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Title: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Belker on January 02, 2022, 01:50:15 am
It's Over ! OVER !!

Christmas week was ok'ish just as good as a normal week pre-covid, NYE was exceptionally busy, Sat night (news year day) was dead as a door-nail. I was out at 6.30pm fer the 7 job FN Bobo hunt, no job fer the first hour and did 4 FN jobs by 10pm !
Home fer 11.30pm with my worst Sat night takings ever and signed back on the PUP.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: John m on January 02, 2022, 08:21:18 am
Kenneth Dublin has been like that for nearly two years .I have Yellow Pack Flu old fashioned version so havent worked the festive season .Not fair to others for me to snot all over them .One Swallow does not a Summer Make .Lads think a good weekend will do for the time being but a Good weekend is probably the future .Kids wont be going to the Pub or Nightclub .A line of Coke and Netflix and Porn Hub is their entertainment .Your old industry has all moved on line .Every race live on your Phone .People now demanding they work from home .In Dublin and Soon in every town and city Rent a Car by the hour .Rent a bike ,rent a scooter ,deliver a dinner .Covid introduced us to Hubs and Bubbles thats the future Kenneth people wont travel 500 meters for any service .Its all part of the green Agenda to cut down on un necessary travel .We are actually going backwards when I was young you got your Milk and Bread and Coal and Newspapers delivered now they call this service Amazon .Very few people owned cars we used public transport ,we are heading back there .Gay Byrne ran the Country now its Anto Hooligan .Things are differently the Same .Next years fashion will be long hair and bellbottomed trousers .1936 Germany is replaced by 2022 Russia .Japan replaced in Asia by China .Mentally handicapped American Presidents replacing Physically Handicapped from the 30s .Nothing is new Kennets just different Players same game .That Little Short arsed Fucktard in France is going to sail close to the wind he has an Election to win Boris thinks he is the New Churchill .If we can learn anything from the past it is that the future will be identical as People remained the same while technology moved on .I have posted on here for some time If there is an opportunity to retrain or upskill that the government will pay for then take it .The much Missed Francis the Sociopath opined that taxi driving was a part time Gig .If a Man earned 700 a week before costs on the app .His costs would be about 105 in comission probably 95 in juice 40 a week in insurance a fiver in licence fees .minimum of 50 a week for cost of car over its ten year lifespan and probably 30 a week on average in maintainance .Tyres .Srvice minor or Major repairs.Thats 325 Euro per week out of 700 to go to work leaves you with 375 in your pocket before tax and PRSI .Imagine that your largest expense is Comission that you pay somebody for access to work you originally had free access to . The taxi industry has changed so much in the last ten years its no longer a viable job for the amount of people depending on it for a living.So Kenneth I would like to welcome you to the real world twice the work for half the money.Not to many other industries can make that boast .
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Tony on January 02, 2022, 08:50:32 am
The game is long over Kenneth and I doubt I'll go back at it as it's not worth the struggle, although I will renew my license just in case the pox wipes out 1000s if ye (with a bit of luck)
Meanwhile I'll keep on trucking with a guaranteed decent weeks wages.
Over n out
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: John m on January 02, 2022, 09:44:06 am
A lot of Lads will be forced Out Especially the Cripmobiles .Now that We dont have the Brits to do our fighting for us in the EU new Emissions requirements will force dirty diesels off the road .With no grants to replace them how will lads fund a Battery operated Cripmobile probably around 60K .Just look at your phone drawer at home full of part worn Nokias or apples all with the same fault the battery wont hold a charge so second hand part worn Battery motors will be risky .GET A BIKE .Even a cheap electric saloon could be 30K in a few years depending on the longevity of the battery Rental might just become uneconomic for investors to fund a fleet .Regular wagepacket Anto can be nice if you find the right job .
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: markmiwurdz on January 02, 2022, 10:26:41 am
The game is long over Kenneth and I doubt I'll go back at it as it's not worth the struggle, although I will renew my license just in case the pox wipes out 1000s if ye (with a bit of luck)
Meanwhile I'll keep on trucking with a guaranteed decent weeks wages.
Over n out


