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Unsafe drivers who don't care about passenger safety, rip off, uncomfortable, unreliable, the case of the broken card machines en masse. The list goes on. Black cabs are archaic and unnecessary.point nine one eight wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 1:42 amYou want a response well here it is silly sausage
Resistance to the card machine is mainly because a third party gets a fee for processing the transaction and so the driver doesn't get to keep the whole fare.Thor wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:22 am What do you mean passenger safety? I thought that was one of their main selling points?
I can tell you now the card machines work, they have to, it’s an offence against the owner / driver to ensure they work. The drivers don’t like them cos the taxman will see what’s being taken and have to pay the appropriate amount of tax. If you come across one again tell him or her I will report you and I bet you find the machine will now work.
Reckless driving. In my job, we use black cabs to ferry staff around in extreme hours. I've lost count at the number of times they're not where they should be/they drop people off in unsafe areas. They talk on the phone with passengers in the car.Thor wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:22 am What do you mean passenger safety? I thought that was one of their main selling points?
I can tell you now the card machines work, they have to, it’s an offence against the owner / driver to ensure they work. The drivers don’t like them cos the taxman will see what’s being taken and have to pay the appropriate amount of tax. If you come across one again tell him or her I will report you and I bet you find the machine will now work.
The use of cards is here to stay. Sensible and convenient for the customer. Traders need to accept it. It’s the customer who pays their wages. Their convenience comes first. He who pays the piper etc.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:29 amResistance to the card machine is mainly because a third party gets a fee for processing the transaction and so the driver doesn't get to keep the whole fare.Thor wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:22 am What do you mean passenger safety? I thought that was one of their main selling points?
I can tell you now the card machines work, they have to, it’s an offence against the owner / driver to ensure they work. The drivers don’t like them cos the taxman will see what’s being taken and have to pay the appropriate amount of tax. If you come across one again tell him or her I will report you and I bet you find the machine will now work.
We're having the same issue at the moment as more and more customers want to pay by card for paltry fares. So far resistance is holding. But I suspect the usual lilly livered spineless yellow bellied cowards will cave in.
f*** the customers. The lazy fukkers can get cash from the many thousands of Autobank, Cashlines, electronic withdrawal machines etc etc before getting in the cab.
Blah, blah, fuking blah.dOh Nut wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:37 amThe use of cards is here to stay. Sensible and convenient for the customer. Traders need to accept it. It’s the customer who pays their wages. Their convenience comes first. He who pays the piper etc.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:29 amResistance to the card machine is mainly because a third party gets a fee for processing the transaction and so the driver doesn't get to keep the whole fare.Thor wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:22 am What do you mean passenger safety? I thought that was one of their main selling points?
I can tell you now the card machines work, they have to, it’s an offence against the owner / driver to ensure they work. The drivers don’t like them cos the taxman will see what’s being taken and have to pay the appropriate amount of tax. If you come across one again tell him or her I will report you and I bet you find the machine will now work.
We're having the same issue at the moment as more and more customers want to pay by card for paltry fares. So far resistance is holding. But I suspect the usual lilly livered spineless yellow bellied cowards will cave in.
Traders who continue to resist need to get up with the times.
Not to mention the odd routes they take, whilst the meter continues to tick over. Almost like they are doing their customers a favour.BiggsyMalone wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:32 amReckless driving. In my job, we use black cabs to ferry staff around in extreme hours. I've lost count at the number of times they're not where they should be/they drop people off in unsafe areas. They talk on the phone with passengers in the car.Thor wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:22 am What do you mean passenger safety? I thought that was one of their main selling points?
I can tell you now the card machines work, they have to, it’s an offence against the owner / driver to ensure they work. The drivers don’t like them cos the taxman will see what’s being taken and have to pay the appropriate amount of tax. If you come across one again tell him or her I will report you and I bet you find the machine will now work.
I know why they 'don't work', it's just ridiculous at how they slag off uber drivers like they're knights in shining armour who do nothing wrong.
