Travelling without moving

Every morning I take a 5 minute walk to the row of bus stops where I catch the bus to work. The row of bus stops is about 30 metres long, always crowded with people waiting for their bus. Just before the bus stops, there is always half a dozen taxis waiting; usually obstructing other traffic which is the Chinese way. Every so often there one of these taxis will slowly drive by the bus stops on the off chance that someone will jump in. Now what I find bizarre is the fact that when no one gets in a taxi and its blatantly obvious that everyone is waiting for a bus, another stupid taxi driver will drive past right behind the first taxi. I mean, c'mon - no one got in the cab ahead of you so why would they get in your cab? Don't ask me why, but I find this activity very annoying.
When I eventually reach Nanping, where the office is, I have to walk another 10 minutes to get to the office. Now as soon as I get off there's always 4 or 5 motorbike taxi's honking on their horns to get my attention. Just as annoying as the taxi cabs. Don't they realise that if I wanted their services I would wave them over? Do they not know that honking on their horns does not ever increase the likelihood of someone wanting to ride their bikes? This happens everywhere I go in Zhuhai, not just my place of work. I can be buying some cigarettes downstairs where I live and theres always 2 or 3 dumbass motorbikes blaring on their horns. Mate - I know you're there, stop with the horn bashing as it's annoying.
A few times I have caught a taxi, be it a bike or car. I tell the driver where and off we go. But guess what? He lied, he doesn't have a clue where it is. That being the case, they will call up someone that maybe will know and then drop you off where they think it is - usually miles away from where you want to be. This is bearing in mind that you can get a cab; usually around 5 - 7 pm the drivers will always ask you where you want to go before letting you in. If it's a few miles out, then forget it. They would rather drive around without a fare, wasting fuel waiting to pick up someone who wants to go to somewhere within a few blocks.