That's a big 10-4,I think.... lol
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Tony on January 02, 2022, 10:36:13 am
The game is long over Kenneth and I doubt I'll go back at it as it's not worth the struggle, although I will renew my license just in case the pox wipes out 1000s if ye (with a bit of luck)
Meanwhile I'll keep on trucking with a guaranteed decent weeks wages.
Over n out


That's a big 10-4,I think.... lol


A regular income keeps the smokey away from your back doors and the tin star outa your kitchen

Over
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Punter on January 02, 2022, 12:09:28 pm
What JOHN left out was paid holidays ,some class of sick pay ,semi regular hours !

This game was great ,when I started in early 90s --every job was cash ,with Joe Public happy to see you ,as the Cab Companies got involved a/c work grew with Metro/City taking further commission to freight but with no record of cash work retained ,still happy days--then the  Companies get screwed by APPS with digital records etc then the Drivers got screwed--so I concur--cashless society etc has game totally screwed --the game is Fucked --lucky or unlucky I am an OAP with my grand a month off the state --never did less trade over the Christmas but was pretty careful---from 50 bills an hour for 7/8 hours 20 years ago on NY day to 50 bills for 2 hours effort ,not a true reflection I know but not that far off --

Stay safe everyone and try not let this life get to you or well will be as bad as JAN FEB of 2021--take care !
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Shallow Hal on January 02, 2022, 12:12:57 pm
Ken back on the PUP......well I never!!
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Jack Meoff on January 02, 2022, 12:38:48 pm
Drivers have become too dependent on Mytaxi.
If the app is quiet they go home.
They no longer can find their own work.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: silverbullet on January 02, 2022, 06:07:02 pm
Drivers have become too dependent on Mytaxi.
If the app is quiet they go home.
They no longer can find their own work.
For the first Ne'er days in 25 years, it was tumbleweed city. As usual, on New years eve drivers came out chasing an elusive bonus, then shortly after 01.00 all but disappeared.

Ne'er day was always a bumper, with cabbies who worked NYE pissing it up against the wall. All the staff that had to work NYE would be on the tear...not this year.

The streets were barren in Dublin, maybe Cork is different. Let's hope it returns to normal this year.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Belker on January 03, 2022, 07:55:55 am
Drivers have become too dependent on Mytaxi.
If the app is quiet they go home.
They no longer can find their own work.
For the first Ne'er days in 25 years, it was tumbleweed city. As usual, on New years eve drivers came out chasing an elusive bonus, then shortly after 01.00 all but disappeared.

Ne'er day was always a bumper, with cabbies who worked NYE pissing it up against the wall. All the staff that had to work NYE would be on the tear...not this year.

The streets were barren in Dublin, maybe Cork is different. Let's hope it returns to normal this year.
Nope, I stated in the OP that Sat (new years day) was my worst Sat night fer takings ever.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Belker on January 03, 2022, 08:04:16 am
The game is long over Kenneth and I doubt I'll go back at it as it's not worth the struggle, although I will renew my license just in case the pox wipes out 1000s if ye (with a bit of luck)
Meanwhile I'll keep on trucking with a guaranteed decent weeks wages.
Over n out
The game was OK fer most of this pox pandemic, granted it did fall apart when the pubs closed in Oct '20 till they re-opened in June '21, and again we were OK then till they semi-closed a few weeks back, but Chrimbo was good as folk still did all the Chrimbo stuff, but from New years day on I would agree, the game is over !

Over and Out, the Cashmeister !!
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Belker on January 03, 2022, 08:12:18 am
Drivers have become too dependent on Mytaxi.
If the app is quiet they go home.
They no longer can find their own work.
Please tell me Jack where you can find your own work by night in Cork city ?

