Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: silverbullet on May 21, 2018, 07:07:27 pm
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It's well known in the taxi game that tipping has become a lot less.
Working class people tend to be be more generous than their entitled counterparts in the so called middle class.
Can anyone confirm that tips increase exponentially when you invest a shed load in a newer car?
Asking for a friend! 8)
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no
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Silver I think youll agree the Dublin people are in a class of their when it comes to tipping.they are very generous indeed.now both foreigners,and culchies always wait for their change.when I get ethera foreigner,or a culchie in the car ihust know im not getting a tip.what pisses me off about foreigners is,they always say they want to be like the irish,yet they every fukking short cut, dont tip,and its onn with the google maps as soon as they get in to make sure you are not taking them the scenic route.these are the same fukkers who expect,and get big tips when working in their restraunts
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Silver I think youll agree the Dublin people are in a class of their when it comes to tipping.they are very generous indeed.now both foreigners,and culchies always wait for their change.when I get ethera foreigner,or a culchie in the car ihust know im not getting a tip.what pisses me off about foreigners is,they always say they want to be like the irish,yet they every fukking short cut, dont tip,and its onn with the google maps as soon as they get in to make sure you are not taking them the scenic route.these are the same fukkers who expect,and get big tips when working in their restraunts
Always been that way.
Working out of Coolock, Ballymun and Finglas, the tips would pay your freight.
Southsiders assume they're going to be stroked, probably because that's how they got where they are.
Try not to disappoint.
Also Google is utterly useless around the city.
For the youngsters, offer the option of Do You want to go the Google.way, or my way?
If.thwy choose Google...put the extra money towards a holiday. 8)
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It's well known in the taxi game that tipping has become a lot less.
Working class people tend to be be more generous than their entitled counterparts in the so called middle class.
Can anyone confirm that tips increase exponentially when you invest a shed load in a newer car?
Asking for a friend! 8)
I just changed me car.... Silver.... And I can catogorickli confirm that if anyting....
I'm gettin less tips......
They cudn giv 2 flyin fiddles......
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Billy Connolly hit the nail on the head.
The middle class V-neck pullover brigade.
https://vimeo.com/55026759
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Different cultures. There was a few tourist guides posted on Roy's which advised visitors against tipping taxi drivers. My Italian friends always criticise me for tipping in restaurants over there, particularly in family run establishments where, I'm told, a tip can actually be taken as being mildly insulting.
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Different cultures. There was a few tourist guides posted on Roy's which advised visitors against tipping taxi drivers. My Italian friends always criticise me for tipping in restaurants over there, particularly in family run establishments where, I'm told, a tip can actually be taken as being mildly insulting.
All the Chippers in the lovely seaside town of Balbriggan frown on tipping. It's akin to saying "Luigi, still can't afford a sit down restaurant?" 8)
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I don't use chippers often these days but I've never tipped in one.
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Just curious. There's a guy who changed his High and dry Sinata for a 151 Merc, yet still parks on the double yellow lines and in the junction box outside the Centra on Dame Street.
Just seems mad to spend all that money, and still begging illegally.
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When ya think about it the industry fell apart nearly ten years ago.There are drivers out there who probably never bothered using legal ranks.They don't even realise what they're doing.There's still a couple of lads who will wait down in Heuston on the platform even though the rest of the city is hopping.They're the type of blokes who drive past an empty rank to park illegally.
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They are also snatching up at the airport.they are there every night just passed terminal 2. The airport police dont seem to give a bollox. The most blatent of all is,outside the old central bank ,and the shop just beside the fosters .two offical ranks within spitting distance of these snatching cunts,and nobody on ether rank has the balls to challenge them for stealing their work.its the most UNPROFESSIONALLY RUN industry I have ever seen
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Few lads from VIP taxis parking outside offices on Burlington road(beside mespil rank) and the Fitzwilliam hotel on the green pretending they're waiting on jobs. Doesn't seem to bother anyone so they get away with it.Some are old timers too.
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Billy Connolly hit the nail on the head.
The middle class V-neck pullover brigade.
https://vimeo.com/55026759
Loved it !!
rofl rofl rofl
Nearly fell off the chair with the Itchy brain sketch !
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When ya think about it the industry fell apart nearly ten years ago.There are drivers out there who probably never bothered using legal ranks.They don't even realise what they're doing.There's still a couple of lads who will wait down in Heuston on the platform even though the rest of the city is hopping.They're the type of blokes who drive past an empty rank to park illegally.
