Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: watty on July 29, 2020, 11:04:56 am
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There was a woman from FLAC (free legal aid centre) on the Pat Kenny Show this morning and she was saying* it was wrong for the Govt to now say that you were supposed to be actively looking for work while you were getting the PUP €350. She argued that the PUP was introduced as an emergency measure to help those (PAYE & self-employed) who suffered a dramatic drop in income as a result of Covid-19. The emergency payment had nothing to do with unemployment as such - we already have the dole for the unemployed. She said the Govt cannot now bring in this new benchmark 5 months after the emergency payment was introduced.
So the Bill passed in the Dail last night and is now on it's way to the Seanad. I wonder if the Senators will make a fuss or just pass it. I guess someone will take a legal challenge at some point as well when SW come looking for the money back.
* I'm paraphrasing what she said so maybe I misunderstood her...
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You would think FLACK would fuck right off ALL unemployment Benifits are conditional on you being available for work .This new rule is not retrospective it applies from today .The rate of pay is above the basic dole so what happens if the Courts say the Government cant make it conditional on you being available for work .Ill answer that for you .You will be told if your out of work sign on the Dole and get your 203 .Typical bullshit somebody gives you cake and you ask for a serviette to go with it .
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You can be looking for work for twenty years.They don't just take on ex taxi drivers instantly.Easy to fuk up an interview if you feel like it.
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@ JohnM - her point was that it had nothing to do with unemployment (and consequently, being available for work). It was an emergency measure to help people whose income had collapsed. It was a made-up emergency payment - it only became legal yesterday when the Dail passed a law about it.
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@ JohnM - her point was that it had nothing to do with unemployment (and consequently, being available for work). It was an emergency measure to help people whose income had collapsed. It was a made-up emergency payment - it only became legal yesterday when the Dail passed a law about it.
So whats her point .How many people had their coin stopped .I would bet you good money most are Gangsters Molls who have talen the kids to a Villa in Bellamedena for the Summer .Seems to be a lot of people complaining about something that dosent effect them .
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You have to be seeking work to claim Jobseekers Allowance yet there is no requirement to cease any self-employment. Maybe a means test ought to be introduced for PUP as well?
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People on PUP and Jobseeker's can travel to Green List countries without losing payment, minister says in u-turn https://jrnl.ie/5162819
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You can be looking for work for twenty years.They don't just take on ex taxi drivers instantly.Easy to fuk up an interview if you feel like it.
I'm sure there's loads of jobs out there for over 60's who've driven a cab for the last 20 or 30 years and have zero qualifications and struggle to use their own smart phone.
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Hmm....is that a hint of sarcasm there Marky?...surprised at you!! lol
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Hmm....is that a hint of sarcasm there Marky?...surprised at you!! lol
So you've been self employed for 30 years and now you are expected to become an employee :o :o :o :o
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You could pursue alternative self-employment, I guess. The important thing is that you are actively looking for viable (self)employment. If you can't do that you are not entitled too claim any Jobseekers payments or puppy dole, apparently.
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You can be looking for work for twenty years.They don't just take on ex taxi drivers instantly.Easy to fuk up an interview if you feel like it.
I'm sure there's loads of jobs out there for over 60's who've driven a cab for the last 20 or 30 years and have zero qualifications and struggle to use their own smart phone.
There's always /////\\\\\ god forbid ...... Taxi driving?
As the Lady from FLAC was being introduced on the PK show this morning I looked to my right and noticed I was passing the FLAC offices on Dorset st, I'd never heard of FLAC before that ... am I going to win the Lotto?
Back on topic, I reckon eventually Taxi drivers will be told to get off their arses and back in their Taxis, seems logical?
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You can be looking for work for twenty years.They don't just take on ex taxi drivers instantly.Easy to fuk up an interview if you feel like it.
I'm sure there's loads of jobs out there for over 60's who've driven a cab for the last 20 or 30 years and have zero qualifications and struggle to use their own smart phone.
There's always /////\\\\\ god forbid ...... Taxi driving?
As the Lady from FLAC was being introduced on the PK show this morning I looked to my right and noticed I was passing the FLAC offices on Dorset st, I'd never heard of FLAC before that ... am I going to win the Lotto?
Back on topic, I reckon eventually Taxi drivers will be told to get off their arses and back in their Taxis, seems logical?
Seriously Roy,if all taxi drivers returned to work in the morning what do you think the chances of them all making a living out of it?
Loads of pubs still closed or on limited hours,zero night clubs etc,loads of people still working from home,Dublin airport figures for June 2019 compared to June 2020-Arrivals down 96%,departures down 97%,why are you being so flippant/smug about it?,is it because you have your own little scene going and don't rely on the streets like most of us.
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I'd say your going to get a lot of FLAC over this
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Look at the flack poor oul Caroline Flack took and that result.
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Look at the flack poor oul Caroline Flack took and that result.
Roberta Flack: The first time ever i saw your face. Absolutely beautiful song, and what a pure voice she has.
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I love Where is the Love. Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway.
It does be on rotation in my car.
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You can be looking for work for twenty years.They don't just take on ex taxi drivers instantly.Easy to fuk up an interview if you feel like it.