Granted there is a busy hour 7.45pm to 8.45pm when the pubs close, but that's it !
By 9pm it's all over and the streets are bare.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: vandriver on January 03, 2022, 08:30:31 am
Yesterday I rang the trummer bell between 12 and 730 pm,so who knows?
The only certainty in the COVID era is that nothing is the same as it used to be.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Belker on January 03, 2022, 09:25:52 am
Yesterday I rang the trummer bell between 12 and 730 pm,so who knows?
The only certainty in the COVID era is that nothing is the same as it used to be.
That is fair going Van D, I take it that your stickered up by now,
it's the only way to go these days.
(And maintain Priority if'n ya can).
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: mercenary for hire on January 03, 2022, 10:09:38 am
I'd day there's a lot of people self-isolating now that antigen tests are being used so widely.The daily covid figures are probably only a fraction of the true amount of infection out there.Even if they were accurate it means there could be 200000 people with possitve test results and countless more that are close contacts that are waiting for PCR tests.The advice on the HSE documentation is stay out of buses and taxis if you're riddled.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Jack Meoff on January 03, 2022, 10:14:30 am
Drivers have become too dependent on Mytaxi.
If the app is quiet they go home.
They no longer can find their own work.
Please tell me Jack where you can find your own work by night in Cork city ?

Granted there is a busy hour 7.45pm to 8.45pm when the pubs close, but that's it !
By 9pm it's all over and the streets are bare.

If you weren’t stickered up you could go to Satellite taxis or some other company and do pay as you go. 2 euro per job. You depend on the pub trade so if that’s quiet your quiet.
Still a lot of contract work out there.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Rat Catcher on January 03, 2022, 12:31:14 pm
Fair play, Ken. I hope we have the usual exodus of like-minded drivers at this time of year. Pulled over a deuce in 3.7 hours yesterday afternoon... no bonus needed and home in time to lose a ton on the darts!
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: silverbullet on January 03, 2022, 07:47:30 pm
Yesterday I rang the trummer bell between 12 and 730 pm,so who knows?
The only certainty in the COVID era is that nothing is the same as it used to be.
That is fair going Van D, I take it that your stickered up by now,
it's the only way to go these days.
(And maintain Priority if'n ya can).
Is that nett?
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: vandriver on January 03, 2022, 07:57:12 pm
Nett of commission?
Yes
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: silverbullet on January 03, 2022, 08:00:55 pm
Nett of commission?
Yes
Well done.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Belker on January 04, 2022, 10:06:59 am
Seemingly Sunday day and night was good, I did ok fer the few hours I worked 12 Midnight to 3am.
I think that was the last hooray !!
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Belker on January 04, 2022, 10:12:24 am
Drivers have become too dependent on Mytaxi.
If the app is quiet they go home.
They no longer can find their own work.
Please tell me Jack where you can find your own work by night in Cork city ?

Granted there is a busy hour 7.45pm to 8.45pm when the pubs close, but that's it !
By 9pm it's all over and the streets are bare.

If you weren’t stickered up you could go to Satellite taxis or some other company and do pay as you go. 2 euro per job. You depend on the pub trade so if that’s quiet your quiet.
Still a lot of contract work out there.
What !! Join a base ??
I'm nearly getting de gawk at the thought of it !!
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Belker on January 04, 2022, 10:17:42 am
Fair play, Ken. I hope we have the usual exodus of like-minded drivers at this time of year. Pulled over a deuce in 3.7 hours yesterday afternoon... no bonus needed and home in time to lose a ton on the darts!
How did you finish up financially on the darts in the end ?
Or should I not ask ??
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Jack Meoff on January 04, 2022, 12:51:36 pm
Drivers have become too dependent on Mytaxi.
If the app is quiet they go home.
They no longer can find their own work.
Please tell me Jack where you can find your own work by night in Cork city ?

Granted there is a busy hour 7.45pm to 8.45pm when the pubs close, but that's it !
By 9pm it's all over and the streets are bare.

