50% discount

[john m]

Oneandonly I hope you have more luck then I do,the drivers wont even acknowledge me when I point out things like how unnecessary dispatchers are in our game

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Because YOU ARE WRONG Dollymount You waffle  to much and apply no logic Ill try again try listen and learn THE PASSENGERS NEED/WANT dispatchers they need a reliable service provider .They need to be able to get to Hospital or Airport they do not want to rely on some driver being sober or interested in doing the job .So your assumption Dispatchers are not needed is incorrect .Here is a different way of looking at it .A dispatcher provides a service that puts a passenger who does not wish to wait and street hail a cab in touch with a driver who is seeking work .The taxithingey allow 2 euro for the provision of this service if there was an agreement between driver and dispatcher to split this charge 50/50 that would be fair .If you said something like this more might respond but your assumption dispatchers are not needed is incorrect .THE PASSENGERS WHO PROVIDE THE CASH WANT THEM .

[TheDevilHimself]

The  reality is that as long as  FN have the drivers  then they will get the work and as long as they have the work then they will get the drivers it's a circle . Slagging off drivers on here will not change that.. what we need to do is break that circle somehow  . 2 ideas come to mind right now .
fFirstly that email has been sent  and they cannot unsend it  so we need to take control of the  narrative  so we can get the reality of what this is and what it  means out into the public  discourse.
 A protest is not possible  and probably not that usefull . we should  collectively  pester  Joe Duff on Liveline and that  other one on Newstalk  to tackle the issue  and make sure FN dont set the tone .we should  set up a  social media  campaign on Facebook ,Twister,  Instagram and what ever else there is . on this Issue  alone   and be relentless ! God knows we have time on our hands and theres more of us than  there is  of them .
Secondly when this virus scare thing has ended and we can operate  again  there will probably be a recession  and money will be scarce for everyone  . Thats a good time to remind everyone  that a FreeNow Taxi  (or any Dispatcher) will cost 2 euros more right off the bat  and encourage people to street hail and /or use the ranks whenver possible We can do this by talking to punters  in the car  in the streets  in the pubd  whereever  and  an organised  social media campaign  for this would be good too.


However there will always propbably be a market for FN  and there  probably will always  be some drivers out there who will do anything they want . lets not waste energy on them.

Set a  realistic goal and focus on it.  Take action . 

I think that when the recession hits fn will offer discounted fares and no puc. I'm beginning to hope this never ends because I think when we do go back to work we will be hard pressed to bring home €350 after costs.

even if this never ended you can be sure that the 350  will end.....and  sooner rather than later..................... and they may even be asking for it back!

[Horse]

They can ask

[dalymount]

John all the things you point out are easily achievable by the customers by simply sticking their hand out,where they find any amount of taxis available.not only that,but they are getting the taxi in real time,without a call out charge,and not waiting on a dispatch driver who turns up an hour late,if at all

[Belker]

John all the things you point out are easily achievable by the customers by simply sticking their hand out,where they find any amount of taxis available.not only that,but they are getting the taxi in real time,without a call out charge,and not waiting on a dispatch driver who turns up an hour late,if at all

Jaysus DM, give it a rest, like you said yourself yesterday it has been beaten to death !

[john m]

John all the things you point out are easily achievable by the customers by simply sticking their hand out,where they find any amount of taxis available.not only that,but they are getting the taxi in real time,without a call out charge,and not waiting on a dispatch driver who turns up an hour late,if at all

Big Dommos Granny lives up a lane how will she get her walking frame out to the road in the rain to raise her hand for a taxi that might not be passing by .Your making a fool of yourself now .

[dalymount]

I thinkyou,or anyone else who subscribes to a belief that these people are needed in the industry are the fools.I'm .im not the one on here moaning about a 50% discount that a DISPATCHER offered on my behalf.as for Dommos granny,id be surprised if she was waiting anymore then about 5 seconds for a taxi considering the number of taxis out there,another thing your dispatcher friends were instrumental in bending the NTSs ear about

[john m]

Are you on meds for schizophrenia I always thought you were not with a dispatcher but then you say "that a DISPATCHER offered on my behalf.If your not with them it dosent concern you .

[dalymount]

I suggest you look at.YOUR  medication intake,my post is quite clear,and the fact that it has to be explained to is indeed worrying

[dalymount]

You guys have built up your businesses through hard work. You have worked through the bad times, and come through it don't let dispatchers dismantle the work you have done. Don't agree to their demands. Tell them to fukk off, and don't be slow to remind them that you can operate without them, but they cannot operate without you

[Bob Shillin]

Yis know the one thing that can't be fixed.........repetition on the same subject Q.E.D.

[Octavia1]

Yis know the one thing that can't be fixed.........repetition on the same subject Q.E.D.

+1

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference..

[Octavia1]

 

[dalymount]

Ocky I don't know who needs the serenity prayer more

[Tony]

Laffin me bollix off