The only times I've used official stands since entry liberalisation in 2000 was during the couple of summers I worked the day shift. When I worked Swords there were no official stands and the, since decommissioned, official stand in the beautiful seaside resort town of balbriggan carried a "Hackney Only" plate - I kid you not, a fully marked and signed TAXI rank was designated Hackney Only. However, unofficial stands existed long before blaxis and long before entry liberalisation. The Central Bank, Westmoreland St, Nassau St and Fleet St were used in the 90s, Harcourt Street was used since Jackson's opened, then there was Leeson St, Camden St, etc, etc, etc... not to mention cars queued at suburban public houses.
I recently noticed an official looking sign on the Harry Byrnes Unofficial stand (Howth Rd) instructing queuing drivers to act in a civil manner with due respect for local residents or some such.
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It will be interesting to see what happens once Fosters gets closed combined with the impact of us losing various ranks to the Luas when things go quiet again.I have to admit in recent years I'm doing more robbing at the airport.Seems to be lots of work at T1 arrivals and rarely any taxis.In a way it's their own fault for operating a closed shop...I'm the victim here considering they fukked the permit waiting list in the bin.
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It does be hopping on Sunday and Monday evenings. No taximan worth his salt is gonna drive away without a fare. The security men don't seem to give a fuck once you're Irish by accident of birth. If approached, be honest... tell them you're loitering with intent. At worst they'll laugh and ask you to move on.
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People just walking up to the car when yer dropping off is becoming more common.In the last few weeks there have been customers waiting on cabs at T2 almost everytime I drop off.It's a difficult place to navigate if you've just gotten off a long flight so ya can't blame them.
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I told Mrs Bullet I've got a return job tonight from T1 at half ten.
I told her I was picking up a Brasilian, she asked " How many is a Brasilian?" 8)
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Different cultures. There was a few tourist guides posted on Roy's which advised visitors against tipping taxi drivers. My Italian friends always criticise me for tipping in restaurants over there, particularly in family run establishments where, I'm told, a tip can actually be taken as being mildly insulting.
Could you ask these Italians if a rumour I heard was true? An elderly man I know who has many debilitating ailments was making his way from a pub on the seafront in Bray last weekend to a chipper before heading home and he met a troupe of Itai students walking arms-linked who categorically refused to make way for him despite his ponderous gait and angry expression. He shouted at them to "have some manners please" as he could not step out of the way. One of the troupe, a young man about 20 or so, told him in English that they are all told not to make way for natives as it can be interpreted as a sign of weakness by the indigenous Paddy and Concepta.
He was floored by this and rang my brother who reported the incident to all the language schools in the area on Monday gone. My take on this is that these ignorant cunts are rolling in money and think very poorly of us because of our obsequiousness towards the EU. His phone is damaged as it was knocked form his hand at the time. Experienced this myself before but being able-bodied and powerful I tend to just plough through groups of arrogant young-ones without a second thought. Maybe you could ask them if they think that lowly of us?
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This happens alot when I'm out without the dog.Irish kids make way but the immigrant kids up in Blanch and Brazilians where I live now don't seem to be aware of what they're doing.They'll keep walking two or three across until you move on to the road.The only way to wake the cunts up is to eyeball them like a lunatic. Not being considerate is what might get them a hiding or worse at 2am on Dame street.
Nobody in the media seems to be talking about the vast number of Brazillians living here.From what I can see in the city center they're the only folks walking around.I like them as they're usually freindly but there's more of them than us at this point.They're not all supermodels either.I'd say if ya removed the Brazillians our rental problem would go away tomorrow.
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These are young students I'm on about though, not economic refugees or chancers of any kind. They're more or less fluent in English after school and come to Dun Laoghaire and Bray as part of a yr out doing English i think. I'd say if they did the same to some old fella in Rome or Milan they'd be kicked stupid by the locals.
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I'm only interested in complaining about Brazilians today Ll.But I see where yer coming from..
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Italy is quite a large country, LL. It's not like Ireland where everybody knows everybody else so the odds of my Italian friends being able to provide any definitive response to your desired enquiry would be quite remote. However, in my experience, foreign students are rarely concerned with the successes and failures of our brief attempt at home rule. One would imagine this generation see Ireland as an Amsterdam for poofs.
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Homosexuals tend to have basic manners in my experience...maybe they are just tramps.
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The Italians could yet sink the EU. The Brexit sideshow looks to be overshadowed. That's not idle gossip picked up in any Forte chipper either. From the Express paper recently.
When Italy's new government is fully formed it will mark the first time a founding member state is ruled by a eurosceptic alliance in EU history.
And Rome looks set to abandon every federalist project dreamed by French President Macron, as the government “contract” signed by the future ruling coalition clearly shows a disdain for Brussels’ regulations.