If you weren’t stickered up you could go to Satellite taxis or some other company and do pay as you go. 2 euro per job. You depend on the pub trade so if that’s quiet your quiet.
Still a lot of contract work out there.
What !! Join a base ??
I'm nearly getting de gawk at the thought of it !!

2 bucks per job only.
If you need to work that’s where you have to go.
Sure beats sitting on yer hole all day and claiming the puppy
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Belker on January 04, 2022, 01:03:00 pm
Thanks Jack,
but joining a base again is not fer me,
I'll sit it out fer Jan earning just the required 120 after expenses,
and have a re-think in Feb,
but unlikely joining a base will even be a consideration,
as I'm after getting much too fond of FN's 'Accept/Decline' buttons.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Jack Meoff on January 04, 2022, 01:17:04 pm
Satellite do the same accept/decline
It’s not like the radio days when your wer with The Dark Lord
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Belker on January 04, 2022, 01:24:51 pm
Satellite do the same accept/decline
It’s not like the radio days when your wer with The Dark Lord
I heard the Dark Lord was offering the same on an Icabbie system, 2 bucks per job.

I honestly believe that Feeding goes on in every base and that is the main reason that I dislike the idea of joining any of them, also the long run-in's are a pain.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Jack Meoff on January 04, 2022, 01:41:38 pm
Satellite do the same accept/decline
It’s not like the radio days when your wer with The Dark Lord
I heard the Dark Lord was offering the same on an Icabbie system, 2 bucks per job.

I honestly believe that Feeding goes on in every base and that is the main reason that I dislike the idea of joining any of them, also the long run-in's are a pain.

No big run ins as it’s all broken down into zones.
Like Douglas and Rochestown are different zones.
Feeding prob goes on but that’s down to bad management
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Belker on January 04, 2022, 02:03:31 pm
Base op (prob a weed-head as most of them are) takes in a job, his only interest is to get that job off his screen, he don't care how long the run-in is fer the driver, all he wants is a car number next to the job.

As fer Feeding, then I have seen it from both sides and it will never ever go away, at least with FN you have some clue about where you stand.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: silverbullet on January 04, 2022, 05:35:31 pm
Satellite do the same accept/decline
It’s not like the radio days when your wer with The Dark Lord
I heard the Dark Lord was offering the same on an Icabbie system, 2 bucks per job.

I honestly believe that Feeding goes on in every base and that is the main reason that I dislike the idea of joining any of them, also the long run-in's are a pain.
The average fare is a tenner, paying 20% or €2.00 a job is a no-no.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Rat Catcher on January 04, 2022, 10:16:37 pm
How did you finish up financially on the darts in the end ?
Or should I not ask ??

Withdrew €400 before the final, leaving €125.90 which I "invested" in Peter Wright giving me a balance of €233.24 to play with = €623.24 total profit from the tournament. I briefly (and briefly lucratively) diversified into backing horses with no strategy whatsoever for a few days from Boxing Day. I kept the horse profit to the horses after reimbursing the initial stake to the darts profit and that grew to nearly €1,000 - lumping on to Mullins in the Bumper was a daily ritual! - 'till I blew the lot on a few short priced favs on New Years Eve.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Rat Catcher on January 04, 2022, 10:41:45 pm
Oh, I forgot... I did get something out of the horses. I found a fiver in my Tote account which I invested on the Leopardstown placepot on the 28th, all on one (winning) line giving me a current balance of €65.xx. Did you know tote.ie - or tote.co.uk if you prefer since the nanny was sold (or leased?) to the brits - pay a 10% bonus on dividends, toteplus they call it... so don't do your tote bets anywhere else! Anywaysanall, that was the pub race day which was a roaring success, craic agus ceol galore. I hope he does it every year!
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Jack Meoff on January 05, 2022, 07:11:34 am
Satellite do the same accept/decline
It’s not like the radio days when your wer with The Dark Lord
I heard the Dark Lord was offering the same on an Icabbie system, 2 bucks per job.

