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[john m]

Or maybe it won't be all that bad

You will probably be ok you built up a client base .Taxi men taxidrivers businessmen .

[dalymount]

Well I'd  willingly sarafice all what John said to see the death of radio , and app dispatchers it's then, and only then will you believe they were never needed in the first place

[john m]

Well I'd  willingly sarafice all what John said to see the death of radio , and app dispatchers it's then, and only then will you believe they were never needed in the first place

Are you mixing your meds again .Big Dommo lives in the flats well I say flats but its a penthouse in Killiney .When he is going out in his Louie Copeland and handmade ones and .He dosent want to be standing around so he says to himself I will contact a dispatcher to send a cab to pick me up I will pay my fare and I will pay an extra 2 euro for the service .What part of that do you struggle to understand .

[dalymount]

Here is the part I struggle with John. There are so many fukin taxis , that all Dommo has to do is open his front door, stick his hand out, and within 5 seconds Dommo will be on his way also he will save himself 2 euro, and most importantly he's sure he won't be left waiting on the promise of some Hungary cunt who is supposed to be on his way, but actually takes another fare on the way to Dommo, now what part of that are YOU struggling with ?

[john m]

Here is the part I struggle with John. There are so many fukin taxis , that all Dommo has to do is open his front door, stick his hand out, and within 5 seconds Dommo will be on his way also he will save himself 2 euro, and most importantly he's sure he won't be left waiting on the promise of some Hungary cunt who is supposed to be on his way, but actually takes another fare on the way to Dommo, now what part of that are YOU struggling with ?

You take a job to pick up Big Dommo YOU PICK UP BIG DOMMO .How would you stick your hand out of a penthouse appartment and get a taxi .Lets say Sharon Mulligan or Ester Finnigan were accompanying Dommo to his local for gargle and a social smoke in the smoking area and it was precipitous the young ladies would not want to get their hairdoes wet while waiting Dommo is a Gent he wouldnt begrudge the girls an extra two euro taxi fare .

[dalymount]

And by the time Dommos taxi turned up after all the cancellations the girls would be OAPS, and Dommo would most probably retired. At least that's what I hear from customers all the time who got a pain in their bollox waiting for dispatched taxis to turn yp

[Bob Shillin]

Somethings ya can't fix.

[Theoneandonly]

I'd be a long time waiting outside my house for a taxi, my 2 kids use FN, like the service it provides and will continue to do so, there is a need for a dispatch service and from this drivers point of view a pay per job system is far superior to a weekly freight.
I think FN are smart enough to realise drivers are fickle and if the jobs on offer aren't as lucrative as what is available elsewhere or on the street they will move on, FN are in the sales business and we are there customers, their aim is to strike the balance between what the drivers want and what the passengers will accept.
The current offer for front line medical staff is to generate a bit of business at a time when there is very little going and to jump on the "hospital staff are heroes" bandwagon.

[dalymount]

The medical people are probably the only ones commanding a really good salary at the moment, and as such are the LAST group of people who need discounted taxi fares. That is not a critizem of them, just an observation. It's a little bit Murphy's letter to his ma. He was explaining to her that in order to get a loan from the bank, the manager explained to him that he had to first prove he didn't need it

[watty]

@ Dalymount, Dunno if it's you but I think you live near Beaumont. 

What about somewhere like Beaumont Woods or Collinswood?  They're huge estates.  If you live down the back of those places, it's a good 15-20min walk up to the main road.  People like that would gladly pay €2 for a taxi to drive to their front door.

[Rat Catcher]

Some healthcare workers might be well paid but many are not, DM.

One of my Free Now regulars is a young lady from Darndale to that plush new nursing home on Tonlegee Road that charges billions of euros a week and she has told me she earns little more than minimum wage. In fact she earned more in her previous job as a mobile carer but needed transport for that so opted to take a cut in wages for a nursing home job. One of the reasons she springs to mind is she's one of those people who has found their true calling. Yes she complains about the long hours, night shifts and poor pay but when she talks about the people she is caring for her enthusiasm for the job is clear. For example, on one occasion she asked me to stop at the chemist on the way... after going in she explains that she just wanted to get a birthday present for an old lady who has been institutionalised for her entire life, courtesy of the RCC - she was born in the "care" of the Magdalene Sisters and subsequently committed to an asylum for no good reason - anywaysanall the old woman was holding a tea party for all her friends (in round numbers zero) so the carer went out of her way, at her own expense, to make sure she received a birthday present. I may be wrong but I very much doubt she handed in her notice because she could get 3 and a half ton on the dole for doing fuck all to help anyone. Just one example of an essential worker most of us are refusing to serve.

[mercenary for hire]

If the government need more taxis they'll tell the NTA to ask us to go back on the road.I'm sure many of us would be glad to help out for free of it was actually needed.Plenty of lads working away.

In the UK they've got approximately ten times more deaths because of this Corona shite.How do you know the lads choosing to stay at home haven't been a part of the curve flattening that we've achieved so far?

[Rat Catcher]

They may be but the lads working are probably a greater part... The UK has 13 times the population of Ireland so less deaths per capita... Another interesting point, I was talking with an acquaintance from London yesterday who tested positive a couple of weeks ago. He got his results the day after he was tested not 3 weeks after death!

[mercenary for hire]

Just a quick Google .....and as of now the UK have 8000 deaths and Ireland has 263 approximately...That's 30.41 times more deaths but they don't have 30.41 more times the population.Where's my medal for staying at home...

[Rat Catcher]

I see the mistake you made, MfH. They have 10 times the number of cases which is less per capita. Given the difference in how long it takes to identify cases here and there they probably have significantly less than 10 times ours which obviously equates to significantly less per capita.

The higher death rate in the UK is interesting given it's vastly superior health service. There are bodies of research that suggest the BCG vaccine could be the answer to that. The suggestion is that BCG strengthened some relevant bit of the immune system or some such. We abandoned BCG approx 10 years after the UK, if memory serves.