Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Cool Boola on February 02, 2018, 02:06:40 pm
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Nobody noticed the new fare tarrif last night.To be honest it did not make much difference to the end of the night totals....Anyone get any moans?
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Gerry had a couple of wet yokes moanin last night!!
True story!!
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Gerry had a couple of wet yokes moanin last night!!
True story!!
Is he in here? I
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I had Two lads in the car out to Carrigaline last night, a Satellite town just outside Cork city,
probably the most P.C. town in Eire and all the Cheapskates that live there because they
can't afford a home in the city.
The usual fare out beyond Carrigaline to their brand new estate would be 28 bucks but
last night it was 32, the boys called/accused me of being a "Rip-off merchant" and offered
30 notes. I accepted the 30 notes adding "And Two Fookin Euro more now PLEASE !".
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Haven't had anyone say anything....yet!!
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Same as the two yoyo PUC nobody gives a fuck .
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Nobody noticed the new fare tarrif last night.To be honest it did not make much difference to the end of the night totals....Anyone get any moans?
Some fella called Well Done or something was moaning about it not being enough considering the €161 outlay.
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Nobody noticed the new fare tarrif last night.To be honest it did not make much difference to the end of the night totals....Anyone get any moans?
Some fella called Well Done or something was moaning about it not being enough considering the €161 outlay.
....and 10c
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Nobody noticed the new fare tarrif last night.To be honest it did not make much difference to the end of the night totals....Anyone get any moans?
Some fella called Well Done or something was moaning about it not being enough considering the €161 outlay.
....and 10c
You're not in love?...just a silly phase........
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10cc the volume of your load .......
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Nobody noticed the new fare tarrif last night.To be honest it did not make much difference to the end of the night totals....Anyone get any moans?
Some fella called Well Done or something was moaning about it not being enough considering the €161 outlay.
....and 10c
You're not in love?...just a silly phase........
rofl
Good ole hippo
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10cc the volume of your load .......
Correct...and the Loving Spoonful got their name the same way.....Godley and Jizz?
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10cc the volume of your load .......
Correct...and the Loving Spoonful got their name the same way.....Godley and Jizz?
It's the second c that counts!
Creme of sumyunguy.
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you won't get someone moaning about the price just yet.
Not before you'll pick up some funny man arsehole with the wife.
The wife will sit there and say nothing but the other cunt will begin the patronising process.
"I saw you all queuing in the paper the other day", "and how much was it to get it done", "and you'll be out of pocket now won't you", "and you're off the road", "and its not worth it sure its not" etc., etc., etc.
Im well prepared. "I know the guy who does the meter updates and he came around to my house and did it for free in 5 minutes." That sickens them.
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You get the odd complaint about the €2 but very rare... although a lot of account clients removed the automatic tip to compensate/protest.
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Some people just like to moan.
Drove a fella out to Castleknock today. Shortly after starting, he complained I was going the wrong way. The last taxi driver used Google Maps and went a different way. I asked how much did the last driver charge and we'd see what my charge would be when we got there. First taxi was €15 and I was €13 (if I had the new tariff). Saved him €2. As he left, the guy started moaning I'd gotten him there too early...
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Maybe it should be compulsory to use Google Maps.
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"Which way would you like to go?"
saves you a lot of ear bollix in the long run.
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"Which way would you like to go?"
saves you a lot of ear bollix in the long run.
Unless it's in a straight line...I use it all the time to shut the whinging unwashed up to fuck.... ::fds
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Job from Bewleys RDS to East Essex Street junction of Parliament street my way left outside hotel up to Donnybrook bus garage right all the way until you come to Kevin Street /Bride Street junction right do the loop at Christchurch left Copper Alley onto Temple Bar thank you collect cash and on your way .But I followed the Blue line Right outside hotel then left on to Merrion left onto Pembrook Left onto canal southside past the brazers right onto Fitzwilliam Square right onto Leason Street .You could get yourself into serious difficulty following the blue line .
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I usually put it on regardless but sometimes it assumes you cant make certain lefts or rights(why I don't know) and brings the route all over the place ..
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The mytaxi implementation (on Android) doesn't seem to be sure whether cars have steering wheels or not. It's like Maggie Thatcher when it comes to U Turns. Hence it often gives clients ridiculous run in times so they cancel. On balance I reckon Hail0's straight line calculations, while technically inferior, were better in practice. In essence mytaxi's latest approach is overkill, trying to perfect something that can't be perfected given inherent communication delays, etc.
