2019 in Numbers

[Rat Catcher]

https://www.her.ie/news/e751-highest-taxi-fare-charged-one-irish-taxi-company-2019-sounds-like-journey-493463

€751 was the highest taxi fare charged by one Irish taxi company in 2019 and it sounds like some journey

PAUL MOORE

Also, massive respect to the person who took a taxi from Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel to Grafton Street.

With 2019 drawing to a close, it's very likely that people around the country will be doing a mad-dash scramble to get home for Christmas.

Yep, it's going to be like Home Alone meets Planes, Trains and Automobiles over the coming weeks but there are always some folk that will be working right through the festive season.

The coming weeks are incredibly busy for taxi drivers across the county and Lynk - Dublin’s taxi booking app -  have released some of their most entertaining and interesting stats for 2019, including the highest fare and most unusual items left behind by passengers.

€751 was the highest fare for a Lynk taxi passenger in 2019. The hefty tab involved a lengthy trip from Dublin to Westport and back after a business passenger needed to get to an important meeting.

In comparison, the shortest trip taken was from the Shelbourne Hotel to Grafton Street. Yikes! You can legitimately see Grafton Street when standing outside of the hotel. A mere stone's throw away. We're sure the passenger had their reasons.

Lynk also revealed that the most popular booking time for the service was 8am and shed some light on what was left behind in their taxis in 2019.

While common items showing up in the Lynk lost and found included phones (32%), wallets or bags (22%) and shopping (13%), one unfortunate bride-to-be left her wedding dress behind, having forgotten it was in the boot.

In terms of other strange requests, meanwhile, one woman asked a taxi driver to transport her budgie from Dublin to Brussels because no airline would allow her to travel with it.

Unfortunately, 122 passengers jumped out the car before paying their fare, while another 57 passengers got sick in the vehicle.

Here's an infographic which explains some of the more interesting information that the company dealt with in 2019.

[Shallowhal]

Very informative.

[watty]

https://www.her.ie/news/e751-highest-taxi-fare-charged-one-irish-taxi-company-2019-sounds-like-journey-493463

PAUL MOORE

Unfortunately, 122 passengers jumped out the car before paying their fare, while another 57 passengers got sick in the vehicle.

Hate to be the driver who had 122 runners 'out of the car and 57 people getting sick 'in the vehicle' 

[Tony]

Ive done a shorter fare than that, i picked up an elderly country couple outside of fire restaurant on dawson st and brought them to buswells hotel, they were refused by 3 other drivers

[Vikkiz]

Ive done a shorter fare than that, i picked up an elderly country couple outside of fire restaurant on dawson st and brought them to buswells hotel, they were refused by 3 other drivers

I’d have thought there was more shorter fares too. Westin to O’Connell Street, store Street to Connolly station. But Shelbourne to Grafton Street is a poxy job.

[stonethecrows]

Had 1 this evening, Roly's ballsbridge to 1/2 way up Herbert Park, he got out as traffic was mental. €5

[cruiser]

old Berkley Court to Aviva
Was on company a/c
The company were afraid they wouldnt be able to find it
 

[Shallowhal]

A good few years back a mate of mine picked up a drunk fuk outside Angels...."where ye goin?"......Angels he says......the bouncers broke their bollox laffin after my mate let him sit in the car for a few mins.....yer man paid...gets out and stumbles back to where he just came from!!

[Bob Shillin]

Probably the only fare that I have got in 16.5 years that was much over €100, was a couple of weeks ago. It was supposed to go to Glengarrif, but went on to Castletownbere, and then to Allahies. NTA Fare calculator said €684-€841to Glengarrif depending on traffic, I think. We agreed a mutually satisfactory price, signed a waiver, paid up front happy days, will not forget that one. A fare back might have cured my atheism.

[Octavia1]

10 yers ago ....drivin home one nite past bus arses ....normally I wudnt pick up there 5 in the mornin but there was an owl fellows standing ther wit his hand out......
Anyway I stopped.....big fuk he was .....reversed his arse into passenger seat and the caks wer showing and the fukin smell nearly killed me he was filthy smell of shite off him......at this stage I had that voice in me head wit meself....yu know that smart alick voice  wen yu fuk up and take a fare yu shudnt...."shud of went home ya dopey cnut yur after picking up a tramp " " I fukin told ya to keep drivin ya stupit gobshite thick"
Anyway he says to me " take me to bus aras "
" yur at bus aras" I said
" I'm from caven " he said ...." take me to bus aras"
Yur at bus aras I said again......anyway he takes the lid off the cardboard box he has on his lap....and theres about 500 thousand euro in cash in the box ...
Never seen anton like it me jaw dropped......
He takes out 20 quid and hands it to me....an I said ...I cant take yur money I I havin brought yu anywhere.....he hands it to me and I say ...." jaysus are yu sure yur from caven "I said
" ya made yur point " he said and walked off ....I went round to store street an said to the guard......" theres an owlfellas around the corner and hes carrying a box with half a million in cash in it......he looked at me as he was writing and then looked down again...."oh yea",? Looked up again an just stared at me....didn't believe a word I said...
Fuked off home after .....wonder wat happened him
Poor cnut

 

[silverbullet]

Probably the only fare that I have got in 16.5 years that was much over €100, was a couple of weeks ago. It was supposed to go to Glengarrif, but went on to Castletownbere, and then to Allahies. NTA Fare calculator said €684-€841to Glengarrif depending on traffic, I think. We agreed a mutually satisfactory price, signed a waiver, paid up front happy days, will not forget that one. A fare back might have cured my atheism.

Nice one.
I got Killorglin once.
But the cream got rid of It!

[Vikkiz]

Years and years ago I was halfway though a night shift when I got a job from Dublin Airport to Cork City. Recession hadn’t kicked in yet, that’s how long ago it was. Best nights takings ever.

I also remember another time, sitting out side the Westin(when the rank was outside) and the doorman opens the door for someone to get in and the passenger says
“Can you take me to a College Green?”
“Ehhh you know it’s 100 paces behind us”
“Oh” he says, and hops out.
Concierge says what’s going on,
I said he wanted to go to college Green, well if he rolled his eyes anymore they’d have rolled outta his head