never knock on the ceiling

when inside a public jeep and you wanna get off, just say "PARAAAA!" don't knock on the ceiling like others do. the driver might open the ceiling and you'll get wet, especially now that it's the wet season.

There are times you have to knock on the ceiling several times. In Manila, it is the accepted way, but there are drivers who are against it. You have to knock on the ceiling particularly if the jeep's stereo is blaring. Another occasion is when the jeep is long and you are at the opposite end of the driver or near the entrance. You word "paraaaaaaa" could not be heard by the driver. Of course it os impolite to knock hard for other passengers could be disturbed. But if it's the only way you could be understood, you may knock on the ceiling-- but once.

I don't know asianturista. I love banging on jeepney ceilings especially when the driver pisses me off.

Some jeepneys have buttons you can push or a string that you can pull to signal the driver to stop. I'd go for the hitting the ceiling just to get to the driver's nerves (that's when I'm really pissed).

Go ahead make your day. Bang the ceiling. But as I said earlier once, which means stop. Twice means go. So there you go. Knock hard once. Adios amigo.

Originally Posted by Palaboy

I don't know asianturista. I love banging on jeepney ceilings especially when the driver pisses me off.

Some jeepneys have buttons you can push or a string that you can pull to signal the driver to stop. I'd go for the hitting the ceiling just to get to the driver's nerves (that's when I'm really pissed).

Got a joke on this. Mario and Boy were in a jeep bound for the zigzag road. The jeep was descending fast when it lost control and brake. Mario was worried. But Boy, seeing the sign that said "Pull string to stop," told Mario to relax. "Why?" asked Mario.

"I can stop this thing in no time," said Boy confidently, then pointed to the sign above. They both pulled the srting. Now, don't laugh at them because the jeep did stop--after plunging down the precipice.

when i was younger, i thought that when you pull the string or push the button, the bus or the jeepney will automatically stop...

The "pulling of strings" and "pushing the button" is i think the best idea they ever think of to replace the "mama para sa tabi lng po" to get the driver pull over when you want to get down especially nowadays most of the PUJ's and buses have loud sound system shouting "paraaaa" is not gonna work..

,,,(sigh) miss the commute in Cagayan de Oro where I spent two wonderful years in the 90's and learned a wee bit of Cebuano.

Back then:

If you wish to get off a public transport, you say "Lugar lang..."

A cab or a taxi is called a PU

A pedicab (a bicycle with a sidecar used as public conveyance) is called a tri-sikad or simply sikad, which means "to kick" (the pedal)

During rush hours, commuters hang on along the sides of speeding jeepneys (especially those plying the Villanueva-Tagoloan-Carmen route) with their toes precariously gripping the 2-inch decorative running boards along the sides. Cagayanons are apparently more daring than Manila commuters who hang on behind jeepneys with their feet securely planted on the wide step board.

Regardless of where you are in the country, if you wish to get off a jeepney, remember to always address the driver courteously. Keep your cool at all times. Jeepney drivers who have been working hard all day have frayed nerves and they always keep a lead pipe by their seat ostensibly for measuring the content of their fuel tank (no working fuel gauge there), but which actually doubles as a wicked weapon. Now, you wouldn't want to tangle with one tired, hungry honcho with a lead pipe in his hand would you?

The magic words "po" and "ho" are surprisingly effective and elicit cooperation, respect and even admiration.

While most entry in this thread is true, banging may be acceptable in some occasions or some parts of the Philippines.

Indeed banging is generally unacceptable since it indicates disrespect but in cases where the volume of the radio (SOUNDS) is too loud , it is less likely that the (mostly in MManila) driver will hear the passenger when he say "PARA" ( filipino) or "LUGAR LANG" in Cebuano, then banging is alright. But it is unnecessary in most of Cebu and some places in Mindanao where the driver has an accompanying conductor to collect fare, call for passengers and assure they alight on their stops, in this case , most of the time the conductor will do the banging for you. (ex. majority of (PUJ) jeepneys in Cebu City, Mandaue City etc).

Other jeepney drivers and operators invest in putting a mechanism (string or buzzer) to facilitate alighting.

Again what is alright for Jun may not be good for Dodong, so try to weigh the situation and choose whatever applies.