How do you do discount HSE work

[john m]

Two jobs this weekend both on full fare but how do drivers cover HSE work at huge discounts .Friday evening manager from Dealz on Thomas Street call me over from the rank to the shop and asks will I take an old lady .i say Ok he then produces a little old lady in her 90s who wants to go to Cherry Orchard .I load up her messages and take her by the elbow and help her into the car .Im talking to her and ask why she goes all the way to Thomas Street to shop that there is a new Lidil in Cherryorchard .She tells me she can go where she likes and then tells me she wants to go to Mc Donalds on Kylemore to get something to eat so we go get Chicken Nuggetts Chips and Coffee and a Hot apple slice .Then back to Cherry Orchrd Hospital where they have built a new sheltered unit .I drop her off .I have to put a number into a keypad to open the door bring in her shopping help her in and as she warns me dont leave the door open most of the residents are not allowed out .This is the type of work HSE taxi drivers do on a regular basis for up to 40% discount .

 Then last night Im driving down the Crumlin Road and a Garda flags me down and asks can I take a job ?He explains he has a kid and his Social worker who need to go Northside I pull in and wait .Young lad is very distressed wants to fight the Gards his Key worker and me .Got the kid and his Social worker to where they needed to be .

 On both occasions I provided a compassionate ,professional service .But I wonder why taxi dispatch companies are offering silly discounts to the HSE for very stressfull work .I was talking to a driver who went WAT and said he is fed up already with his local Community Welfare office ringing him to pick up wheelie  passengers some young adults with special needs without any supervision or assistance .He is a Taxi driver not a care assistant .

I have great respect for the Garda ,Community Workers Nurses ,Social workers who look after needy people .I often listen to their Unions call for a decent wage for their members so I wonder why taxi dispatchers are offering a discount and not requesting a premium for providing an essential service .

[Jack Meoff]

Not all HSE jobs are discounted.
A lot would be Ad Hoc jobs.

[Rat Catcher]

Any time a Garda flags you down it's for rubbish neither he nor you want to deal with. Just say you're on a call which is as difficult to cancel as a speeding ticket.

[Korky]

Not all HSE jobs are discounted.
A lot would be Ad Hoc jobs.

I thought “ad hoc” HSE work was charged at 90c per km with the currrent Cork taxi contractor?

[markmiwurdz]

Two jobs this weekend both on full fare but how do drivers cover HSE work at huge discounts .Friday evening manager from Dealz on Thomas Street call me over from the rank to the shop and asks will I take an old lady .i say Ok he then produces a little old lady in her 90s who wants to go to Cherry Orchard .I load up her messages and take her by the elbow and help her into the car .Im talking to her and ask why she goes all the way to Thomas Street to shop that there is a new Lidil in Cherryorchard .She tells me she can go where she likes and then tells me she wants to go to Mc Donalds on Kylemore to get something to eat so we go get Chicken Nuggetts Chips and Coffee and a Hot apple slice .Then back to Cherry Orchrd Hospital where they have built a new sheltered unit .I drop her off .I have to put a number into a keypad to open the door bring in her shopping help her in and as she warns me dont leave the door open most of the residents are not allowed out .This is the type of work HSE taxi drivers do on a regular basis for up to 40% discount .

 Then last night Im driving down the Crumlin Road and a Garda flags me down and asks can I take a job ?He explains he has a kid and his Social worker who need to go Northside I pull in and wait .Young lad is very distressed wants to fight the Gards his Key worker and me .Got the kid and his Social worker to where they needed to be .

 On both occasions I provided a compassionate ,professional service .But I wonder why taxi dispatch companies are offering silly discounts to the HSE for very stressfull work .I was talking to a driver who went WAT and said he is fed up already with his local Community Welfare office ringing him to pick up wheelie  passengers some young adults with special needs without any supervision or assistance .He is a Taxi driver not a care assistant .

I have great respect for the Garda ,Community Workers Nurses ,Social workers who look after needy people .I often listen to their Unions call for a decent wage for their members so I wonder why taxi dispatchers are offering a discount and not requesting a premium for providing an essential service .

Because the cab company is happy with their whack out of the total amount of the account,the drivers just have to put up with the individual hardship involved with either unpaid helpfulness or discounted work or both.

[Tony]

Wouldn't do them jobs if my life depended on it, I certainly wouldn't stop for old people with shopping bags as the job would take too much effort and time plus you have to listen to their war stories usually in a soft whisper while your gagging from the smell of stale piss.
If a cop stops you to do a fare its only trouble.

[silverbullet]

Your average driver forced to do a HSE job, by a FBC (Fat Base Controller).

[Rat Catcher]

Wouldn't do them jobs if my life depended on it, I certainly wouldn't stop for old people with shopping bags as the job would take too much effort and time plus you have to listen to their war stories usually in a soft whisper while your gagging from the smell of stale piss.
If a cop stops you to do a fare its only trouble.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn692n7gfDw

[jackandcoke]

Your average driver forced to do a HSE job, by a FBC (Fat Base Controller).

HSE discount in Dublin is 20%; yes its a pretty hefty wedge but at the same time its guaranteed work. Dialysis patients going in 52 weeks a year; social workers going on magical mystery tours all over Dublin; wheelie jobs from different hospitals to nursing homes and back, then straight into to the next wait and return run because they dont have enough escorts. No driver is 'forced' to do any job. If you dont want it dont do it but I've seen lads who are regularly pulling in over 1k a week on their dockets alone (before cash or cc) and a good chunk is HSE work.

[mercenary for hire]

A grand a week is only good if you can do it in 40 hours.Truth is of yer covering that much work you won't have time to cover cash work.Like when Vinny used to brag about drivers earnings but always forgetting to mention that his drivers were working 6am to 6pm sometimes 6 days a week.If ya worked that many hours Mackers you'd be getting a grand a week.Same goes for most jobs.

[dalymount]

when will you accept, THE FUCKING DRIVERS are giving these discounts, not the scumbag radio companies. they only claim the  credit for it. they are a bit like my wife, very generous,she would give you my last pound

[silverbullet]

A grand a week is only good if you can do it in 40 hours.Truth is of yer covering that much work you won't have time to cover cash work.Like when Vinny used to brag about drivers earnings but always forgetting to mention that his drivers were working 6am to 6pm sometimes 6 days a week.If ya worked that many hours Mackers you'd be getting a grand a week.Same goes for most jobs.

Spot on. I remember Vinny commenting on a driver in X-Prat who killed himself, about being a good worker, clocking over 70 hours per week, and still not making ends meet.

What's a grand a week (40 hours) less costs, fuel, car repayments/RENT, uniform, insurance, commisssion, subscription (read FREIGHT), you'd be lucky to clear €188.00. /while the dole, AFAIK know is approximately ...€188.00.

Could you really trust anyone who thinks a working week is 70/80 hours?

They will never undertand the difference beteween EARNING and CHURNING, but that's the reson they drive a cab.

[dalymount]

silvermost of the costs you mansion the drivers would not have if they went out and got their own work and told the scumbag radio owners to stick their radios where the sun dont shine. its really not hard to find street work

[Rat Catcher]

Diesel €100 (assuming you'd need to fill up twice a week to cover €1,000 of work).
Car €60 (€3,000/year)
Uniform €4 (€200/year)
Insurance €50 (€2,500/year)
Freight/Commission/Bribery €110 (?)

€1,000-€324=€676

[dalymount]

are you being serious  ? you have to pay for your uniform as well so that you can advertise kearns company for him ?