I honestly believe that Feeding goes on in every base and that is the main reason that I dislike the idea of joining any of them, also the long run-in's are a pain.
The average fare is a tenner, paying 20% or €2.00 a job is a no-no.

Wouldn’t mind giving the extra 50 cent on a tenner fare to a local cab company who is creating employment and providing a local service than giving it to Mytaxi where it ends up in Germany or wherever.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: silverbullet on January 05, 2022, 02:00:05 pm
Satellite do the same accept/decline
It’s not like the radio days when your wer with The Dark Lord
I heard the Dark Lord was offering the same on an Icabbie system, 2 bucks per job.

I honestly believe that Feeding goes on in every base and that is the main reason that I dislike the idea of joining any of them, also the long run-in's are a pain.
The average fare is a tenner, paying 20% or €2.00 a job is a no-no.

Wouldn’t mind giving the extra 50 cent on a tenner fare to a local cab company who is creating employment and providing a local service than giving it to Mytaxi where it ends up in Germany or wherever.
Sure isn't the old-fashioned cab company market share diminishing daily?  It appears they're only doing the depressing daily HSE work. Little or no night work.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Belker on January 06, 2022, 03:31:58 am
Oh, I forgot... I did get something out of the horses. I found a fiver in my Tote account which I invested on the Leopardstown placepot on the 28th, all on one (winning) line giving me a current balance of €65.xx. Did you know tote.ie - or tote.co.uk if you prefer since the nanny was sold (or leased?) to the brits - pay a 10% bonus on dividends, toteplus they call it... so don't do your tote bets anywhere else! Anywaysanall, that was the pub race day which was a roaring success, craic agus ceol galore. I hope he does it every year!
So what was the final outcome ?
You lodged a Ton and withdrew it and then blew all your winnings on NYE thinking that you had Two pairs of Balls ??

I have instructed here many times the Three main rules of Gambling;
DISCIPLINE !
DISCIPLINE !
AND DISCIPLINE !
no way would you have lumped on those fav's on NYE if'n you had been playing fer your own hard earned.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Belker on January 06, 2022, 03:49:36 am
Satellite do the same accept/decline
It’s not like the radio days when your wer with The Dark Lord
I heard the Dark Lord was offering the same on an Icabbie system, 2 bucks per job.

I honestly believe that Feeding goes on in every base and that is the main reason that I dislike the idea of joining any of them, also the long run-in's are a pain.
The average fare is a tenner, paying 20% or €2.00 a job is a no-no.

Wouldn’t mind giving the extra 50 cent on a tenner fare to a local cab company who is creating employment and providing a local service than giving it to Mytaxi where it ends up in Germany or wherever.
Ah, don't be pulling our leg Jack by doing the 'Snow White' bit, you have often posted of your own FN work.

When did the 2Euro per job suddenly go down to 50 cent ??

FN also have many Irish employee's, in fact fer the very few meeting I have had with them over the years I have never seen a non-Irish employee.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Rat Catcher on January 06, 2022, 04:32:07 pm
Read with your eyes, Ken. I took out €400 profit and left another €233.24 profit in. The grand I blew lumping on to short priced nags was a grand I made lumping on to short priced nags i.e. I would never had owned it if I had adopted any kind of structured approach. Obviously, structure is a prerequisite to discipline.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Jack Meoff on January 08, 2022, 07:24:16 am
Satellite do the same accept/decline
It’s not like the radio days when your wer with The Dark Lord
I heard the Dark Lord was offering the same on an Icabbie system, 2 bucks per job.

I honestly believe that Feeding goes on in every base and that is the main reason that I dislike the idea of joining any of them, also the long run-in's are a pain.
The average fare is a tenner, paying 20% or €2.00 a job is a no-no.

Wouldn’t mind giving the extra 50 cent on a tenner fare to a local cab company who is creating employment and providing a local service than giving it to Mytaxi where it ends up in Germany or wherever.
Ah, don't be pulling our leg Jack by doing the 'Snow White' bit, you have often posted of your own FN work.

