 20 Philippine peso paper money compare to the looks of 50 Philippine peso paper money, they looked like the same... be better watch out... if you give 50 they claim it 20, then debate comes next....

well on behalf of your driver, maybe he has somethings running on his head forgetting your change... at least you should've been more patient in dealing them..

That's really annoying. There are really drivers like that. It hasn't happened to me but drivers have forgotten to give me my change. I would just ask them for it and luckily, I haven't encountered one who told me I haven't paid anything. I have encountered a few who had a look of disbelief in their faces but they said nothing and just give me my fare. I guess they just blame their selves for forgetting if I already paid or not. Anyhow, you can't really avoid paying with bills. You can't always have coins, right? So maybe next time, when you pay in bills, just ask immediately the driver for your change before he even forgets it. And one thing, Bayad Centers are safe. I've paid my Smartbro bills there and even our electricity bills.

dear LK, I have same experience when going to office one time and just commuted for a change. I gave 50 pesos to the fare collector (not the driver). Then,passengers board and give also same bill (50 pesos) and he give the change right away. So,I was not able to control my temper and said,"why did you give him his change and not given mine when I pay first" He said "ops sorry,I thought I had given you your changed already. This is the one reason I don't like commuting,I am always pissed off with scene like this a lot more

That driver is looking like bad, and he wants for more money. You did better that you have walked instead of using that car. And you can inform to superiors about that driver. Why you only have to go, why you are not sending your dad?

hi, this is usually i encounter in a public jeep and even in tricycles,if the change is really big amount of course i need to get it but if the change is one peso only its ok to me,drivers sometimes are stupid juts to make this bad thing,so that sometimes i always prepare coins so that i can pay exact amount and i dont need to wait my change.

hello LK, Sometimes I don't understand if those kinds of driver are pretenders I mean they keep on complaining about the petroleum keep on rising but that is not a reason to cheat with the passengers Well it happened to me before of course I don't let him win Walking is good Calm yourself now Hugs

Yeah! I encounter a lot of drivers like that too. They seem to have a habit of not bothering who still got change. Sometimes they try to act too much preoccupied and hopes that you won't bother anymore with your change. Yes, you better always ready yourself with exact fare. Much better than having the hassle and worry long enough before you get your change. But of course I do feel for the drivers also. I witnessed an encounter wherein a passenger is claiming for her change. I got into the jeepney well ahead of her. Being observant as I am, I noticed that she hasn't really paid for her fare at all. A conversation ensued between the driver and the passenger with the driver contesting that she hasn't paid yet. With the unanimous motion of most of the other passengers including me that she hasn't paid yet she still insists of her change! Really shameless! Seeing that she has no way to convince the driver and us she just hurried away not even paying! I really don't know what's happening to our world now with this kind of people!