Richard Boyd Barrett

[Rat Catcher]

Indeed ... imagine the freight you'd be paying if you took 2k working for Free Now.... no need to imagine, it'd be €300 - THREE HUNDRED EUROS... for a week, not a month. Still, their top drivers pay over €360/week so the work is still there if you want it, I guess.

It's difficult to argue that there's a place for taxis in "the new normal". With drivers and company bosses pointing out how unsuited the trade is as a form of public transport it's incumbent on Govt to promote and incentivise safer, healthier, environmentally friendlier alternatives such as car pooling, electric scooters, (electric) rickshaws and (electric) bicycles. As most of us are either dysfunctional or immigrants we don't make great material for retraining.

[mercenary for hire]

^^^So Punter what have you done?Nothing,just like most on here.You are just another keyboard warrior unfortunately.

Earning 2k a week isn't impressive if you're old now promoting plate buy backs for a measly 5/6k.You must have made some mistakes along the way that your hoping the NTA will buy your plate back.You've had 26 years but now you're whinging about younger lads happy with their lot.Times change.Technology takes over every industry.

[mercenary for hire]

Just to add you came into the industry just before deregulation Punter so you have to understand that those were unique circumstances.

Did you pay loads for a plate or were you happy to work a hack?Lots of missing bits to yer story.Sure there are lads on here making big numbers but they can't do it without spending lots of hours behind the wheel.

[Bob Shillin]

Only way to make half decent money in any low skill job is to work crazy hours, and at night. If you can, marry a laying hen also, might reduce the hours somewhat.