When did the 2Euro per job suddenly go down to 50 cent ??

FN also have many Irish employee's, in fact fer the very few meeting I have had with them over the years I have never seen a non-Irish employee.

I’m not on about foreign workers.
Your picking this up wrong Ken.
A tenner job with FN would cost you 1.50 in commission.
If you done a tenner job with let’s say Satellite it would cost you 2.00 bucks.
As I said I wouldn’t mind paying the extra 50 cent supporting a local taxi company
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Shallow Hal on January 08, 2022, 02:06:51 pm
Very admirable Jack.....and I'm being sincere..for once,but if you're only getting the crumbs from the table while some other fuk is getting the cream that extra 50c might not be wisely spent!!
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Belker on January 09, 2022, 09:32:59 am
Read with your eyes, Ken. I took out €400 profit and left another €233.24 profit in. The grand I blew lumping on to short priced nags was a grand I made lumping on to short priced nags i.e. I would never had owned it if I had adopted any kind of structured approach. Obviously, structure is a prerequisite to discipline.
So, you made a Double Trummer on the darts and had the best part of 3 weeks entertainment from it all ?
That's good going !!   
::cheers
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Jack Meoff on January 09, 2022, 09:58:46 am
Very admirable Jack.....and I'm being sincere..for once,but if you're only getting the crumbs from the table while some other fuk is getting the cream that extra 50c might not be wisely spent!!

Most companies that are computerised the back door work or feeding is fairly minimal.
No doubt it can go on.
All phone calls are recorded and go through the computer.
Can’t see why a base operator would risk loosing his job feeding his buddy.
It’s a well paid job now for an operator and not on minimum wage
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Belker on January 09, 2022, 10:33:50 am
Very admirable Jack.....and I'm being sincere..for once,but if you're only getting the crumbs from the table while some other fuk is getting the cream that extra 50c might not be wisely spent!!

Most companies that are computerised the back door work or feeding is fairly minimal.
No doubt it can go on.
All phone calls are recorded and go through the computer.
Can’t see why a base operator would risk loosing his job feeding his buddy.
It’s a well paid job now for an operator and not on minimum wage
Sorry Jack, but that is a very nieve view of how feeding actually works.
Most decent feeding jobs come from the hotel receptionist to a private driver fer dropsie and never see the base.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Belker on January 09, 2022, 10:36:13 am
Ken back on the PUP......well I never!!
5 days I lasted before signing off it !   C:-)
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Jack Meoff on January 10, 2022, 05:17:45 am
Very admirable Jack.....and I'm being sincere..for once,but if you're only getting the crumbs from the table while some other fuk is getting the cream that extra 50c might not be wisely spent!!

Most companies that are computerised the back door work or feeding is fairly minimal.
No doubt it can go on.
All phone calls are recorded and go through the computer.
Can’t see why a base operator would risk loosing his job feeding his buddy.
It’s a well paid job now for an operator and not on minimum wage
Sorry Jack, but that is a very nieve view of how feeding actually works.
Most decent feeding jobs come from the hotel receptionist to a private driver fer dropsie and never see the base.

That’s not feeding
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Belker on January 10, 2022, 08:50:09 am
Maybe it is not called 'Feeding' but has some other quaint phrase to describe it.
But whatever it is I don't want any part of it.

Been there, got the T-shirt, No Thanks !
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Jack Meoff on January 10, 2022, 10:04:57 am
Maybe it is not called 'Feeding' but has some other quaint phrase to describe it.
But whatever it is I don't want any part of it.

Been there, got the T-shirt, No Thanks !

