Cork TD leading the Uber charge in rural areas.

[Rat Catcher]

You can refuse radio/app clients as easily as street/rank fares. The problem you'd have in Dublin is the other way round. A lot of those who don't use "the app" don't use it because they don't want you to have any trace on them. The proportion of scum among remaining street work is huge compared to 2/3 years ago.

[taxi1990]

after all the years of the NTA banging on about their plan to make transport in Ireland reliable and professional, letting any boy racer or student with a phone and car work for hire will undo any of their work the last few years. you can imagine how these people would handle drunks in their car.

rickshaws should have been banned as well, sure didn't shane ross himself nearly get killed in one that was breaking red lights and all sorts.  they sell drugs as well, i mean come on, how were they not banned?

the taxis in Dublin should have blocked up the streets for days to get them banned

[Rat Catcher]

Indeed... leave it to the convicted criminals and unvetted immigrants!

[taxi1990]

@rat catcher, have you ever picked up many people from the app that were scum?

[Rat Catcher]

Depends on how you define scum, I guess. A lot of my mytaxi regulars are lads you wouldn't stop for on the street and they know that, that's why the use it. More are low level drug dealers... but I've never had a runner on a mytaxi fare. In fact the worst I've had to date was a puker that I should have refused last Saturday night, mentioned on another thread.

[taxi1990]

I suppose sometimes some people look like scumbags but are sound.

[Rat Catcher]

The vast majority are sound but you only need to encounter one that isn't I guess. Hence we all drive by plenty of sound blokes on the streets.

[taxi1990]

Kind of funny when you think about it. Some of the worst customers iv had are weathly people from places like Blackrock, Dublin and similar places.

[Rat Catcher]

I prefer to deal with normal working class folk, myself. Pretentious gobshites with millionaires addresses are generally annoying but they can be lucrative if you play them right... they love to talk about themselves so let them and act in awe... if they're going on holiday say you'd love to (be able to afford to) go there, etc... Don't say what you're thinking e.g. I bet your misses is gagging for a good seeing to!

[taxi1990]

I couldnt do that, they always boast about their jobs and salary but I act as if I couldnt give a sh1t. Had 3 guys from foxrock ask me how much the fare was 17 I said, we will give you 10 and we will get you again later, I got my 17. Had lots of others who will look for the 20 cent back from a 9.80 fare. Where as nearly every person from working class areas in dublin will give you €10 if its €7, or €15 if it is €10 euro etc

Most pompous customer I had, with his wife, around 60 asked me was it my business, I told him it was. Better than staying in bed all day I suppose was his reply. He was going on about his great job, I said id rather work for myself all the same.

[The Liffey Lip]

I prefer to deal with normal working class folk, myself. Pretentious gobshites with millionaires addresses are generally annoying but they can be lucrative if you play them right... they love to talk about themselves so let them and act in awe... if they're going on holiday say you'd love to (be able to afford to) go there, etc... Don't say what you're thinking e.g. I bet your misses is gagging for a good seeing to!

Very accurate description of the luvvies. I find working class lads are the ones bigging themselves up though in the main.........especially with each other.

[Rat Catcher]

... but they big themselves up in a different way... got a job off the funeral in Swords last Thursday evening, little kids from Coolock all thinking they're Al Capone... sad really, you'd think the circumstances would teach them the futility of their desired/chosen lifestyles.

[mercenary for hire]

^^^^I was busy earlier...so a couple of yis said yous would prefer loadsa loosely regulated drivers rather than loadsa unregulated Uber drivers.Have yis got any memory at all of how absolutely shite things were ten years ago?Taxis everywhere barely able to take in a tenner an hour and our costs were significantly less.Taxi1990 where were ya working ten years ago?Belker was selling gargle and books from his boot to make a living.

These taxi/hack newbies would be most likely driving rentals as finance would be scarce except for those with savings.So think of guys like Vandriver working all hours because they need to to break even as business slows down.Rideshare hasn't got a chance of going ahead but the taxi regulations are likely to be altered.

[The Liffey Lip]

Hyacinth Bouquet versus Howyacinth Bucket............same inferiority complex.

[john m]

work dublin 8,10,12 most people are good customers know plenty of junkies ,gangsters whores all just going about their business .you drive them you get paid never any trouble they appreciate you are doing your job a lot of them appreciate that you are there to help them get to where they need to be .Some of the Ruggerbuggers just look on you as a cunt who should appreciate that they are using your service .