I'm sure there's loads of jobs out there for over 60's who've driven a cab for the last 20 or 30 years and have zero qualifications and struggle to use their own smart phone.
Personally I hope none of you ever come back, however if they are trying to get people off the payment and they realise the self employed are too lazy to reactivate their businesses on their own, they may put a fire under their arses.
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Dunno Roy...I'll go back when I really have to.I only work when I'm low on funds.By my calculations I can afford to stay off for the duration of the PUP without having to sacrifice that much.Obviously I'll get bored but it's still very early days.
Be grateful we're all giving yous a chance to earn a crust.I drove through town last night and the taxi ranks were like 2010 again.Taxis illegally ranked outside of Spar shops and over ranking in many places.City was still dead.There won't be many gold medals when we're all back plodding away.
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Dunno Roy...I'll go back when I really have to.I only work when I'm low on funds.By my calculations I can afford to stay off for the duration of the PUP without having to sacrifice that much.Obviously I'll get bored but it's still very early days.
Be grateful we're all giving yous a chance to earn a crust.I drove through town last night and the taxi ranks were like 2010 again.Taxis illegally ranked outside of Spar shops and over ranking in many places.City was still dead.There won't be many gold medals when we're all back plodding away.
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I get more than €350 ....I save €50 on fuel and €50 on insurance and another €50 on car washes, hovers maintenance , wear and tear etc .....
I'm lookin at €500 a week in me pocket and I'm not giving any skulls the flu an they not giving it to me so I'm saving the country €3500 a day in an icu bed an I am not participating in the movement of people which is causing this flu .....airplanes and taxis caused this flu ....every one that brought this poison death plaugue into the country got into a taxi at the airport ..
Why should I go back driving wen I cant compete with the ambassadors or the ridiculous oversupply of taxis ? The government allowed freenow to bring about that situation to arise
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Claim all you can and pursue your hobbies and paint your gaff if you like .......prepare for the mass unemployment and the collapse of the economy ....whilst alot of people are going back to work ...most of those employed are being paid by the Government and many of those jobs will collapse wen asked to stand on ther own feet because ther is no use for them anymore the world has changed permanently and business has changed dramatically, and habits have changed dramatically ....I'm predicting half the bars and restaurants at the very least will cease trading permantlently ...I dont think half yous realise what's coming ...go wack to work to what? Sitting in your car scratching yur bollix for hours on end ? Watching you app cancel the job you just got after 4 hours waiting and then seen a lick arse get it instead of ya ? An the app telling ya ...sorry you didnt press the trigger in time another driver was given that job cause yu wont put stickers on yur car .......let the cnuts at it and look after your mental health .....its going to get tough for a good few years ....I dont think this job will ever recover from this ....half of us have to decide are we retiring or gettin out ...theres simply too many taxis again .....not one fuking lesson learned from the gfc
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Dunno Roy...I'll go back when I really have to.I only work when I'm low on funds.By my calculations I can afford to stay off for the duration of the PUP without having to sacrifice that much.Obviously I'll get bored but it's still very early days.
Be grateful we're all giving yous a chance to earn a crust.I drove through town last night and the taxi ranks were like 2010 again.Taxis illegally ranked outside of Spar shops and over ranking in many places.City was still dead.There won't be many gold medals when we're all back plodding away.
I'm not sure why that's addressed to me, none of what follows responds to any point I made in the previous post.
1- I suggested the Government might force you to go back to work which has no bearing on your own choice in the matter.
2- I stated I don't want you to return you work, therefore there is no need to require my gratitude as it was already forthcoming.
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Watching the news and it looks like they have a vaccine but are afraid to announce it too soon out of fear that more complacency might set in.Many of the trials are at late stages.The brits are buying all the variants already to cover themselves.
So my thinking is we will come back strong but not until everyone is vaccinated.Possibly mid 2021.In the mean time like Octy says enjoy the time off and don't strangle yer wives/husbands.
Drivers working their asses off to retire and do nothing and that's seen as a success, even though the body isn't what it used to be.But if you can afford to do that in your 40s or 50s when your relatively healthy yer somehow a loser or lazy. Doesn't really make much sense.
I wonder if back in the days when you had to hunt for yer dinner was there some lads killing more than they needed just out of boredom.Caveman Roy probably had a pile of dead monkeys in his cave that he'd never be able to eat in a lifetime.But at least he wasn't lazy..
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Watching the news and it looks like they have a vaccine but are afraid to announce it too soon out of fear that more complacency might set in.Many of the trials are at late stages.The brits are buying all the variants already to cover themselves.
So my thinking is we will come back strong but not until everyone is vaccinated.Possibly mid 2021.In the mean time like Octy says enjoy the time off and don't strangle yer wives/husbands.
Drivers working their asses off to retire and do nothing and that's seen as a success, even though the body isn't what it used to be.But if you can afford to do that in your 40s or 50s when your relatively healthy yer somehow a loser or lazy. Doesn't really make much sense.
I wonder if back in the days when you had to hunt for yer dinner was there some lads killing more than they needed just out of boredom.Caveman Roy probably had a pile of dead monkeys in his cave that he'd never be able to eat in a lifetime.But at least he wasn't lazy..
Just booked a two week luxury holiday in Mexico next June, a weekend in the Westin Dublin in December and a golf trip to Spain in November, what are you up to?