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The mytaxi implementation (on Android) doesn't seem to be sure whether cars have steering wheels or not. It's like Maggie Thatcher when it comes to U Turns. Hence it often gives clients ridiculous run in times so they cancel. On balance I reckon Hail0's straight line calculations, while technically inferior, were better in practice. In essence mytaxi's latest approach is overkill, trying to perfect something that can't be perfected given inherent communication delays, etc.
The no U-turns on the Blue line is a piss off, with Garmin you can select U-turns allowed or disallowed.
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Maybe it should be compulsory to use Google Maps.
As I often say to customers;
"The day Google maps can beat me across the streets of Cork,
is the day I will retire !".
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"Which way would you like to go?"
saves you a lot of ear bollix in the long run.
Carrigaline is always the sticky one from Cork city, taking the Link road and motorway is about 2 or 3KM longer
and about 3 or 4 Euro dearer, but it is about 10 minutes faster as the cab is travelling at about 100KPH.
Going through Douglas is shorter and cheaper but takes longer as the cab is travelling at about 40KPH and has
to encounter an additional 10 sets of traffic lights.
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Every driver has their own route.On Erms job I'd have gone through to Mount street then Lincoln place then down Pearse street and on to the Quays.
I regularly get customers asking me where am I going..?Also saying that they've never been this way etc..Just tell them you've been driving for 20 years and if the fare is more expensive than usual you'll sort something.Casually explain to them that business is good and we don't need to rob them by taking a longer route.They don't like that one so smile.Some folks only know Dublin from the bus route.
Google map routes are shite too and do not account for bus lanes but nobody complains because it's "free".We should be regularly slating Google maps in the car because the younger folks wrongly beleive it to be best route.They've been mindlessly following it since primary school.Navigation systems are only as good as the folks building them.
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Have had a few incidents with the destination on the App .Pick up in Inchicore destination the Globe Georges Street say to customer do you want to be dropped off right outside its cheaper if I drop you at the Junction of Dame Street and Georges Street it only about a minute from there . "I put in the destination thats what Im paying for he says "Ok sir " Just to annoy the fucker he did say the Globe so I cant go GoldenLane on to Georges Street as Ill be on the wrong side of the road so I turn down Fishamble Street onto the Quays over the bridge down to O Connell Bridge around College Green ,Dame Street then up Georges Street dropped him right out side .You could see the cunt was furious he says thanks a lot .I smiled and said "Thank you .An extra 8 euro .
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Ermy ya could have done a turn at the rank on College green...but I get ya..or ya could have gone down George's street>Exchequer then dropped off either on Dame court or came out the lane opposite the Bender pub then yer there.I'd get lost in Clondalkin these days so it's hard to know everywhere.
If yer man was being a nob he could get ya done for taking a circuitus route.
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Ermy ya could have done a turn at the rank on College green...but I get ya..or ya could have gone down George's street>Exchequer then dropped off either on Dame court or came out the lane opposite the Bender pub then yer there.I'd get lost in Clondalkin these days so it's hard to know everywhere.
If yer man was being a nob he could get ya done for taking a circuitus route.
Traffic congestion on Dame Street I avoided it as my client seemed eager to reach the Globe .Thats the thing about taxi drivers we calculate the best rout based on our experience .Thank you for your alternate rout I shall consider it the next time .Have you ever tried to follow a rout on Waze with traffic alert turned on ?It would be easier to make a jigsaw in the dark .A lot of passengers now put the destination into their phone to check you are going the RIGHT way when what the really mean is the GOOgle way .I had a pick up in Sallins just at the rear of the K club put the address into Waze it wanted me to go via dunboyne as waze is a social app it learns from previous use so whoever went to my destination last must of traveled from Dunboyne .Now when I take a job on the app I usually flick through the destination line to the pick up point a lot of times there is a shorter rout than the one recommended on screen .You still cant beat a bit of local knowledge when it comes to doing this job right .
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Ermy ya could have done a turn at the rank on College green...but I get ya..or ya could have gone down George's street>Exchequer then dropped off either on Dame court or came out the lane opposite the Bender pub then yer there.I'd get lost in Clondalkin these days so it's hard to know everywhere.
If yer man was being a nob he could get ya done for taking a circuitus route.