I think Scabby McCabbie Maybe a tax dodger hence is hatred of card machinesMax B Gold wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:52 am Yes we do and it's people like you in your Nissan Micras, Kia Prides, Chevrolet Matizes and Suzuki Altos clogging up the roads doing 20 mph who prevent honest working drivers from making a living and bring out the worst of their otherwise placid natures
Max, I drive a Mercedes so I guess I’m not in your hate list. Though Mrs dOh drives a Corsa. But I take your point, we should all vacate the roads and leave them to the professional drivers. That’s a very green suggestion.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:52 am Yes we do and it's people like you in your Nissan Micras, Kia Prides, Chevrolet Matizes and Suzuki Altos clogging up the roads doing 20 mph who prevent honest working drivers from making a living and bring out the worst of their otherwise placid natures
What kind of Mercedes? I will check if it's on my list as the list above is not exhaustive by any means.dOh Nut wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 11:00 amMax, I drive a Mercedes so I guess I’m not in your hate list. Though Mrs dOh drives a Corsa. But I take your point, we should all vacate the roads and leave them to the professional drivers. That’s a very green suggestion.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:52 am Yes we do and it's people like you in your Nissan Micras, Kia Prides, Chevrolet Matizes and Suzuki Altos clogging up the roads doing 20 mph who prevent honest working drivers from making a living and bring out the worst of their otherwise placid natures
It a blue one Max.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 11:05 amWhat kind of Mercedes? I will check if it's on my list as the list above is not exhaustive by any means.dOh Nut wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 11:00 amMax, I drive a Mercedes so I guess I’m not in your hate list. Though Mrs dOh drives a Corsa. But I take your point, we should all vacate the roads and leave them to the professional drivers. That’s a very green suggestion.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:52 am Yes we do and it's people like you in your Nissan Micras, Kia Prides, Chevrolet Matizes and Suzuki Altos clogging up the roads doing 20 mph who prevent honest working drivers from making a living and bring out the worst of their otherwise placid natures
My first car when I was 17 was a Suzuki Alto. I trashed it within a few weeks, and it had it coming.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:52 am Yes we do and it's people like you in your Nissan Micras, Kia Prides, Chevrolet Matizes and Suzuki Altos clogging up the roads doing 20 mph who prevent honest working drivers from making a living and bring out the worst of their otherwise placid natures
I'm pleased to hear it. It goes part of the way toward restoring by faith in humanity.Dunners wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 11:40 amMy first car when I was 17 was a Suzuki Alto. I trashed it within a few weeks, and it had it coming.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:52 am Yes we do and it's people like you in your Nissan Micras, Kia Prides, Chevrolet Matizes and Suzuki Altos clogging up the roads doing 20 mph who prevent honest working drivers from making a living and bring out the worst of their otherwise placid natures
Unlucky. It's on the list just before BMW's (All)dOh Nut wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 11:18 amIt a blue one Max.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 11:05 amWhat kind of Mercedes? I will check if it's on my list as the list above is not exhaustive by any means.
No arguments from me about BMW drivers.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 11:53 amUnlucky. It's on the list just before BMW's (All)dOh Nut wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 11:18 amIt a blue one Max.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 11:05 am
What kind of Mercedes? I will check if it's on my list as the list above is not exhaustive by any means.
We do, we're allowed in bus lanes, we're allowed to stop on yellow lines for embarking passengers and disembarking the Disabled, also drop off unaccompanied children, for which we are all police checked. I'm also allowed to piss up against the back wheel of the cab, not sure if we're still supposed to carry bale of hay in the boot for old DobindOh Nut wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:46 amNot to mention the odd routes they take, whilst the meter continues to tick over. Almost like they are doing their customers a favour.BiggsyMalone wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:32 amReckless driving. In my job, we use black cabs to ferry staff around in extreme hours. I've lost count at the number of times they're not where they should be/they drop people off in unsafe areas. They talk on the phone with passengers in the car.Thor wrote: ↑Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:22 am What do you mean passenger safety? I thought that was one of their main selling points?
I can tell you now the card machines work, they have to, it’s an offence against the owner / driver to ensure they work. The drivers don’t like them cos the taxman will see what’s being taken and have to pay the appropriate amount of tax. If you come across one again tell him or her I will report you and I bet you find the machine will now work.
I know why they 'don't work', it's just ridiculous at how they slag off uber drivers like they're knights in shining armour who do nothing wrong.
Though in all honesty I have little time for cabbies much of the time. Parking on double yellows to let people out, causing hold ups for everybody else, I take care in our supermarket car park, they whiz around making pick ups not giving consideration to others and the station taxi rank, absolutely no consideration to people. It seems to me they feel as though because they are working, on the clock, professional drivers they have a devine right over other road users.
They don’t.