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Title: Paddys Day
Post by: john m on March 18, 2018, 01:24:45 am
Home by 12 .Some absoluteshite out there .Look forward to tomorrow should be a good day .Stay safe .
Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: mercenary for hire on March 18, 2018, 11:39:41 am
Erm ya lazy bollix took me ages to get a cab last night.
Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: Rat Catcher on March 18, 2018, 12:52:47 pm
Finished around 02:30 myself. No messy fares at all but I didn't work the streets a whole lot. Needless there was any amount of work on mytaxi.
Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: Tony on March 18, 2018, 02:14:12 pm
I gave up when the snow came down, not worth the hassle

Unfortunately some don't learn

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Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: Dr. Martin Gooter Bling on March 18, 2018, 03:36:26 pm
is tomorrow a bank holiday?
Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: Tony on March 18, 2018, 04:02:03 pm
is tomorrow a bank holiday?


Yep
Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: Dr. Martin Gooter Bling on March 18, 2018, 04:03:21 pm
lovely jubbly.
Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: Rat Catcher on March 18, 2018, 04:08:26 pm
There's one born every day... well, maybe two on the erm's birthday.

Are the roads clear again up above in Dublin?
Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: mercenary for hire on March 18, 2018, 06:22:09 pm
Looks ok from inside the gaff.Nothing near as bad as the last showers.I was told Tallaght got it bad but they usually do.
Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: Vikkiz on March 18, 2018, 06:32:45 pm
Fairly clear in Dublin 13
Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: Taxi driver42 on March 18, 2018, 08:55:55 pm
Looks ok from inside the gaff.Nothing near as bad as the last showers.I was told Tallaght got it bad but they usually do.


Lidi or aldi this time
Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: john m on March 18, 2018, 09:04:40 pm
You got to love the Amricans .picked up two this afternoon they saw my name and told me they were Mcgraaaaaaaths as well brought them from Dame Street to Kilmainhan Gave me a 50 and said I was the First Mc Grath they met since they got her and said keep the change .
Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: Bob Shillin on March 18, 2018, 09:28:40 pm
Picked an Irish girl and a random yank at top of Harcourt St amongst 100s of ourstretched hands "thanks so much, you're the best OMG we love you". Him to Grants Row, her to Blackrock. "Just pay for your bit of the journey" says she to him. He offers me a note from the back seat €7.40 on the meter. "Give it to the lady" says I without looking at it. He gets out "A $100 dollars: says she to me. Total fare to to Blackrock  €19.20. She gave me €20 and accepted the 80 cents change.....Shoulda taken what he offered me. Wimmin wha?
Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: U Wha on March 19, 2018, 01:57:21 am
Did a super shift, first time in years, 17 hours with two tea breaks, job to job no hassle, snow slowed it down towards the end but punters tipped well and were grateful as no taxis to be had.

Seen a few of the new Irish skidding or stuck, they mustn't know how to drive in the snow. Not that I have a lot of experience but knew to use gears to slow down, no sudden movements and high gear with low revs, plus I put second hand German all/four season tyres on the front before the beast hit last week, don't know if they made any difference but I tipped away past me usual 3 am finish until 6.30am, bit slower but never empty. If only every day!

Have to say impressed the way the Peugeot WAV rental handled and happy as a pig in shite until I made a classic error, didn't separate me takings and punter handed me €20 for a  €9.60 fare, said just give me the ten back, later I counted me takings again and noticed I only had 2 nifty's when I had 3 nifty's earlier on, gave the punter a €50 instead of a €10. Still pissed off at meself!
Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: Belker on March 19, 2018, 06:12:40 am
Picked an Irish girl and a random yank at top of Harcourt St amongst 100s of ourstretched hands "thanks so much, you're the best OMG we love you". Him to Grants Row, her to Blackrock. "Just pay for your bit of the journey" says she to him. He offers me a note from the back seat €7.40 on the meter. "Give it to the lady" says I without looking at it. He gets out "A $100 dollars: says she to me. Total fare to to Blackrock  €19.20. She gave me €20 and accepted the 80 cents change.....Shoulda taken what he offered me. Wimmin wha?

Good tale 'Harry', I'm learning or as me ol Da used to say; "Any idiot can learn from his own mistakes, de cute fella can learn from some other fela's mistakes !".
Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: Belker on March 19, 2018, 06:21:50 am
Have to say impressed the way the Peugeot WAV rental handled and happy as a pig in shite until I made a classic error, didn't separate me takings and punter handed me €20 for a  €9.60 fare, said just give me the ten back, later I counted me takings again and noticed I only had 2 nifty's when I had 3 nifty's earlier on, gave the punter a €50 instead of a €10. Still pissed off at meself!

'Schoolboy' Error U Wha, you should have a designated 'Inbound only' pocket/place fer Nifties and excess Scores.
Keep change of a Fifty in your top pocket and everything else well hidden.
Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: Belker on March 19, 2018, 06:30:41 am
Home by 12 .Some absoluteshite out there .Look forward to tomorrow should be a good day .Stay safe .

Paddies was absolutely Mental down 'er.  I started at 11am then took a snooze during the match and another break in the evening eventually finishing at 8am the next morning. Defo rang the T. Bell twice and just a tad short of Thrice !
Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: U Wha on March 19, 2018, 06:44:55 am
Have to say impressed the way the Peugeot WAV rental handled and happy as a pig in shite until I made a classic error, didn't separate me takings and punter handed me €20 for a  €9.60 fare, said just give me the ten back, later I counted me takings again and noticed I only had 2 nifty's when I had 3 nifty's earlier on, gave the punter a €50 instead of a €10. Still pissed off at meself!

'Schoolboy' Error U Wha, you should have a designated 'Inbound only' pocket/place fer Nifties and excess Scores.
Keep change of a Fifty in your top pocket and everything else well hidden.

Cheers Belker, unfortunately I have to learn from me own mistakes and not the other fellas, as per your post on another thread. Take your advice and hopefully won't happen again for years. Was having a great day on Paddy's Day, pockets full and punter getting in as quick as they were getting out so stuffing cash in pocket thinking this is great and I was in great form, now I am seriously pissed off, rather burn the money than lose it like that. That Fucker is laughing and having pints on a stupid taxi driver.
Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: Belker on March 19, 2018, 06:58:21 am
'Shit happens', Swallow it ! Forget it !
Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: Belker on March 19, 2018, 07:12:03 am
I could tell the very long tale of the good deed I done last night fer a Limerick chungwan in order to retrieve her phone, she and her 2 male friends promised the world and her mother and how she would compliment me to MyTaxi and the NTA and even to God himself !

Once she or rather I got her phone back after driving her all over the city, she offered a Peck on the Cheek, No Cash !

Fook em !  Swallow it !
Title: Re: Paddys Day
Post by: Rat Catcher on March 19, 2018, 04:56:00 pm
As FDS used to remind us, there's a reason we drive cabs for a living. I tend to put the 50s in a separate pocket myself but hey, I don't hear any of yis complaining when a drunk hands over a 50 for a fare under a tenner and says keep the change.