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The reason the posts are addressed to you Roy is you've chosen to troll others on here with your batshit crazy opinions on the world.Nobody else except Ken does it.It's not your site anymore so we can put the boot in if the urge comes.Good morning.
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The reason the posts are addressed to you Roy is you've chosen to troll others on here with your batshit crazy opinions on the world.Nobody else except Ken does it.It's not your site anymore so we can put the boot in if the urge comes.Good morning.
batshit crazy? p
Please elaborate
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Just the usual nonsense about driving newer cars to improve the fleet while we're struggling to earn a decent living without doing 60hours a week.The two positions aren't compatible.
You somehow seem to think because we own a taxi we should be working it.The two are not related at all.
The discounts only work if yer the only one doing it.otherwise it results in more hours for less pay.I'll think of others but you get the idea.Daft stuff.
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"Just booked a two week luxury holiday in Mexico next June, a weekend in the Westin Dublin in December and a golf trip to Spain in November, what are you up to?"
Nice one.I was supposed to be away to Spain in March but that got cancelled.Mexico is an inexpensive place so everything is luxury anyway.June is gonna be too hot IMO.Been there it's lovely.Any holliers this year are gonna be booked last minute.I live about 35/40 minutes walk from the Westin so it would probably be too close to home to be considered value for money.I'll be going wherever the other half wants.
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Just the usual nonsense about driving newer cars to improve the fleet while we're struggling to earn a decent living without doing 60hours a week.The two positions aren't compatible
I remember well when the fleet was populated by bangers and the public perception was one of smelly death traps, looking to revert to that standard is pure stupidity, if anything we should improve the standards.
You somehow seem to think because we own a taxi we should be working it.The two are not related at all.
Personally I'd be happy if you never worked it although i know some who despise "part timers", however claiming what is now an unemployment benefit whilst having a Taxi seems odd to me.
The discounts only work if yer the only one doing it.otherwise it results in more hours for less pay.I'll think of others but you get the idea.Daft stuff.
Personally I picked out high value fares and offered a discount in order to compete with dispatchers, works for me, I also encourage other drivers to try something similar, I admire child friendly taxis, disco Taxis , pet friendly Taxis, Taxi tours and all other innovative ideas some drivers have to maintain and grow their businesses, I think those of you dependent on dispatchers need to wake up and that the the street is finished as an option
Not batshit crazy as you put it, more a different opinion, as far as I'm aware we still live in a free society?
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Don't take it personal.I don't.New forum, new rules I suppose.I don't use quotes because it's messy looking and difficult to read.If I use yer (fake name) it's just to show who I am replying to.
The removing the bangers never made things better it was the geography test and then the 250 renewal.No PSV licence no access to a SPSV licence.No drivers.
Free country to think what you want but it will be challenged.If ya can't defend a position well on something then it isn't worth taking IMO.
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Roy's not batshit crazy, except maybe going to Mexico :o
Taxi are pretty much the most expensive travel option available to people. They can walk, cycle, bus, car before they choose us. If they have a negative perception of us, they'll only use us if they really, really have to. Too often, taxi drivers see the €10-20 note in front of them and fuk the rest of it. Instead, if we had slightly better cars and slightly better attitudes, people might start using taxis more often. Bus 10 mins late, a drop of rain, feeling tired etc etc - they might jump in a taxi if it was going to be a nice experience.
Esp women, who have the spare cash. If they knew they could pay €10-20 and get home quickly and in peace without someone staring at their breasts, they'd jump at it. Ultimately that would benefit all of us with more money in our pockets & less hours worked.
It's probably instructive that Roy (AIUI) had a customer-facing business job before he jumped in a taxi and knows something about customer service and growing a business.
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Watty by Roy's standards both yours and my vehicles are shit heaps.Why are we driving shit heaps if he's right?
I offer excellent customer service when I actually go to work!.
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I was going to upgrade this year or early next year. Just because I/us are in a not-so-good place, doesn't mean we can't aspire to something better? A better quality product (taxi) benefits us all.
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I'm upgrading in March in the absence of another extension as my heap will be 15 years young..The newer vehicle won't be noticeably better to the passenger.The reg will be newer.But it's nearly the exact same vehicle.
Cars haven't really evolved enough in the last 30 years to warrant changing every 5 years.Yer Octavia was designed in the mid 90s.So it's an old design.The new one you buy won't be a whole lot different except for the reg plate.Might look sharper on the outside but it's like putting lipstick on a pig.No offence intended.
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Roy's not batshit crazy, except maybe going to Mexico :o
Taxi are pretty much the most expensive travel option available to people. They can walk, cycle, bus, car before they choose us. If they have a negative perception of us, they'll only use us if they really, really have to. Too often, taxi drivers see the €10-20 note in front of them and fuk the rest of it. Instead, if we had slightly better cars and slightly better attitudes, people might start using taxis more often. Bus 10 mins late, a drop of rain, feeling tired etc etc - they might jump in a taxi if it was going to be a nice experience.
Esp women, who have the spare cash. If they knew they could pay €10-20 and get home quickly and in peace without someone staring at their breasts, they'd jump at it. Ultimately that would benefit all of us with more money in our pockets & less hours worked.
