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[taxi1990]

A bit of jealousy I’d say.
Drivers making good money and you making Fook all.
Go sit on the rank.

I don't think it is jealousy, its not like he cant just download the app and make as much as you guys are making.

[Jack Meoff]

Enough said
Your some prick

[silverbullet]

You will dig your own grave working for the apps. The reason I got into setting up a taxi business was to be my own boss, I never accept an offer of a run unless I can price it myself, you either let me name my price or get lost, im not working for anyone ever again.

id rather do no runs than do a trip as an employee for another taxi firm.


your 4 figures wont last with free now, they aren't in business to make you rich. Uber in the U.S. barely pay their drivers minimum wage.

I became self employed first to make money.
To be my own boss never came into the equation.

I have always said id rather make 30,000 a year self employed than 100,000 a year as an employee.

You will always make money if you are self employed and have a good work ethic and a bit of cop on.

Does the cop on mean not working during a pandemic?

asking for a friend.

[taxi1990]

You will dig your own grave working for the apps. The reason I got into setting up a taxi business was to be my own boss, I never accept an offer of a run unless I can price it myself, you either let me name my price or get lost, im not working for anyone ever again.

id rather do no runs than do a trip as an employee for another taxi firm.


your 4 figures wont last with free now, they aren't in business to make you rich. Uber in the U.S. barely pay their drivers minimum wage.

I became self employed first to make money.
To be my own boss never came into the equation.

I have always said id rather make 30,000 a year self employed than 100,000 a year as an employee.

You will always make money if you are self employed and have a good work ethic and a bit of cop on.

Does the cop on mean not working during a pandemic?

asking for a friend.

Yes if it is better financially for you. I couldn't give a $hit about getting the virus.

[U Wha]

Sounds like there's lads in here making a fortune!!

Yeah Van the man and Ken the pen.

Ye have to wonder how they do it .....unaffected by the plaugue...I have to say I am a little bit of a lazy cn..t but the tautts of drivin round an round in circles an gettin nuttin is a real terrifying prospect.....its ok if yur a licky lacky an get priority but the rest of us wen we all go back next month are in for a huge shock after sitting on our arse for 4 months drinkin cans an livin like a career dole recipient or a school teacher on summer holidays
 But I suppose the holidays are nearly over ...
But I dont want to sit in a tin car anymore an sum cnut cud kill me wit a virus .......I dont want to talk to cnuts anymore
Yu know wen they say ...." why is it 4.20 on the meter an we havnt gone anywhere "?    Or  " yur going the long way to make more money out of me "   or " are you busy" ?
Any of that shit......not only are human beins  carrying deadly diseases now  ....but ther stark raving fuking bonkers
the lot of them  ......seriously I'm not messing or being a smart arse this virus has exposed the absolute insanity of the human species .....ther all gone mad off ther trolly and now after this kung flu ther going be worser
 If I can worm me way back into the looney bin for a couple yers an hibernate until it  all blows over I mite get tru it .....but ide say the looney bin be packed to the rafters these days  so I'm probably fuked .......

+1

[U Wha]

He’s old school.
Can’t move with the times.
Wants everyone to go out on the street to hail a cab.
Did I see in some post he’s retirement age soon.

Old school union head alright. Ex P&T, Telecom eireann, Eircom or Eir but relatively new to the taxi game but still carrying that entitled union sentiment. 

Not that I have a problem with that. In an ideal world it would be great. But the taxi game isnt an ideal world.

Most of us are anti establishment for what ever reason and dont like being told what to do. So we are content to work as spsv taxi drivers with the idea that we are in charge of our own lives, But as the comedian Jimmy Carr said "I was in a taxi today and the driver said "I love my job, I'm my own boss. Nobody tells me what to do", Then I said "Turn left".

But at end of day we aren't all little marxists who believe in solidarity. We are technically 'Self employed' competitors. Competing for the same work in a market environment, supply and demand (Erm will explain it to you).

Passengers dont want to stand at the side of the road in the pissing rain hoping a maxi will pass and if it does it probably wont stop especially in the early hours. They are much happier to sit inside and track their taxi, pay by card and rate the driver well for no lectures during the journey.

So, Dalyer unfortunately your vision will never come to pass.

[dalymount]

Well surprisingly enough,I WANT as  many dispatchers as possible to enter the market.including uber ,bolt,and ALL the big players.I sincerely hope that every big company comes.if that happens,you will soon come to the realization,that YOU wont survive either because their will be so much competition,that you would want to have a four leaf clover to get any work.they will all be undercutting each other AT YOUR EXPENSE,even if your lucky to get a hob in the first place,and maybe THEN it will dawn on all you dispatch lovers,that YOU actually handed the game to them on a plate,and now your their bitch.I wont give a fukk,cause ill be gone

[Jack Meoff]

Still has his ESOP money.
Go join a base and come back to his when you know something about them.

[dalymount]

Dont need to know anything about them,other that youll be working for little or nothing when the market becomes flooded with dispatchers,and youll be glad to work with a 50 % discount dispatch firm just to try and survive,while I have my eircom pension ,my state pension,my household benefits pakage ,my esop money ( as you rightly pointed out) no PSV insurance to pay,no income tax,suitability,NCT,etc ill have all of these things while you,and your likes compete with kenny for gold stars in you copy books,and aa pat on the head from your dispatcher masters.so who do you think is moving on me or tou ?

