Yellow pack limo v Taxi

[stonethecrows]

Nah..atheists would have us believe that but the Jesuits teach us that most of us would lay down our lives for each other in dire circumstances.

No they wanted you to lie down for something fckn else, cnuts

[The Liffey Lip]

Not them. They had the best of food, wine and minge on tap. They never needed to go all predator on any kid.......think you'll find it was predatory homosexuals recruited into the lower ranks of the church...some say deliberately. They made their way through the ranks over the yrs but very few if any were Jesuits............walked around with long hair, ear-rings and pussy hanging out of them.

[vandriver]

If 40 quid jobs are the slops, I think I'll sign up.

[Rat Catcher]

Ask for Vinny, tell him I sent you and ask for a free trial.

[Octavia1]

He who is greedy
Is always in want
                                Poor cnuts

[Shallowhal]

Ah Vinny.....bags of sand.....of a Fryday!!

[Rat Catcher]

To be fair, DMs pulling at least as much with no wireless.

[Shallowhal]

To be fair, DMs pulling at least as much with no wireless.

....and he's not sharing the donuts with anyone!!

[Rat Catcher]

Wouldn't give you the hole outta his donut! Actually, that's not true... he was the first to offer me a lift home from a protest meeting a good few years ago when my car was off the road.

[dalymount]

And I wasn't even going to charge ya

[Shallowhal]

And I wasn't even going to charge ya

Calm down....vile words from a taximan!!

[dalymount]

Ok sorry I withdraw that,I will fukkin charge him next time

[silverbullet]

Much grumbling among the worker bees up in ballymount due to the switch of focus to yellow pack chauffeurs. Both the taxi driving bees and despatch bees none too pleased with instructions from the Vinny bee. It seems all juicy high fare prebooked work is held aside and only assigned at 8pm. This is when the limo drivers ring in and fill their boots. When they have taken all of the full fat €100 fares they can manage there is slimmer pickings left. All the Killiney, Kildare and Druids glen fares to the airport are gobbled up as the trough gets emptied. Left behind is the €40 slops

Base staff are none too pleased because it means they have nothing really nice to offer as a reward for drivers doing them a solid. And to say the drivers are angry would be an understatement. One source described with colourful language the gaffer who was previously so vocal about hackneys has now done an about turn and is using limos as hackneys on the quiet. He believed when you pay €80 base a week you presumed it was a level playing field. Sadly this appears not to be the case.
A little bird told me that on a quiet day even the smaller local fleets are getting raided and tasty morning jobs snapped up to feed the beast. Ashbourne, West, Local Cabs, AtoZ, and even Terenure are not immune to the night-time raid on the airport runs.

Interestingly some customers aren’t happy. They book a taxi and up shows an merc driven by someone in a cheap black suit telling them they have “been upgraded” Suspecting a rat they query the cost, to be told its on the meter and same price as a taxi. Then the driver opens the taximeter app (available on ios or android) on his phone to prove the point. Greater minds than mine would suggest its not legal for a limo to use a meter. They must be right, since one of vincenzos finest was caught using a physical meter in the glovebox and received a fixed penalty. That made the rest switch to the taximeter app (screenshot below). Which at €13.99 is a steal especially since it you decide the fare per km and don’t have any of that meter sealing bother.

One would hope all the drivers are properly insured since hailing app work can be excluded from some limo policies. Perish the thought.

It has not been all plain hurling though. After sitting in rush hour traffic on pearse street watching taxis cruise by in the bus lane intelligent customers have taken to insisting on being sent a taxi when they ask for one. So now its all M50 and points further south for the poor yellow pack lads.

Incidentally the yellow pack name was bestowed on them by a one of the professional chauffeurs. He treats the industry as a commercial business and gets annoyed with the tone being dragged down by 2007 ex hertz rental jaguars. This particular jag has had a succession of job bridge drivers, each successfully worse, with the one constant being the fragrant aroma of nicotine. As the saying goes “theres nothing like quality, and this is nothing like quality”

Vinny gump could never be accused of being top of the class smart but even by his standards this limo lark seems dumb.  Annoying your customers, radio staff and driver bees to the point of departure seems a bit excessive. Surely even he could work out that dropping from a high of 350 taxi drivers to around 125 indicates something is not working.

Could it be the revenue rewards are exceptional? Well 2 of the limo lads were overheard in the T1 airport jax. Being ex coppers you can expect them to exaggerate numbers a bit but it seems 2k for a 5 day week is normal with the gaffer helping himself to 25%.  (side note; jaysus lads nasty suits aside could you at least polish your shoes before leaving home and wash your hands after taking a piss?). 