It's probably instructive that Roy (AIUI) had a customer-facing business job before he jumped in a taxi and knows something about customer service and growing a business.
Yeah, it was actually booked for September, we cancelled and rebooked for June, thankfully the flights are fully re-bookable so if things haven't improved we can shift it again, we were there last September and loved it
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Where in Mexico?
Was in Cancun in the late 90's.....i won't say i hated it but close enough.....fukin fat Americans all over the kip.
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Where in Mexico?
Was in Cancun in the late 90's.....i won't say i hated it but close enough.....fukin fat Americans all over the kip.
Flew into Cancun, stayed near Tulum on the Maya riviera. most of the English speakers we came across were Canadian, the Hotel complex was incredible, we probably won't bother leaving it at all next time
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Roy's not batshit crazy, except maybe going to Mexico :o
Taxi are pretty much the most expensive travel option available to people. They can walk, cycle, bus, car before they choose us. If they have a negative perception of us, they'll only use us if they really, really have to. Too often, taxi drivers see the €10-20 note in front of them and fuk the rest of it. Instead, if we had slightly better cars and slightly better attitudes, people might start using taxis more often. Bus 10 mins late, a drop of rain, feeling tired etc etc - they might jump in a taxi if it was going to be a nice experience.
Esp women, who have the spare cash. If they knew they could pay €10-20 and get home quickly and in peace without someone staring at their breasts, they'd jump at it. Ultimately that would benefit all of us with more money in our pockets & less hours worked.
It's probably instructive that Roy (AIUI) had a customer-facing business job before he jumped in a taxi and knows something about customer service and growing a business.
I wonder if the yokes with underlying issues mite prefer taxis now than the bus or the dart or the luas.....
Anyway I'm lazy and proud .....i dont believe in sittin in a car for more than 5-6 hours at a time .......its extremely unhealthy
And I see fat fuks in town living in ther cars cause they dont know how to live and they use the accumulation of money as a gauge of how important they are or a measure of ther self worth or something I dont understand them .....they dont have a clue wat to do wen the telly is off an the truth is they suffer from perpetual boredom .....how many retired guards or teachers drive taxis with plenty money in the bank ? I've met plenty ....if that was me ide be riding a bike I I wouldnt even have a car and they dying a diabetic, heart disease high blood pressure slow death sittin in a car for 50- 60 hours a week .....for years now I've trained meself to work less an cut down on spending cause I learned me lesson 10 yers ago that you cant depends on this taxi for a livin .....I earne about 3 to 400 a week driving and I'vestill been saving me money preparing for a time like this cause of wat happened before and I dont go on holiday or unnecessary spending ....sitting in some bar thousands of miles from home sweating the bollix off yurself then you get the scutters cause the cnuts poison you then your sleeping on the floor of in an airport cause thers a strike or something.....madness ......as regards keeping high standards
The only time I ever spent money was on a new taxi as a business investment over 10 years .......its was really fuking stupid mistake now wen I think of it now ....I shud of bought a banger fo 2 grand like johnny m said ......because yu cant depend on this as a living and thers too many threats out ther now ...the most dangerous of which is the unregulated multinational app market and the handing over control of the taxi industry to them because its costing the Government money in enforcers an girls on the phone etcetera etcetera.....
It's not a handout ....its my money ...I am a citizen and my taxes pay for it ....and if anyone attempts to make me feel guilty to getting paid with my own money when they saying you shouldn't near anybody with this death plaugue then I have to question ther sanity.....
Now I'm off out on me bike for a 30 I cycle ...then I'm going fishing ....then to top it off I'm going play a nice game of pitch an putt with the kids .....in cople yers time theyll be mottin and wont want antin to do with me an I'll be just another old cnut and theyll be waitin till I snuff it so they can sell me gaff an go off to ibiza an chase skirt an spend me money ......
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Roy's not batshit crazy, except maybe going to Mexico :o
Taxi are pretty much the most expensive travel option available to people. They can walk, cycle, bus, car before they choose us. If they have a negative perception of us, they'll only use us if they really, really have to. Too often, taxi drivers see the €10-20 note in front of them and fuk the rest of it. Instead, if we had slightly better cars and slightly better attitudes, people might start using taxis more often. Bus 10 mins late, a drop of rain, feeling tired etc etc - they might jump in a taxi if it was going to be a nice experience.
Esp women, who have the spare cash. If they knew they could pay €10-20 and get home quickly and in peace without someone staring at their breasts, they'd jump at it. Ultimately that would benefit all of us with more money in our pockets & less hours worked.
It's probably instructive that Roy (AIUI) had a customer-facing business job before he jumped in a taxi and knows something about customer service and growing a business.
I wonder if the yokes with underlying issues mite prefer taxis now than the bus or the dart or the luas.....
