Roy's not batshit crazy, except maybe going to Mexico
Taxi are pretty much the most expensive travel option available to people. They can walk, cycle, bus, car before they choose us. If they have a negative perception of us, they'll only use us if they really, really have to. Too often, taxi drivers see the €10-20 note in front of them and fuk the rest of it. Instead, if we had slightly better cars and slightly better attitudes, people might start using taxis more often. Bus 10 mins late, a drop of rain, feeling tired etc etc - they might jump in a taxi if it was going to be a nice experience.
Esp women, who have the spare cash. If they knew they could pay €10-20 and get home quickly and in peace without someone staring at their breasts, they'd jump at it. Ultimately that would benefit all of us with more money in our pockets & less hours worked.
It's probably instructive that Roy (AIUI) had a customer-facing business job before he jumped in a taxi and knows something about customer service and growing a business.
I wonder if the yokes with underlying issues mite prefer taxis now than the bus or the dart or the luas.....
Anyway I'm lazy and proud .....i dont believe in sittin in a car for more than 5-6 hours at a time .......its extremely unhealthy
And I see fat fuks in town living in ther cars cause they dont know how to live and they use the accumulation of money as a gauge of how important they are or a measure of ther self worth or something I dont understand them .....they dont have a clue wat to do wen the telly is off an the truth is they suffer from perpetual boredom .....how many retired guards or teachers drive taxis with plenty money in the bank ? I've met plenty ....if that was me ide be riding a bike I I wouldnt even have a car and they dying a diabetic, heart disease high blood pressure slow death sittin in a car for 50- 60 hours a week .....for years now I've trained meself to work less an cut down on spending cause I learned me lesson 10 yers ago that you cant depends on this taxi for a livin .....I earne about 3 to 400 a week driving and I'vestill been saving me money preparing for a time like this cause of wat happened before and I dont go on holiday or unnecessary spending ....sitting in some bar thousands of miles from home sweating the bollix off yurself then you get the scutters cause the cnuts poison you then your sleeping on the floor of in an airport cause thers a strike or something.....madness ......as regards keeping high standards
The only time I ever spent money was on a new taxi as a business investment over 10 years .......its was really fuking stupid mistake now wen I think of it now ....I shud of bought a banger fo 2 grand like johnny m said ......because yu cant depend on this as a living and thers too many threats out ther now ...the most dangerous of which is the unregulated multinational app market and the handing over control of the taxi industry to them because its costing the Government money in enforcers an girls on the phone etcetera etcetera.....
It's not a handout ....its my money ...I am a citizen and my taxes pay for it ....and if anyone attempts to make me feel guilty to getting paid with my own money when they saying you shouldn't near anybody with this death plaugue then I have to question ther sanity.....
Now I'm off out on me bike for a 30 I cycle ...then I'm going fishing ....then to top it off I'm going play a nice game of pitch an putt with the kids .....in cople yers time theyll be mottin and wont want antin to do with me an I'll be just another old cnut and theyll be waitin till I snuff it so they can sell me gaff an go off to ibiza an chase skirt an spend me money ......