Cork TD leading the Uber charge in rural areas.

[The Liffey Lip]

I thought things were grand 10 yrs ago.....i remember 2011 being bad and having to source alternative employment whilst commuting from the depths of rural Ireland and trying to balance a relationship at the same time. I was doing ok prior to that anyway..........men and women without any skillset cannot and should not expect to earn more than a trainee accountant ffs. As what's his name the MP said, "the man on the Clapham omnibus should not expect to earn more than his share".

[mercenary for hire]

2009 was the beginning of the crash.It got a little worse in the following years.Plenty of renters were trademen/builders driving shiteboxes having already been laid off.Sure the downturn was the main reason I had to leave my previous job.Boss wanted me to work for 300 instead of 700.So while I saw things slowing down I borrowed a few grand from the bank to buy a car and plate.I started the ball rolling on that in 2008 while listening to Ms Doyle on the radio talking about incoming tougher geography tests.So I bought a plate and kept the roofie under the stairs waiting for the day to tell my boss to fuck off.Told the bank the loan was for home improvements when it was actually just to keep me gaff.:-).Even I knew something was changing.Wasnt sure what it was but courier work slowed down and I had nothing else to pay the bills.Time to adapt and change.

[Rat Catcher]

Sept 2008.

[mercenary for hire]

That's about right then in September 09 I sat my taxi test.So it's safe to say the warning signs were there before 09.I should have known when I was in New York on holidays in Sept 2008 when Lehman Brothers collapsed and the mood was strange, also my neighbour who was a stockbroker for a bank sold his gaff to cash out and rent around the same time.I was too busy doing other shit to notice the warning signs.

[taxi1990]

I was in college 10 years ago. Only at this game since 2016.

[mercenary for hire]

That makes more sense then because it was pure shite.

7 years ago
https://youtu.be/2CCBh5nzCm0...Im in this somewhere..

8 years ago
https://youtu.be/PPNd71QneTE

See what happens when you loosen the test up and business slows down.Very few of the lads on these videos passed the new test.So it took a full ten years before the small number of newbies started trickling through.But all the time there were more leaving the industry.

[taxi1990]

Dumb down the test = a few more drivers

Allow uber ride share = EVERYONE will be driving for reward.

Students, people with money bit are greedy,single/married lads who think its a good way to meet women everyone.

[mercenary for hire]

That's exactly what we had when the test was dumbed down.A loada greedy fuks with other employments using the cab to get away from their families...except they were legitimate 100% legal taxi drivers.Anyway I'm spending too much time on this but I hope ya see Rideshare as a diversion like I do.It's not gonna happen but the other shit I posted probably will.

[The Liffey Lip]

Greedy fuckers were those expecting to earn top dollar for little or no skills...........the same cunts who wanted nobody else in when they were hanging up their wife's dashboard pic and hitting the boozers by 11pm......there's no point murdering a fool who is in the throes of committing suicide. It's happening again but being ahead of the posse is all the small-minded fool cares about.........I'm alright Jack.

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

whatever happenned to the local area hackney license.

[mercenary for hire]

I think it's still there DMG.Most likely that will be the licence that's modified to work any Uber farmer setup.

[dalymount]

One sure fire way we have to quell the desire to allow rideshare,by protesting,but without pussing off the public. 2 hundred drivers take it in turn to fill every available parking spot around merrion square,stephens green,etc etc every morning .when the suits come into town,and have nowhere to park,they wont be long getting on to the Govt ti forget about permitting rideshare.

[mercenary for hire]

Could yis not protest during the night shift when I'm off work?Block a luas line or circle the airport .Always daytime protests.Very inconsiderate.

[Shallowhal]

Sept 2008.

That was when guarantees were signed or about to be....the shit hit the fan proper in 2009

[Shallowhal]

I was in college 10 years ago. Only at this game since 2016.

Do tell!