Anyway I'm lazy and proud .....i dont believe in sittin in a car for more than 5-6 hours at a time .......its extremely unhealthy
And I see fat fuks in town living in ther cars cause they dont know how to live and they use the accumulation of money as a gauge of how important they are or a measure of ther self worth or something I dont understand them .....they dont have a clue wat to do wen the telly is off an the truth is they suffer from perpetual boredom .....how many retired guards or teachers drive taxis with plenty money in the bank ? I've met plenty ....if that was me ide be riding a bike I I wouldnt even have a car and they dying a diabetic, heart disease high blood pressure slow death sittin in a car for 50- 60 hours a week .....for years now I've trained meself to work less an cut down on spending cause I learned me lesson 10 yers ago that you cant depends on this taxi for a livin .....I earne about 3 to 400 a week driving and I'vestill been saving me money preparing for a time like this cause of wat happened before and I dont go on holiday or unnecessary spending ....sitting in some bar thousands of miles from home sweating the bollix off yurself then you get the scutters cause the cnuts poison you then your sleeping on the floor of in an airport cause thers a strike or something.....madness ......as regards keeping high standards
The only time I ever spent money was on a new taxi as a business investment over 10 years .......its was really fuking stupid mistake now wen I think of it now ....I shud of bought a banger fo 2 grand like johnny m said ......because yu cant depend on this as a living and thers too many threats out ther now ...the most dangerous of which is the unregulated multinational app market and the handing over control of the taxi industry to them because its costing the Government money in enforcers an girls on the phone etcetera etcetera.....
It's not a handout ....its my money ...I am a citizen and my taxes pay for it ....and if anyone attempts to make me feel guilty to getting paid with my own money when they saying you shouldn't near anybody with this death plaugue then I have to question ther sanity.....
Now I'm off out on me bike for a 30 I cycle ...then I'm going fishing ....then to top it off I'm going play a nice game of pitch an putt with the kids .....in cople yers time theyll be mottin and wont want antin to do with me an I'll be just another old cnut and theyll be waitin till I snuff it so they can sell me gaff an go off to ibiza an chase skirt an spend me money ......
With your own bookings, you know today what you're doing tomorrow, you stay home between jobs and only drive when you're actually earning, you can plan you're hobbies and pastimes around the bookings, even better, if you have a few lads keen to cover the work you can offload those jobs you don't fancy, rather than fob them off, it really doesn't take much time or effort to build a small, regular bit of custom
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Just an observation Roy but if yer at home answering emails and cherry-picking app work for hours everyday that's the same as working.Your just not getting paid for the IT side of things.
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Just an observation Roy but if yer at home answering emails and cherry-picking app work for hours everyday that's the same as working.Your just not getting paid for the IT side of things.
Never said I wasn't working, I "work from home" I've been home since 9am (in and out of the house from 4am) . I've a regular at 1pm and that's me for the day.
I have short cuts on my phone allowing me to answer a booking request in about 10 seconds I just fill in blanks (name, date, price) (there really aren't that many (maybe 10 a day when it's busy) and I'm fairly happy if there are more
I normally don't do APP work at all, however I've had to patch with them since coming back
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Working from home is good. It was the main recommendation HSE made for social distancing.
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Roy's not batshit crazy, except maybe going to Mexico :o
Taxi are pretty much the most expensive travel option available to people. They can walk, cycle, bus, car before they choose us. If they have a negative perception of us, they'll only use us if they really, really have to. Too often, taxi drivers see the €10-20 note in front of them and fuk the rest of it. Instead, if we had slightly better cars and slightly better attitudes, people might start using taxis more often. Bus 10 mins late, a drop of rain, feeling tired etc etc - they might jump in a taxi if it was going to be a nice experience.
Esp women, who have the spare cash. If they knew they could pay €10-20 and get home quickly and in peace without someone staring at their breasts, they'd jump at it. Ultimately that would benefit all of us with more money in our pockets & less hours worked.
It's probably instructive that Roy (AIUI) had a customer-facing business job before he jumped in a taxi and knows something about customer service and growing a business.
I wonder if the yokes with underlying issues mite prefer taxis now than the bus or the dart or the luas.....
Anyway I'm lazy and proud .....i dont believe in sittin in a car for more than 5-6 hours at a time .......its extremely unhealthy
And I see fat fuks in town living in ther cars cause they dont know how to live and they use the accumulation of money as a gauge of how important they are or a measure of ther self worth or something I dont understand them .....they dont have a clue wat to do wen the telly is off an the truth is they suffer from perpetual boredom .....how many retired guards or teachers drive taxis with plenty money in the bank ? I've met plenty ....if that was me ide be riding a bike I I wouldnt even have a car and they dying a diabetic, heart disease high blood pressure slow death sittin in a car for 50- 60 hours a week .....for years now I've trained meself to work less an cut down on spending cause I learned me lesson 10 yers ago that you cant depends on this taxi for a livin .....I earne about 3 to 400 a week driving and I'vestill been saving me money preparing for a time like this cause of wat happened before and I dont go on holiday or unnecessary spending ....sitting in some bar thousands of miles from home sweating the bollix off yurself then you get the scutters cause the cnuts poison you then your sleeping on the floor of in an airport cause thers a strike or something.....madness ......as regards keeping high standards
The only time I ever spent money was on a new taxi as a business investment over 10 years .......its was really fuking stupid mistake now wen I think of it now ....I shud of bought a banger fo 2 grand like johnny m said ......because yu cant depend on this as a living and thers too many threats out ther now ...the most dangerous of which is the unregulated multinational app market and the handing over control of the taxi industry to them because its costing the Government money in enforcers an girls on the phone etcetera etcetera.....
