mytaxi Policy Change - PUC added to fares

[Shallowhal]

I remember Biffo using that "going forward" phrase regularly,usually slurred it!!

[The Liffey Lip]

My ex-teacher mott went on one of those training courses in p.r. speak and that was one of the expressions they were encouraged to use when asked about something that might catch them out. Another one is to start a sentence off with, "so did we mess up....yes....."

[Shallowhal]

My ex-teacher mott went on one of those training courses in p.r. speak and that was one of the expressions they were encouraged to use when asked about something that might catch them out. Another one is to start a sentence off with, "so did we mess up....yes....."

..."are we goin to fix it....definitely"

[The Liffey Lip]

Nod your head and smile foolishly and wave your hands to divert attention...another thing she always did when asked for anything intimate.

[Shallowhal]

She sounds like a true romantic....no wonder you dumped her!!

[The Liffey Lip]

No dumping involved. We both agreed to "go forward". This PC mode is killing me altogether...feel like Frankie Boyle at a Mormon wedding.

[Rat Catcher]

The pilots should engage professional negotiators to deal with Mickey....or they'll each end up paying him 12k.

You think it's a coincidence that the erm is on vacation?

[The Liffey Lip]

Sounds like a Mel Brooks line.

[Rat Catcher]

here's what I think happenned.
I believe the switch from hailo has been a disaster for daimler mytaxi.
Drivers and punters are switching off the app.
Daimler mytaxi are making nowhere near the bread hailo were.
So, the krauts got together and said how can we plug this money hole quickly.
Over there in little old paddy land they were not charging the €2 booking fee all along. The stupid cunts.
The end.

Could be 22% right. Hail0 lost £22M in 2014 and £14M in 2015. It was in negative shareholder equity when bailed out by Daimler, it's cash reserves were depleted. In fact it couldn't have continued operating as a going concern for more than a month or two.

[IrishTim1]

Nobody cares about reps or unions.They have absolutely no influence in town where the majority of drivers work.I wouldn't recognise any of them except yer man from ttbnnh..Anyway I'm delighted you're happy Erm.

Just don't expect us all to welcome mytaxis latest gesture when they're trying to get more taxis on the road by lowering the test requirements.I won't be forgetting it anytime soon.I'm good like that.

What's this talk of lowering the test requirements? I did the test 2 years ago and it took me 6 attempts to pass it, it had an almost 90% failure rate.
Why would they be trying to lower the test standard now when new entrants can't even buy their own plate?

[Rat Catcher]

There was a proposal put to TAC to lower the standard, not sure how it's progressing. However, as supply decreases and demand increases, it seems inevitable that NTA will come under pressure to devise a test with a higher pass rate. The current "Kathleen Doyle" test is widely viewed as an artificial barrier to entry. Of course, if all drivers were required to pass both modules of the test every 5 years it couldn't be viewed as such.

[mercenary for hire]

Because there are rentals sitting around idle.Many cab companies in Dublin have relationships with or own rental vehicles.Another route for new lads is the Limosene plates.Put a limo plate on a saloon car and work the apps.

That tool Tim Arnold from Mytaxi has been actively going media outlets complaning that the test is too hard.

[The Liffey Lip]

Same thing happened with the Leaving Cert...several TD's sons and daughters couldn't get the 7 A's for Trinners medicine...lo and behold the poetry and prose all appeared on the paper. Prior to that it was up to you to know them to answer the questions. Tim, nice but...Esq is very good at P.R. and I'd say he's lined up a few junkets for future "think-ins".

[Rat Catcher]

To be fair, Tim may have a point. 10% pass rate seems very low. We don't want to end up in a position where taxis become so scarce that Uber Pop becomes a necessity.

[mercenary for hire]

Just limit the new guys to working nights...