mytaxi Policy Change - PUC added to fares

[SClass]

Cities evolve over time through progression and growth hence it makes perfect sense to test taximen's knowledge periodically. On Monday night I discovered that Jury's (Pembroke Rd) is now called the Ballsbridge Hotel, I'd be lost without Google!

Ahh Rat,
Did you make a comment on my geography knowledge
There was a time we used pub
Names to navigate around the City
But they have all changed their names now

[The Liffey Lip]

Taximen have lower rates of dementia than office workers for a reason...as long as they keep changing names it keeps the brain working.

[Rat Catcher]

It was £1.20 before the euro, all the extras were in increments of 40p except DAP fee which went to £1.30 when the DAA fee increased from 40p/job to 50p/job. I think it became €1.50 when the euro was introduced and then €2... I'll have to dig out my old fare cards!

[mercenary for hire]

Do yis all keep old fare cards like Rc?

[Shallowhal]

I'm not moanin John....you seem to have embraced MyTaxi since ye nearly got a notepad off Ratty....i believe you were one of the most vocal with regard to the PUC..NOT coming back...me like a lot of other drivers are cautious of MyTaxi and their motives,Tim will probably have a spreadsheet on his desk Mon morning confirming that HIS taxis arn't picking up customers even with the PUC reinstated...so therefore more taxis are needed!!

[The Liffey Lip]

I'm not moanin John....you seem to have embraced MyTaxi since ye nearly got a notepad off Ratty....i believe you were one of the most vocal with regard to the PUC..NOT coming back...me like a lot of other drivers are cautious of MyTaxi and their motives,Tim will probably have a spreadsheet on his desk Mon morning confirming that HIS taxis arn't picking up customers even with the PUC reinstated...so therefore more taxis are needed!!

Now that is using the head....and they call me cynical? If I can bore you for one minute there Shallow?.....Football again, sorry, but it's an analogy of how people sometimes miss the bogeyman. 2 Dublin players and 2 country players are nominated for "Footballer of the Yr"....ok?

Grand so....Dubs think like this....that's bleedin' deadly...2 fuckin' men nominated.... Culchies....Fuckin' gurriers have no brains...dey doesn't realise we're splittin' their vote...

[Rat Catcher]

To clarify...

The erm was never bothered about PUC, all he wanted mytaxi to do was improve it's interpersonal skills. In fact he told us there's no way PUC could be brought back because Uber would relaunch with no PUC and take all the riders.

Before I was summoned to the depot a couple of things got me thinking that full fare was a possibility. First, I noticed the email response to relevant queries changed from "drivers are not allowed charge..." to "our current policy is...". Second, MfH posted that he got the impression that there could be some movement on PUC from discussions with a rep on the ranks.

As reported on here, when I met the bosses I got the impression that they supported full fare but needed to convince the board that it made sense. Naturally, they questioned whether it would result in drivers covering more jobs and pointed out that it would be difficult to tell customers that they're withdrawing a discount that was never advertised as a discount. My instinctive reaction to the latter was to put a charity spin on it but I managed to keep my mouth a few paces behind my brain and made no substantive comment.

When I went for a pint with the erm I ran the charity idea by him and a day or two later he suggested that there may be some merit in it so I posted the idea on the forum to gauge driver reaction. Drivers weren't so keen so I left it at that, the suggestion was there, anyone could explore it I guess.
 

[The Liffey Lip]

At least you got up off your arse and did something. Hope John's enjoying his rub and tug in Elevenerife.

[Rat Catcher]

Now that is using the head....and they call me cynical? If I can bore you for one minute there Shallow?.....Football again, sorry, but it's an analogy of how people sometimes miss the bogeyman. 2 Dublin players and 2 country players are nominated for "Footballer of the Yr"....ok?

Grand so....Dubs think like this....that's bleedin' deadly...2 fuckin' men nominated.... Culchies....Fuckin' gurriers have no brains...dey doesn't realise we're splittin' their vote...

Jaysus hasn't Mick O'Leary made a right bollix of tings at Ryanair... dem shares is gonna drop like a sack of spuds... the fukkin eejit!

[mercenary for hire]

Fair play for being level headed enough to engage with them RC.It all helps the cause.I'm probably way too annoyed to be nice to them anymore.

Let's pray Ermy isn't staying for 3 weeks so we don't cross paths and and up talking about work..

[Shallowhal]

I think you were right not to say anything with regard to the charity aspect,some people have their own methods of contributing.

[mercenary for hire]

Maybe Daimler could donate the 12% to charity?..

[Shallowhal]

@MFH....very good!!

[Rat Catcher]

I understand that, Hal... also, it'd be difficult to choose one charity over another on behalf of 10,000+ contributors and it'd be difficult to end such a scheme. For example you might say we're gonna raise €10M for ANO, when the target is reached ANO are gonna tell you what great work they've done with it and show you what a difference another €10M will make...

[Rat Catcher]

Maybe Daimler could donate the 12% to charity?..

I'm sure it could. As you know, I don't believe Daimler give a monkey's toss about whether mytaxi makes a profit or not. I'd say they're far more interested in market penetration than the bottom line when they sit down with Pinnington & co.