It's not a handout ....its my money ...I am a citizen and my taxes pay for it ....and if anyone attempts to make me feel guilty to getting paid with my own money when they saying you shouldn't near anybody with this death plaugue then I have to question ther sanity.....
Now I'm off out on me bike for a 30 I cycle ...then I'm going fishing ....then to top it off I'm going play a nice game of pitch an putt with the kids .....in cople yers time theyll be mottin and wont want antin to do with me an I'll be just another old cnut and theyll be waitin till I snuff it so they can sell me gaff an go off to ibiza an chase skirt an spend me money ......
With your own bookings, you know today what you're doing tomorrow, you stay home between jobs and only drive when you're actually earning, you can plan you're hobbies and pastimes around the bookings, even better, if you have a few lads keen to cover the work you can offload those jobs you don't fancy, rather than fob them off, it really doesn't take much time or effort to build a small, regular bit of custom
Sounds good to me toao ..
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Christ on a bike, I'm like a coiled spring waiting to get back to work. It's not my fault they can't find a vaccine! 8)
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Look at the flack poor oul Caroline Flack took and that result.
Roberta Flack: The first time ever i saw your face. Absolutely beautiful song, and what a pure voice she has.
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Ah now, BE KIND! 8)
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The fleet isn’t any better for the 9 year rule, it just means that most drivers are gee deep in finance and spend longer in the taxi to make payments.
The lads who got out of taxiing because of it has been replaced with new younger entrants in wanked out French panel vans that have a 15 year life span.
Roy likes his superb and that grand for him but it dosent make him right, just a fella in a expensive motor looking down on lads who drive gick, but the lads driving gick can take a night off and go for a pint while Roy is on the rank for his repayment money.
Ya think the lads in the wanked out French panel vans are the fools, those are the lads who can lay out in the weeds and weather the storm the best.
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The fleet isn’t any better for the 9 year rule, it just means that most drivers are gee deep in finance and spend longer in the taxi to make payments.
The lads who got out of taxiing because of it has been replaced with new younger entrants in wanked out French panel vans that have a 15 year life span.
Roy likes his superb and that grand for him but it dosent make him right, just a fella in a expensive motor looking down on lads who drive gick, but the lads driving gick can take a night off and go for a pint while Roy is on the rank for his repayment money.
Ya think the lads in the wanked out French panel vans are the fools, those are the lads who can lay out in the weeds and weather the storm the best.
Like I said the rules need to be revised, the 15 year rule for wanked out french panel vans need to be 10, just another loophole for the renters to exploit, if it wasn't there as you suggest we'd be in a much better situation
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The 15-year rule on WATS has been successful.They wanted more now they have them.I don't think someone who sits in a wheelchair for 12 hours a day would care about the registration plate of the vehicle.I'd say they'd be reluctant to pay more than they already do.
Remember newer vehicles eventually equate to more expensive fares.Someone has to pay in the end.Why give the limos an opportunity to undercut us?They have no age rules and are already covering our work on the apps.
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The fleet isn’t any better for the 9 year rule, it just means that most drivers are gee deep in finance and spend longer in the taxi to make payments.
The lads who got out of taxiing because of it has been replaced with new younger entrants in wanked out French panel vans that have a 15 year life span.
Roy likes his superb and that grand for him but it dosent make him right, just a fella in a expensive motor looking down on lads who drive gick, but the lads driving gick can take a night off and go for a pint while Roy is on the rank for his repayment money.
Ya think the lads in the wanked out French panel vans are the fools, those are the lads who can lay out in the weeds and weather the storm the best.
Like I said the rules need to be revised, the 15 year rule for wanked out french panel vans need to be 10, just another loophole for the renters to exploit, if it wasn't there as you suggest we'd be in a much better situation
you could have a 10 year old french panel van that is in better condition than a 3 year old one. im close to 10 years with mine and its in as good condition as when i bought it years ago.
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You're both missing the point, we're Taxi drivers not wheelchair advocates. if there wasn't a 15 year rule on WATs, as Panel suggested there wouldn't be as many Taxis, I don't care if someones 15 year old car is pristine or not, a nine year rule would reduce the fleet that's my motive.
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Sorry for the repetition but geography exam was the main barrier to entry until they lowered the pass mark to 75% from 80%.
Without a valid PSV driver licence you cannot operate an SPSV.No you cannot be a taxi or a limo driver without one.Easiest and cheapest solution would be to increase the pass mark to 85%.
Let's be honest most of the forum members on here wouldn't be drivers if the test was significantly tougher.Possibly even myself too but I doubt it..I'll happily resit mine if it loses a few.
Then if we're all making too much money we can't blow it all on expensive vehicles.
Buying the expensive vehicles first to decrease the number of taxis is financial suicide.I'd be pulling me hair our now if I had a 40k loan to pay back and reduced business.You'd be fukked down the stairs on the Dragon's Den if you made such a proposal.
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Sorry for the repetition but geography exam was the main barrier to entry until they lowered the pass mark to 75% from 80%.
Without a valid PSV driver licence you cannot operate an SPSV.No you cannot be a taxi or a limo driver without one.Easiest and cheapest solution would be to increase the pass mark to 85%.