Traffic congestion on Dame Street I avoided it as my client seemed eager to reach the Globe .Thats the thing about taxi drivers we calculate the best rout based on our experience .Thank you for your alternate rout I shall consider it the next time .Have you ever tried to follow a rout on Waze with traffic alert turned on ?It would be easier to make a jigsaw in the dark .A lot of passengers now put the destination into their phone to check you are going the RIGHT way when what the really mean is the GOOgle way .I had a pick up in Sallins just at the rear of the K club put the address into Waze it wanted me to go via dunboyne as waze is a social app it learns from previous use so whoever went to my destination last must of traveled from Dunboyne .Now when I take a job on the app I usually flick through the destination line to the pick up point a lot of times there is a shorter rout than the one recommended on screen .You still cant beat a bit of local knowledge when it comes to doing this job right .
Imagine the crack when the driverless cars start up and slavishly follow an ap route ::fuck ::fuck
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Ermy ya could have done a turn at the rank on College green...but I get ya..or ya could have gone down George's street>Exchequer then dropped off either on Dame court or came out the lane opposite the Bender pub then yer there.I'd get lost in Clondalkin these days so it's hard to know everywhere.
If yer man was being a nob he could get ya done for taking a circuitus route.
Traffic congestion on Dame Street I avoided it as my client seemed eager to reach the Globe .Thats the thing about taxi drivers we calculate the best rout based on our experience .Thank you for your alternate rout I shall consider it the next time .Have you ever tried to follow a rout on Waze with traffic alert turned on ?It would be easier to make a jigsaw in the dark .A lot of passengers now put the destination into their phone to check you are going the RIGHT way when what the really mean is the GOOgle way .I had a pick up in Sallins just at the rear of the K club put the address into Waze it wanted me to go via dunboyne as waze is a social app it learns from previous use so whoever went to my destination last must of traveled from Dunboyne .Now when I take a job on the app I usually flick through the destination line to the pick up point a lot of times there is a shorter rout than the one recommended on screen .You still cant beat a bit of local knowledge when it comes to doing this job right .
Imagine the crack when the driverless cars start up and slavishly follow an ap route ::fuck ::fuck
Traffic updates Congestion on James Street as an ambulance tries to get a little girl into hospital to have some beads or a pencil removed from her nose and the driverless is heading to Johns Lane Church for evening mass .........Congestion ...congestion please use alternate rout around the back of Guinnes more traffic congestion as an ambulance heading up the SCR with a young fella who fell down the stairs struggles to get to the childrens hospital .Autonomous car goes into a holding pattern driving in and out of the Mary Akenhead flats .
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Picked an arsehole up last week on Mespil Rd at 18.47 goin to the port,traffic was absolute shite,i could hear him sighing with discontent in the back,asked him what time his flight was at...19.40,i said if i'd known that i wouldn't have accepted the fare,anyways when we got to the M1 it was absolute muck so i shimmied up through Santry village and he nearly had a fukin seizure..."Waze is sayin straight on".....i turned my head slightly to the left as if to say something but knew the words i was about to utter might have inflamed the moment...got him there at 19.22,he says "we'll see if your way worked!"....i just said "fuk off"
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Google is pretty good at selecting the line of least resistance taking live traffic, etc into account.
There's some customer service tips in the Uber app that you might find useful, Hal.
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Google is pretty good at selecting the line of least resistance taking live traffic, etc into account.
There's some customer service tips in the Uber app that you might find useful, Hal.
Oh yeah....like what, vulgar or rude words that shouldn't be used in an altercation with a non irish person?
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Haven't looked at them in any detail but I suspect not telling the client to fuck off is probably in there!
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Haven't looked at them in any detail but I suspect not telling the client to fuck off is probably in there!
I wonder what tips are on the passenger app?...let us know!
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They seemed to be all too pissed last night to notice anything.
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Haven't looked at them in any detail but I suspect not telling the client to fuck off is probably in there!
I wonder what tips are on the passenger app?...let us know!
Ya gotta learn how to bite your tongue Hal !
Someday you will come across some proper P.C. Prick/Bitch
and you may well be within your rights to tell them to 'Fook off',
but then they might go to town on you with either MyTaxi or the
NTA or both exadurating the situation to the extreme and landing
you in the Poop !
In this 'Snowflake age' any movement of the drivers hand except
fer changing gear can be seen as Violent and Threathning behaviour,
any use of any curse word is verbal abuse.
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My old favourite Chestnut line that has brought howls of laughter from so many male and female customers over the years was sadly curtailed last Christmas.
I picked up 3 middle-aged women from a house going to a very well-to-do house party about 2KM away, they all had a few drinks on-board and yer wan in the front asks me; "Will we be able to get a taxi home later ?", I tell her; "It will be busy, but just stand out on the road and you should get one", I add in my old Chestnut; "There is only Two things you need to get a taxi late on a weekend night, 'Leg' and 'Cleavage' !", expecting a jovial response.