[Octavia1]

Freenow are only interested in capturing the whole taxi market customer base .....they are close to a monopoly
Wen that is achieved.....theyll be lobbying the new green Government to make the taxi industry complete electric....eamon moron ryan will jump at the chance an freenow will supply a fleet of bmw an daimler  vw or watever cars they own to the market ......ryan will wit the stroke of a pen ban diesel an petrol cars in the taxi business an at the stroke of a pen allow freenow (daimler, bmw) to replace privately owned independent taxis .....
That's the future...taxi drivers will then be given a minimum wage ....they will all be immigrants who work for minimum wage and no benifits and one false move or scratch on the vehicle or a customer complaint they be  replaced .....
Some of u dont care about the future of the business because you operate from a fully selfish viewpoint of the world and have calculated that by the time change comes ....yull be retired .....but yu have no regard for the legacy you are leaving to future generations or your part in changing society in such a negative way .....your rationale is we are all competitors and must fuk each other over to survive and any other way of thinking is communism.......
Theres a lot more to life than your bank account...wat about the sovereignty of your own country and the future of your kids in ireland ...
This country is bean sold bit by bit little by little ...the day will arrive wen yur children will be renting ther  home off some foreign bank for the rest of ther lives and paying 3/4 of ther wages for the privilege . Theyll be slaves to foreign banks and multinationals ....
Why is that so ?
Why is it that Germany is actively encouraging immigration ( dirt cheap slaves ) to Europe?
Why are  my nephews and nieces ( all of them without exception with master degrees in teaching, engineering,  architecture)  renting apartments at highly exorbitant prices and with zero prospect of ever owning ther own home ..
Who has allowed that to happen?  freenow has control now of your customers.....who allowed that to happen?
The Irish government allowed it to happen ....a highly regulated essential public service  run by a multinational.....an absolute fucking disgrace
Who allows fakebook and google to come here and purchase a whole new unfinished apartment block
The Irish government
There is no doubt that the smart phone  taxi hailing application is an essential part of the taxi business and will
Continue to be so but why has the control of it bein given away to a foreign multinational wen it is giving away control of our livelihoods?  You go into your licence renewal with an out of date fire extinguisher and see wat happens but bmw is allowed to take control of your customers and livelihoods and dictate who is going to get that customer and at wat price they are going to charge you for the privilege with zero government intervention....I know I'm a mad cnut but I just cant get my head around any of that
The app  shud be run by the people of ireland for the people of ireland

[Theoneandonly]

Dont need to know anything about them,other that youll be working for little or nothing when the market becomes flooded with dispatchers,and youll be glad to work with a 50 % discount dispatch firm just to try and survive,while I have my eircom pension ,my state pension,my household benefits pakage ,my esop money ( as you rightly pointed out) no PSV insurance to pay,no income tax,suitability,NCT,etc ill have all of these things while you,and your likes compete with kenny for gold stars in you copy books,and aa pat on the head from your dispatcher masters.so who do you think is moving on me or tou ?

Do you really want to give all of the pre book work to Hacks and Limos or do you expect them to go out of business too?

[dalymount]

Toao I really dont care,as my last line says,ill be gone.the dispatch lovers handed,or will hand the game to dispatchers on a plate,and in so doing,took away the right of taxi drivers to operate independently,and will destroy themselves into the bargain.they have ,or will have eventually  give absolute ,and complete control of the industry,I have no doubt this will become apparent to drivers in the event of time.i have no desire to be part of an industry which is actully NOT sekf employed

[Theoneandonly]

Toao I really dont care,as my last line says,ill be gone.the dispatch lovers handed,or will hand the game to dispatchers on a plate,and in so doing,took away the right of taxi drivers to operate independently,and will destroy themselves into the bargain.they have ,or will have eventually  give absolute ,and complete control of the industry,I have no doubt this will become apparent to drivers in the event of time.i have no desire to be part of an industry which is actully NOT sekf employed

Dispatchers have always been an essential part of the business, otherwise pre-booked fares would go elsewhere, campaigning to give a huge portion of our work to hackneys is simply stupid.
That has alway been apparent to most taxi drivers

[Jack Meoff]

I don’t know where you are getting your information from about 50% discounts.
You know Fook all about dispatchers and FreeNow.
Few drivers deffo taking the piss out of you.
The fool on the taxi rank.

[Justin Time]

Dont need to know anything about them,other that youll be working for little or nothing when the market becomes flooded with dispatchers,and youll be glad to work with a 50 % discount dispatch firm just to try and survive,while I have my eircom pension ,my state pension,my household benefits pakage ,my esop money ( as you rightly pointed out) no PSV insurance to pay,no income tax,suitability,NCT,etc ill have all of these things while you,and your likes compete with kenny for gold stars in you copy books,and aa pat on the head from your dispatcher masters.so who do you think is moving on me or tou ?

Hang on, you have an "eircom pension" a "state pension" ,your household benefits package" your "esop money " and you're STILL working as a taxi driver??

and you an anti capitalist, right winger who doesnt believe in liberalism?!!!!!