Let's be honest most of the forum members on here wouldn't be drivers if the test was significantly tougher.Possibly even myself too but I doubt it..I'll happily resit mine if it loses a few.
Then if we're all making too much money we can't blow it all on expensive vehicles.
Buying the expensive vehicles first to decrease the number of taxis is financial suicide.I'd be pulling me hair our now if I had a 40k loan to pay back and reduced business.You'd be fukked down the stairs on the Dragon's Den if you made such a proposal.
Test should be set at 90% with an 8 year rule, you can buy a decent 2year old for mid 20s and keep it for 6 years, that's the business plan if you don't like it do something else, would be my ideal.
if they want WATs or Electrics, set a date 8-10 years in the future for the fleet to change or leave whichever they prefer.
Make the thing more professional and not full of people who'd prefer to be on the dole
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Roy the main problem is there aren't too many vehicles that cover all bases.The London electric/hybrid taxi is 55000 sterling.(65k in euros plus VRT).It's wheelchair accessible.
There's nothing stopping the NTA withdrawing grants for 2021.Even the small WATs are 30k new before subsides.Not cheap at all.Grants are the issue here not the age rules.
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Roy the main problem is there aren't too many vehicles that cover all bases.The London electric/hybrid taxi is 55000 sterling.(65k in euros plus VRT).It's wheelchair accessible.
There's nothing stopping the NTA withdrawing grants for 2021.Even the small WATs are 30k new before subsides.Not cheap at all.Grants are the issue here not the age rules.
Two factors keep the numbers down in London biggest being the knowledge and then the cost of the vehicle
I'd settle for a 90% test requirement and leaving the grant but only on new vehicles
I've always advocated making the business more professional, however I realise I am very much part of the minority and that here in Ireland it will alway be a hobbyist, part time, semi professional pastime.
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This industry is my only income.I'm only part-time because I haven't gotten caught up in buying new vehicles.Because I know the regulations I use them to work for me.
What counts as professionalism?Penneys shirt and slacks?Seven-year-old vehicle?Is that it.
I've been walking around the city and there aren't any older vehicles out there working.They just don't have to.Lots of Audis parked outside of Spar shops though.
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Roy the main problem is there aren't too many vehicles that cover all bases.The London electric/hybrid taxi is 55000 sterling.(65k in euros plus VRT).It's wheelchair accessible.
There's nothing stopping the NTA withdrawing grants for 2021.Even the small WATs are 30k new before subsides.Not cheap at all.Grants are the issue here not the age rules.
Two factors keep the numbers down in London biggest being the knowledge and then the cost of the vehicle
I'd settle for a 90% test requirement and leaving the grant but only on new vehicles
I've always advocated making the business more professional, however I realise I am very much part of the minority and that here in Ireland it will alway be a hobbyist, part time, semi professional pastime.
It's the typical [emoji1132] way. And it starts from the top. It's the usual lackadaisical, slovenly mindset with the "sure it'll be grand" attitude that epitomises how this place is run. If the powers that be had any sort of pride in the national fleet, they'd pull out all the stops to make it shine. From a vehicular perspective, it's like a mongrel fleet. All shapes sizes and conditions of yokes. Monstrous ugly roof signs etc. They should be heavily incentivising us to get uniformity of vehicle and to go green with top quality vehicles like other more forward thinking countries. A bit fanciful, I know...
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Roy the main problem is there aren't too many vehicles that cover all bases.The London electric/hybrid taxi is 55000 sterling.(65k in euros plus VRT).It's wheelchair accessible.
There's nothing stopping the NTA withdrawing grants for 2021.Even the small WATs are 30k new before subsides.Not cheap at all.Grants are the issue here not the age rules.
Two factors keep the numbers down in London biggest being the knowledge and then the cost of the vehicle
I'd settle for a 90% test requirement and leaving the grant but only on new vehicles
I've always advocated making the business more professional, however I realise I am very much part of the minority and that here in Ireland it will alway be a hobbyist, part time, semi professional pastime.
It's the typical [emoji1132] way. And it starts from the top. It's the usual lackadaisical, slovenly mindset with the "sure it'll be grand" attitude that epitomises how this place is run. If the powers that be had any sort of pride in the national fleet, they'd pull out all the stops to make it shine. From a vehicular perspective, it's like a mongrel fleet. All shapes sizes and conditions of yokes. Monstrous ugly roof signs etc. They should be heavily incentivising us to get uniformity of vehicle and to go green with top quality vehicles like other more forward thinking countries. A bit fanciful, I know...
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I like how in Germany most taxis are mercedes and white.
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1990 the last time I was in Germany they had all sorts of vehicles from different manufacturers.I deffo saw an Avensis and an Octavia and was in a VW caddy.We don't build any vehicles in Ireland so have no reason subsidise luxury brands.We're already giving Daimler 15% commission even though many of us can't afford their vehicles.
During the last taxi review we were told the cost of wrapping all the cars in the same colour was prohibitive.That's why we got door stickers.
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All taxis in Barcelona are Black, any model, but doors must be yellow. Great if you can afford a second car at home. Taxis in Morocco are colour coded by city in which licenced to work.