But No, it wasn't a jovial responce, the responce was; "I'm a solicitor you know, that's a very sexist remark".
I'm on the backfoot Twice over and say to her; "My apologies, it was not my intention to offend you".
Off she goes again; "I'm wearing a jumpsuit, are you suggesting I roll up the legs and rip open the top to show Leg and Cleavage ?",
I reply; "Sorry, lets not go OTT with this, it was just a Witticism and no offence was intended",
She hit back with; "It's you that is OTT with your sexist remarks !",
I reply "OK" and the remainder of the journey is done in silence. The fare was paid and goodbys were not exchanged.
On driving away I thought to myself 'I bet she is single' !
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That was sexist Ken...you should have your licence revoked for that remark,
I'm just sorry i didn't stay on the M1, he could have updated the social meeja Waze map while sitting in a pile of shite while his plane taxied to the runway.
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My old favourite Chestnut line that has brought howls of laughter from so many male and female customers over the years was sadly curtailed last Christmas.
I picked up 3 middle-aged women from a house going to a very well-to-do house party about 2KM away, they all had a few drinks on-board and yer wan in the front asks me; "Will we be able to get a taxi home later ?", I tell her; "It will be busy, but just stand out on the road and you should get one", I add in my old Chestnut; "There is only Two things you need to get a taxi late on a weekend night, 'Leg' and 'Cleavage' !", expecting a jovial response.
But No, it wasn't a jovial responce, the responce was; "I'm a solicitor you know, that's a very sexist remark".
I'm on the backfoot Twice over and say to her; "My apologies, it was not my intention to offend you".
Off she goes again; "I'm wearing a jumpsuit, are you suggesting I roll up the legs and rip open the top to show Leg and Cleavage ?",
I reply; "Sorry, lets not go OTT with this, it was just a Witticism and no offence was intended",
She hit back with; "It's you that is OTT with your sexist remarks !",
I reply "OK" and the remainder of the journey is done in silence. The fare was paid and goodbys were not exchanged.
On driving away I thought to myself 'I bet she is single' !
Thought I was unsubtle.....fuck me ...special needs. 2011 on the Templeogue Rd outside Terenure College: Big girl with a Tangoed look and stinking of hairspray and scrambled eggs gets in and says..."Take me to the action in the city, please". "Grand, says I...trundling along and she remarks, "I had to have breast reduction surgery recently so I'm treating myself to a night out"....Laughing to meself and playing the aul soldier..."No need for me know that but fair play to you"..."What you think of them"...."no interest", says I. "Only go for birds with both tits meself".
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Young ladies can be very forward these days. Picked a scantily clad one up for mytaxi in Coolock a couple of weeks ago, never met her before, first words out of her mouth "Fuck me, it's cold"... just said I forgot my vi*gra and left it at that.
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That was sexist Ken...you should have your licence revoked for that remark....
Your right Hal, it was sexist, but it was always good fer a giggle and I got away with it fer many years.
The truth of it is that it is as true as I'm sitting here, if your standing at the side of the road at 'Jungle time'
with a big pair of hooters sticking out, then ya can be sure every Taxi will stop fer you.
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The days of Roy Walkers saying on Catchphrase "Say what you see" are long gone.
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Haven't looked at them in any detail but I suspect not telling the client to fuck off is probably in there!
I wonder what tips are on the passenger app?...let us know!
Ya gotta learn how to bite your tongue Hal !
Someday you will come across some proper P.C. Prick/Bitch
and you may well be within your rights to tell them to 'Fook off',
but then they might go to town on you with either MyTaxi or the
NTA or both exadurating the situation to the extreme and landing
you in the Poop !
In this 'Snowflake age' any movement of the drivers hand except
fer changing gear can be seen as Violent and Threathning behaviour,
any use of any curse word is verbal abuse.
Hypocrisy is an Irish trait....no exadurrating.... there.... ::)
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The days of Roy Walkers saying on Catchphrase "Say what you see" are long gone.
Jimmy Cricket was better at being a Nordie.
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The days of Roy Walkers saying on Catchphrase "Say what you see" are long gone.
Jimmy Cricket was better at being a Nordie.
"C'mere"
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Jimmy got rejected for a job as Santy in Harrods...."No Ho-Ho-Ho levels".
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That's terrible. ... but I like it