It’s called jealousy Ken.
Your jealous that a driver is well in with the receptionist and gets a bit of work.
Feeding comes from the base not a hotel burd on the desk.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: John m on January 10, 2022, 10:13:14 am
Ken how do you know Free Now are not feeding certain drivers .It only takes a line of code .How do you know there is not a line of code that makes sure jobs with a certain projected fare are not fairly distributes so everybody gets at least one decent job a shift .Feeding works both ways Ken .Its just an illusion for the deluded to think it dosent .
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Jack Meoff on January 10, 2022, 10:21:07 am
Back in the Hailo days when it first came to Cork I often got a phone call from the Dublin office to cover pre booked jobs that they had on their system.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: John m on January 10, 2022, 10:36:47 am
Jack Im sure there is a Logoritm to make sure Ambassadors who put in the effort get at least 80% of their average guaranteed to keep them on board .Its simply a line of code .Why wouldnt you give the work to drivers you know will do it .Its a Business they are running .Same with every business you feed the good contractors its just business .
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Jack Meoff on January 10, 2022, 10:45:41 am
I always maintained that if you done a few Mytaxi jobs in succession a lot of jobs seem to come your way.
And I’m no ambassador or priority crap
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Rat Catcher on January 10, 2022, 01:21:02 pm
Read with your eyes, Ken. I took out €400 profit and left another €233.24 profit in. The grand I blew lumping on to short priced nags was a grand I made lumping on to short priced nags i.e. I would never had owned it if I had adopted any kind of structured approach. Obviously, structure is a prerequisite to discipline.
So, you made a Double Trummer on the darts and had the best part of 3 weeks entertainment from it all ?
That's good going !!   
::cheers

A few days entertainment out of winning and losing the guts of a grand on the horses as well... although winning is certainly more entertaining than losing, I guess. Flutter got it's 2% of turnover both ways anyway!
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Dr. Martin Gooter Bling on January 10, 2022, 03:11:32 pm
i've been watching loadsa clips of the darts on youtube and it's like watching the who's who of all the scum you've ever had the misfortune of encountering on a rank. confrontational, reactionary, petulant, pouting, sulking squabbling manchild bowsies. essentially your classic bull in a china shop, own worst enemy, argument with own reflection, mountain out of a molehill taxi rank knacker toerag. there's a yoke called adrian lewis. a prize cunt. just like looking at the resident mouthbreathing cunt we have on our rank. there's a chap called simon whitlock who seems to be the only fully grown man in the game.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: silverbullet on January 10, 2022, 06:28:40 pm
Jack Im sure there is a Logoritm to make sure Ambassadors who put in the effort get at least 80% of their average guaranteed to keep them on board .Its simply a line of code .Why wouldnt you give the work to drivers you know will do it .Its a Business they are running .Same with every business you feed the good contractors its just business .
No there isn't.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: silverbullet on January 10, 2022, 06:31:44 pm
i've been watching loadsa clips of the darts on youtube and it's like watching the who's who of all the scum you've ever had the misfortune of encountering on a rank. confrontational, reactionary, petulant, pouting, sulking squabbling manchild bowsies. essentially your classic bull in a china shop, own worst enemy, argument with own reflection, mountain out of a molehill taxi rank knacker toerag. there's a yoke called adrian lewis. a prize cunt. just like looking at the resident mouthbreathing cunt we have on our rank. there's a chap called simon whitlock who seems to be the only fully grown man in the game.
You have a rank? I thought the Gardai ran you off a rank not so long ago.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: markmiwurdz on January 10, 2022, 07:05:59 pm
i've been watching loadsa clips of the darts on youtube and it's like watching the who's who of all the scum you've ever had the misfortune of encountering on a rank. confrontational, reactionary, petulant, pouting, sulking squabbling manchild bowsies. essentially your classic bull in a china shop, own worst enemy, argument with own reflection, mountain out of a molehill taxi rank knacker toerag. there's a yoke called adrian lewis. a prize cunt. just like looking at the resident mouthbreathing cunt we have on our rank. there's a chap called simon whitlock who seems to be the only fully grown man in the game.