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You're both missing the point, we're Taxi drivers not wheelchair advocates. if there wasn't a 15 year rule on WATs, as Panel suggested there wouldn't be as many Taxis, I don't care if someones 15 year old car is pristine or not, a nine year rule would reduce the fleet that's my motive.
If the 15 year rule wasn’t there for wanked out French panel vans you are correct I wouldn’t be in one, however if new entrants had to buy one to enter the industry they’d be buying them as they cannot buy saloon plates.
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1990 the last time I was in Germany they had all sorts of vehicles from different manufacturers.I deffo saw an Avensis and an Octavia and was in a VW caddy.We don't build any vehicles in Ireland so have no reason subsidise luxury brands.We're already giving Daimler 15% commission even though many of us can't afford their vehicles.
During the last taxi review we were told the cost of wrapping all the cars in the same colour was prohibitive.That's why we got door stickers.
when were you in Germany last?
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Eh 1990 about 8/9 years ago.Probably loadsa Priuses now.They get a taxi spec Merc and have to give money back to the government if they decide to sell it privately.Good scheme.
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Eh 1990 about 8/9 years ago.Probably loadsa Priuses now.They get a taxi spec Merc and have to give money back to the government if they decide to sell it privately.Good scheme.
I was in Cologne december 2016. didnt see one taxi that wasnt white. saw 1 taxi that wasnt a mercedes.
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Hmmm I thought the were a cream colour.I was in Munich and Hamburg both had lots of Mercs but other models too.
If you check Google images you'll see the odd Prius in the mix.
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Dortmund, same as the last time I was there, cream Mercs, with proper aerodynamic roof sign
(https://i.postimg.cc/G8KSxg2B/Screen-Shot-2020-07-31-at-19-36-18.png) (https://postimg.cc/G8KSxg2B)
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Dortmund, same as the last time I was there, cream Mercs, with proper aerodynamic roof sign
(https://i.postimg.cc/G8KSxg2B/Screen-Shot-2020-07-31-at-19-36-18.png) (https://postimg.cc/G8KSxg2B)
Pre facelift w211 it can’t be any new than 2006, you’d have it brought around the back of the barn and shot it in the face for being too old.
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I was in Munich last year and Berlin 2 years ago. The taxi's are beige in colour and are of all kinds of models.
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I was in Munich last year and Berlin 2 years ago. The taxi's are beige in colour and are of all kinds of models.
same as UK different regions do different things, I argued with Kelly that Ireland should be the same saying the regulations shouldn't be the same for Dublin as for ballydehob but he didn't listen, typical culchie
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Uber is great in Germany... always a Merc or top of the range BMUU.
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1990 the last time I was in Germany they had all sorts of vehicles from different manufacturers.I deffo saw an Avensis and an Octavia and was in a VW caddy.We don't build any vehicles in Ireland so have no reason subsidise luxury brands.We're already giving Daimler 15% commission even though many of us can't afford their vehicles.
During the last taxi review we were told the cost of wrapping all the cars in the same colour was prohibitive.That's why we got door stickers.
German cabs are beige.
when were you in Germany last?
German cabs are beige.
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All taxis in Barcelona are Black, any model, but doors must be yellow. Great if you can afford a second car at home. Taxis in Morocco are colour coded by city in which licenced to work.
I remember Agadir, Mercs ( albeit shitboxes) did the airport runs. Peugeot 205 was the local runanbout cab.
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1990 the last time I was in Germany they had all sorts of vehicles from different manufacturers.I deffo saw an Avensis and an Octavia and was in a VW caddy.We don't build any vehicles in Ireland so have no reason subsidise luxury brands.We're already giving Daimler 15% commission even though many of us can't afford their vehicles.
During the last taxi review we were told the cost of wrapping all the cars in the same colour was prohibitive.That's why we got door stickers.
German cabs are beige.
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEU9JBdfGwk[/url] ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEU9JBdfGwk[/url])
when were you in Germany last?
German cabs are beige.
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1990 the last time I was in Germany they had all sorts of vehicles from different manufacturers.I deffo saw an Avensis and an Octavia and was in a VW caddy.We don't build any vehicles in Ireland so have no reason subsidise luxury brands.We're already giving Daimler 15% commission even though many of us can't afford their vehicles.
During the last taxi review we were told the cost of wrapping all the cars in the same colour was prohibitive.That's why we got door stickers.
German cabs are beige.
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEU9JBdfGwk[/url] ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEU9JBdfGwk[/url])
when were you in Germany last?
German cabs are beige.
Germans are beige,... generally I find.
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(https://i.postimg.cc/D8nwB5MK/Screen-Shot-2020-08-03-at-11-44-29.png) (https://postimg.cc/D8nwB5MK)
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Uber is great in Germany... always a Merc or top of the range BMUU.
Will that UBER thing ...ever take off...Do ya think ?
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Uber is great in Germany... always a Merc or top of the range BMUU.
Will that UBER thing ...ever take off...Do ya think ?
Hopefully not. Are they here in big numbers?
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Uber is great in Germany... always a Merc or top of the range BMUU.
Will that UBER thing ...ever take off...Do ya think ?
Hopefully not. Are they here in big numbers?
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You'd have to ask the licenced taxi drivers whose services Uber use.....much like FN.