Why are you here.

[taxi1990]

Best job i've ever had, work your own hours, reasonable pay, and some of my regular customers have become some of my best friends

I agree 100% with the above post.

I dont pass any heed on the ar$eholes who look down on us, "what do you work at"? "what do you do during the week"? one clown when he heard I went to college said "oh you must be smart so" yeah mate judge peoples intelligence on the fact they went to college or not.

I was thinking of doing a barber course while studying law, i guess im just a mad ejit. I did an office job for a very short time, id rather sleep on the streets than do that again.

I hate having a boss, wearing a suit every day and working in a formal environment. I prefer day work but nights can be great craic at times when driving a taxi.

[dalymount]

As I said, a common trend seems to be that our taxi drivers don't like being told what to do  I can understand that. If I at home and her indoors says to me will you sweep the floor, thats fine no problem with that, but if she says to sweep the floor, then I have a problem with that. That's just an example

[mercenary for hire]

Nobody likes being told what to do in any job.At the moment I don't like having to spend 10k a year to stay on the road.So we think we have freedom but we really don't anymore.

€200+ a week before you make your own money.Not much freedom there.

[dalymount]

Still in all honesty, the 350 is quite good, although I notice people are becoming a little bit narky lately, myself included. Probably due to frustration, and anxiety. I suppose a lot of not only worry about ourselves in this time of uncertainty, but we are also worrying about our loved ones

[mercenary for hire]

I'm saving most of it...haven't spent anything yet as the insurance renewal is about 2k in August if I get back on the road.

[dalymount]

I see there is talk now that the insurance companies are being asked to give general refunds to customers, of some %

[Korky]

Got my renewal during the week,l from Bjp.. €1475 fully comp, they must have decided not to screw me this year because of covid

[dalymount]

Wow 1475 that's the best quote I've seen for a long tine

[Belker]

I hate fukin complementing yis, but I have to ask this question. There are a lot of drivers on here, and I honestly believe some of you , people like John m, ratchatcher, lippy, belker u wha and loads more of you they are just the ones that spring to mind. I consider most of you extremely knowledable, very articulate, certainly able to hold your own in any company, I have worked with HEOS , assistant P Is etc etc in the civil service,and most of these highly paid people couldn't hold a candle to you, so I have to ask the question and I quite serious, WHY THE FUKK ARE YOU DRIVING TAXIS. ? you seem to me to be well above this low skilled job

Fer me DM I had a troubled childhood both in London (Ginger Paddy) and Cork (Ginger Brit) , I hated school and left at 15 to join me da's bookie business, by aged 21 I was managing the busiest bookie shop (Dillons cross) in Munster, then I got appointed to assistant managing director a few years later and odd's compiler as my mathematical skills came in to play on the lotto odds as basically no one else could else proof or read my math. But I missed the banter of the on counter experience and the total in office odds compiling job was getting boring.

Then I separated with me ex misses and due to the exceptional high court award of 750 per week I had to pay her. I didn't manage it and got sent to prison fer a month, which I served. On release I applying fer my Taxi licence, sat the test and passed it and fer 9 months after worked by day in the bookies and worked by night in the Taxi, easily covering 90 to 100 hours work a week.

Then thankfully in the recession the bookie game went belly-up and I was just now just a Taxi driver and the courts on appeal dropped the 750 to a more lenient 200 per week which I still pay to this day.

The night time Taxi game suited me, I loved it (I even wrote and published a book about it) and still do love it. I know I could probably do better as a math teacher or odd's compiler sitting behind a desk on a 9 to 5 and being told what to do, but No Thanks !

[john m]

200 a week on taxi wages .You have to get yourself a solicitor .And not yer Da Solicitor .

[Belker]

200 a week on taxi wages .You have to get yourself a solicitor .And not yer Da Solicitor .

I dunno, it keeps the bitch monkey off me back and I just pay it fer a simple life.
After all me court cases with her I really dread the place.
I think the final count was about 40 cases, I lost 38 and won 2, not a good record !

[john m]

Irish Billionaire Sean Dunne pays his missus $50 a week 200 a week ransom then your rent and food 350 a week wont cut it .

[mercenary for hire]

How does someone end up paying what Ken does if he has limited income?All these payments are subject to negotiation as his income changes.Nothing is final.

[john m]

Depends on how its broken down if you still have to cover the mortgage until the kids are 18 then you can get your half of the equity in the gaff 200 might be an investment in your future .

[mercenary for hire]

Seems bizarre.No point in having equity if yer living in yer motor.Just go on the scratcher then they can't get much out of ya.