Entertaining times ahead.
If the NTA does decide to engage in detective work on limos at the airport it will be time to grab your popcorn and sit back for the entertainment. Ex coppers on one side, interviewing ex coppers on the other side. The stuff of legend.
And if the NRC marriage goes ahead how long before those drivers start to notice the juicy runs disappearing? A simple tweak of the software renders the full fat bookings invisible to mere mortal taxi driver screens.
The latest rumour from D12 is certain Limerick punters booking a long run will soon be “upgraded” to a yellow pack limo service. Watch this space…..

I'm no xpert  but this reeks of corruption.
And there are still drivers paying freight?
If I was a driver being screwed by a corrupt company owner, I'd consider adding a bit of weight to their considerable  bulk...albeit a few grams.

[Belker]

Much grumbling among the worker bees up in ballymount due to the switch of focus to yellow pack chauffeurs. Both the taxi driving bees and despatch bees none too pleased with instructions from the Vinny bee. It seems all juicy high fare prebooked work is held aside and only assigned at 8pm. This is when the limo drivers ring in and fill their boots. When they have taken all of the full fat €100 fares they can manage there is slimmer pickings left. All the Killiney, Kildare and Druids glen fares to the airport are gobbled up as the trough gets emptied. Left behind is the €40 slops

Base staff are none too pleased because it means they have nothing really nice to offer as a reward for drivers doing them a solid. And to say the drivers are angry would be an understatement. One source described with colourful language the gaffer who was previously so vocal about hackneys has now done an about turn and is using limos as hackneys on the quiet. He believed when you pay €80 base a week you presumed it was a level playing field. Sadly this appears not to be the case.
A little bird told me that on a quiet day even the smaller local fleets are getting raided and tasty morning jobs snapped up to feed the beast. Ashbourne, West, Local Cabs, AtoZ, and even Terenure are not immune to the night-time raid on the airport runs.

Interestingly some customers aren’t happy. They book a taxi and up shows an merc driven by someone in a cheap black suit telling them they have “been upgraded” Suspecting a rat they query the cost, to be told its on the meter and same price as a taxi. Then the driver opens the taximeter app (available on ios or android) on his phone to prove the point. Greater minds than mine would suggest its not legal for a limo to use a meter. They must be right, since one of vincenzos finest was caught using a physical meter in the glovebox and received a fixed penalty. That made the rest switch to the taximeter app (screenshot below). Which at €13.99 is a steal especially since it you decide the fare per km and don’t have any of that meter sealing bother.

One would hope all the drivers are properly insured since hailing app work can be excluded from some limo policies. Perish the thought.

It has not been all plain hurling though. After sitting in rush hour traffic on pearse street watching taxis cruise by in the bus lane intelligent customers have taken to insisting on being sent a taxi when they ask for one. So now its all M50 and points further south for the poor yellow pack lads.

Incidentally the yellow pack name was bestowed on them by a one of the professional chauffeurs. He treats the industry as a commercial business and gets annoyed with the tone being dragged down by 2007 ex hertz rental jaguars. This particular jag has had a succession of job bridge drivers, each successfully worse, with the one constant being the fragrant aroma of nicotine. As the saying goes “theres nothing like quality, and this is nothing like quality”

Vinny gump could never be accused of being top of the class smart but even by his standards this limo lark seems dumb.  Annoying your customers, radio staff and driver bees to the point of departure seems a bit excessive. Surely even he could work out that dropping from a high of 350 taxi drivers to around 125 indicates something is not working.

Could it be the revenue rewards are exceptional? Well 2 of the limo lads were overheard in the T1 airport jax. Being ex coppers you can expect them to exaggerate numbers a bit but it seems 2k for a 5 day week is normal with the gaffer helping himself to 25%.  (side note; jaysus lads nasty suits aside could you at least polish your shoes before leaving home and wash your hands after taking a piss?). 

Entertaining times ahead.
If the NTA does decide to engage in detective work on limos at the airport it will be time to grab your popcorn and sit back for the entertainment. Ex coppers on one side, interviewing ex coppers on the other side. The stuff of legend.
And if the NRC marriage goes ahead how long before those drivers start to notice the juicy runs disappearing? A simple tweak of the software renders the full fat bookings invisible to mere mortal taxi driver screens.
The latest rumour from D12 is certain Limerick punters booking a long run will soon be “upgraded” to a yellow pack limo service. Watch this space….....

Jaysus ! There was a lot of 'If's' and 'Maybe's' in that speech !

[Belker]

Did you ever get your Christmas 2014 bonus, erm?

Stephen, Behave yourself !