 rofl rofl rofl
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Dr. Martin Gooter Bling on January 10, 2022, 08:00:10 pm
i've been watching loadsa clips of the darts on youtube and it's like watching the who's who of all the scum you've ever had the misfortune of encountering on a rank. confrontational, reactionary, petulant, pouting, sulking squabbling manchild bowsies. essentially your classic bull in a china shop, own worst enemy, argument with own reflection, mountain out of a molehill taxi rank knacker toerag. there's a yoke called adrian lewis. a prize cunt. just like looking at the resident mouthbreathing cunt we have on our rank. there's a chap called simon whitlock who seems to be the only fully grown man in the game.
You have a rank? I thought the Gardai ran you off a rank not so long ago.

no i was parked illegally about half past midnight about 3 months ago. not blocking anybody not bothering anybody and a cowboy decided to pester me. i would'nt move because of the circumstances but mainly because of the way he spoke to me. he had'nt a clue of the names of the taxi credentials or the presiding taxi body. referred to the NTA as the taxi regulator the way an interloper in the car would. ye know the way cunts in the car do be getting all the proper nomenclature arseways. going on about some mythical "federation." the only federation i know is the world wrestling federation. i'm fining ye and reporting you to the taxi regulator he says. give kathleen doyle me humphrey bogards when ye see her ye clown. he unlawfully snatched my perfectly valid driving license at the end. i did'nt receive the €40 fine though. bit of a stand off there i reckon.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Belker on January 11, 2022, 07:52:04 am
Ken how do you know Free Now are not feeding certain drivers .It only takes a line of code .How do you know there is not a line of code that makes sure jobs with a certain projected fare are not fairly distributes so everybody gets at least one decent job a shift .Feeding works both ways Ken .Its just an illusion for the deluded to think it dosent .
FN play their cards very close to their chest about the pecking order fer giving out jobs, what I do know is that ambassador, priority and gold status moves you higher up the tree. And the higher up the tree you are the less hours you have to put in to make your weekly wages.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Rat Catcher on January 11, 2022, 01:45:07 pm
i've been watching loadsa clips of the darts on youtube and it's like watching the who's who of all the scum you've ever had the misfortune of encountering on a rank. confrontational, reactionary, petulant, pouting, sulking squabbling manchild bowsies. essentially your classic bull in a china shop, own worst enemy, argument with own reflection, mountain out of a molehill taxi rank knacker toerag. there's a yoke called adrian lewis. a prize cunt. just like looking at the resident mouthbreathing cunt we have on our rank. there's a chap called simon whitlock who seems to be the only fully grown man in the game.

Whitlock runs on Whiskey by all accounts. I met Adrian Lewis at/after an exhibition in Balrothery back before he won his two World Championships, nice bloke, good craic. I guess Youtube focus on the more eventful games.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: silverbullet on January 11, 2022, 02:32:32 pm
i've been watching loadsa clips of the darts on youtube and it's like watching the who's who of all the scum you've ever had the misfortune of encountering on a rank. confrontational, reactionary, petulant, pouting, sulking squabbling manchild bowsies. essentially your classic bull in a china shop, own worst enemy, argument with own reflection, mountain out of a molehill taxi rank knacker toerag. there's a yoke called adrian lewis. a prize cunt. just like looking at the resident mouthbreathing cunt we have on our rank. there's a chap called simon whitlock who seems to be the only fully grown man in the game.

Whitlock runs on Whiskey by all accounts. I met Adrian Lewis at/after an exhibition in Balrothery back before he won his two World Championships, nice bloke, good craic. I guess Youtube focus on the more eventful games.
I had the Doc down as a Fallon Sure Cock sorta guy. 8)
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: Dr. Martin Gooter Bling on January 11, 2022, 04:37:47 pm
i believe the poor yungwan's face blew up and she got the fuck slagged outta her.
that ain't right.
Title: Re: It's Over ! OVER !!
Post by: silverbullet on January 11, 2022, 05:20:15 pm
i believe the poor yungwan's face blew up and she got the fuck slagged outta her.
that ain't right.
https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/18/fallon-sherrock-details-kidney-disease-led-moon-face-side-effect-11924904/