Uber to sponsor taxi shortage campaign along with BOLT

[Octavia1]

Bleedin gas ....has uber got licky lacky arse lickers aswell ?  Any the good jobs come up an I press them it goes to some other cnut ....even if I'm smashing the button ....tryin
To make yu work harder wit " ha ha ...computer says no " ...sort o ting .....
Annoyin cnuts

[mercenary for hire]

It happens to me too Octy.I'm fairly sure lads are using software to gain an advantage but it may just be that the job goes out to a few drivers at the same time and the computer decides who deserves the job within seconds.It's also possibly a deliberate tactic to make us less fussy by making the jobs seem hard to get.

I frequently miss jobs that I'm right on top of as close as within 5 meters.

The thing is I nearly always get the next one whatever way it's setup

One thing I'm hearing from the passengers is they used to use Freenow so it's clear Uber has taken a lot of business You can spot the former Freenow customers a mile a away as they're ratings are usually shit and they nearly always keep you waiting.Some things never change.

[silverbullet]

It happens to me too Octy.I'm fairly sure lads are using software to gain an advantage but it may just be that the job goes out to a few drivers at the same time and the computer decides who deserves the job within seconds.It's also possibly a deliberate tactic to make us less fussy by making the jobs seem hard to get.

I frequently miss jobs that I'm right on top of as close as within 5 meters.

The thing is I nearly always get the next one whatever way it's setup

One thing I'm hearing from the passengers is they used to use Freenow so it's clear Uber has taken a lot of business You can spot the former Freenow customers a mile a away as they're ratings are usually shit and they nearly always keep you waiting.Some things never change.

The new BOLT punters are usually paying cash on a return job.

[Rat Catcher]

So, you agree with everything they actually want so you're making up stuff you think they might want so you have something to get furious about?

You are ignoring what my point was, about uber drivers sleeping the same as taxi drivers. Or do you think they will work through the night? In rural towns.

Your point has no relevance to what the NPHTA/Uber/Bolt coalition are seeking. We already have Uber drivers, some work late nights, others don't. The problem with no new blood coming into the trade is less appetite for work among drivers at all times hence we see Free Now charging increased fares 24/7 up above in Dublin with fares very significantly increased at peak times (generally weekend afternoons/evening). The relatively high average age of drivers tells us that the vast majority have no minor Children to support and have no mortgages to pay. Throw in the virtually free cars them mean and nasty greens are making us take and you're left without any great need to work more than a few hours a day. I suspect the coalition would like to attract more younger married men with families to support and mortgages to pay. To be fair to Uber and Bolt, despite any shortages in supply they still don't charge fares in excess of the NTA maximum national taximeter fare and they still pay their drivers significantly higher rates than Free Now.

[taxi1990]

So, you agree with everything they actually want so you're making up stuff you think they might want so you have something to get furious about?

You are ignoring what my point was, about uber drivers sleeping the same as taxi drivers. Or do you think they will work through the night? In rural towns.

Your point has no relevance to what the NPHTA/Uber/Bolt coalition are seeking. We already have Uber drivers, some work late nights, others don't. The problem with no new blood coming into the trade is less appetite for work among drivers at all times hence we see Free Now charging increased fares 24/7 up above in Dublin with fares very significantly increased at peak times (generally weekend afternoons/evening). The relatively high average age of drivers tells us that the vast majority have no minor Children to support and have no mortgages to pay. Throw in the virtually free cars them mean and nasty greens are making us take and you're left without any great need to work more than a few hours a day. I suspect the coalition would like to attract more younger married men with families to support and mortgages to pay. To be fair to Uber and Bolt, despite any shortages in supply they still don't charge fares in excess of the NTA maximum national taximeter fare and they still pay their drivers significantly higher rates than Free Now.

I know millionaire taxi drivers, they would work 8 days a week if they could. Lads with maybe 10 houses and other businesses, no lazy taxi drivers where I work.

[watty]

Their children will be happy but I presume they know a coffin is a tight fit and they can't take all that money with them!

[Belker]

....  I know millionaire taxi drivers, they would work 8 days a week if they could. Lads with maybe 10 houses and other businesses, no lazy taxi drivers where I work.

Who cares ?  Let 'em at it !

I do my few hours a week to cover expenses and care not a jot what anyone else does. 

[taxi1990]

....  I know millionaire taxi drivers, they would work 8 days a week if they could. Lads with maybe 10 houses and other businesses, no lazy taxi drivers where I work.

Who cares ?  Let 'em at it !

I do my few hours a week to cover expenses and care not a jot what anyone else does. 

I agree, I don't care what they do either but I don't get this idea that taxi drivers are lazy and don't want to work. Lots of drivers who would drive over their Granny to get a fare.

[Rat Catcher]

Most of the lads I know of my era would sleep on the floor ifn you put work in the bed. Free Now's stats show the lads taking a grand a week from their app alone are only doing 31 hours per week... although they're probably the hungry cunts who switch all the apps off at pub closing time and do another 10 or 12 hours incognito.

[taxi1990]

https://extra.ie/2024/03/06/news/irish-news/taxi-industry-leo-varadkar

[silverbullet]

https://extra.ie/2024/03/06/news/irish-news/taxi-industry-leo-varadkar

The lady is not for turning...does a u-turn.

[taxi1990]

Free now must have been talking to him.