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Taxi Number ambiguity!!

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    #32
    cjt156
    Registered Users Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭cjt156


    Whenever I'm in my gimp suit and scrotum-deep in the neighbour's labrador; I get my OH to ring from her Taxi to give me time to clean up the evidence, is that weird?


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    #33
    ballooba
    Registered Users Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    cjt156 wrote: »
    Whenever I'm in my gimp suit and scrotum-deep in the neighbour's labrador; I get my OH to ring from her Taxi to give me time to clean up the evidence, is that weird?
    LMAO.


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    #34
    oleras
    Registered Users Posts: 2,721 ✭✭✭oleras


    The Queen wrote: »
    OP, I'm the same! At least if you give yer other half the number they know who to go after ya go missing!!

    ..........To buy them a few pints ?:D


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    #35
    deisedevil
    Registered Users Posts: 3,252 ✭✭✭deisedevil


    Neamhshuntasach wrote: »
    i can understand doing that if you were getting a taxi in say Caracas or Bogotá. But in Ireland it's a bit over-protective. Only reason i'd make a note of the number would be in case i lost my phone or something in the car.

    What i usually do, and i's quicker and easier than writing down the taxi number, is make sure i got everything with me when i get out. Who the hell writes down a taxi number in case they might leave something after them, madness!!


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    #36
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    cjt156 wrote: »
    Whenever I'm in my gimp suit and scrotum-deep in the neighbour's labrador; I get my OH to ring from her Taxi to give me time to clean up the evidence, is that weird?

    Roffles.


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    #37
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    whiskeyman wrote: »
    These stickers aren't the same as the window ones, with the number etc..?

    No the ones on the rear driver/passenger side windows were the Taxi Regulators idea for the fare cards, these ones are Yellow,Circular and about 25cm Diameter, attached to front and rear screens by the NCT crowd to show that the taxi is licensed. They are renewed on a yearly basis and are dated.....


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    #38
    tinofapples
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    [PHP]Well just to be safe I dont think you should get any taxis for a while[/PHP]

    ballooba , i think you should do the same.

    [PHP]Many drivers are criminals[/PHP]


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    #39
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    Just for those of you who think it never happens! heres a link to a UK site

    http://www.taxiwise.com/

    And just to give some relevancy to Ireland ask yourselves this question!

    Just how do the Garda check the background of anyone that drives a taxi, if they lived outside of Ireland?

    Also note that Taxi Regulations Act 2003 Section 36 the one that deals with sex offenders having licenses is STILL not in force!!


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    #40
    ballooba
    Registered Users Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    tinofapples wrote: »
    ballooba , i think you should do the same.
    Be a criminal? I have a job!


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    #41
    tinofapples
    Registered Users Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭tinofapples


    Don't take a taxi for awhile. God only knows what could happen to you.


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    #42
    ballooba
    Registered Users Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    tinofapples wrote: »
    Don't take a taxi for awhile. God only knows what could happen to you.
    I'll take my chances. I'm a big chap. Even still, I would be nervous going through the park.


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    #43
    BoB the 7th
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29 ✭BoB the 7th


    For some reason the Taxi Regulator decided to take our roof sign no's off the dashboard. It's just name and photo details there. And remove the stickers with the roof sign no. off the back window's. And our id tags which we wore round are necks are gone aswell. So only our roof sign's hv numbers and the credit card id doesn't hv them either. We don't need to hv them on us just near us. I did 3 years of nights. Not every night was bad, but not every night was good either. It work's both way's guys we will be civil to you, if your civil to us. Your the ones pissed & rowdy. Please remember it's a job to us like any other.


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    #44
    tinofapples
    Registered Users Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭tinofapples


    Please remember it's a job to us like any other

    Exactly Bob. Only new to the game myself and I find vast majority of people sound and mannerly. I do engage in conversation with the customers and generally they are delighted with that.

    As has been said if you have a problem with a taxi fare demand a receipt, the receipt will contain the taxi number and the car registration number.


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    #45
    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    There's an easy way to get on the good side of any taxi driver, just ask them are they busy, get them talking. You can look out the window not listening for the rest of the trip just throw in the odd "the bastards", "thats awful", The odd complaint about all these new Irish place names will go down well too.

    Never had anything but good experiences with taxis.


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    #46
    ballooba
    Registered Users Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    BoB the 7th wrote: »
    I did 3 years of nights. Not every night was bad, but not every night was good either. It work's both way's guys we will be civil to you, if your civil to us. Your the ones pissed & rowdy. Please remember it's a job to us like any other.
    Presumably you are as careful about who you let in the car as others are about who they get in with. I'm sure drivers take precautions too.
    tinofapples wrote: »
    Exactly Bob. Only new to the game myself and I find vast majority of people sound and mannerly. I do engage in conversation with the customers and generally they are delighted with that.
    I just realised you are a driver now. Was your advice to me a veiled threat then? Because those are funny on the internet.

    Yes, many of the people in your profession are criminals. I cannot see why you would have a problem with someone saying that. I didn't say "all taxi drivers are criminals" or "most taxi drivers are criminals". It's a simple fact that a lot of taxi drivers are criminals. Wise up and don't be so sensitive.


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    #47
    oleras
    Registered Users Posts: 2,721 ✭✭✭oleras


    tinofapples wrote: »

    As has been said if you have a problem with a taxi fare demand a receipt, the receipt will contain the taxi number and the car registration number.

    Like Tesco, one should not have to demand a receipt, if all drivers were above board, eg. paying tax on all income they would issue a receipt to every customer !


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    #48
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    oleras wrote: »
    Like Tesco, one should not have to demand a receipt, if all drivers were above board, eg. paying tax on all income they would issue a receipt to every customer !

    The taxi meter prints one automatically at the end of the journey, when the meter is totalled.

    All taxi meter's will print out an end of shift receipt too, but the driver has to do that for himself. And like tills in a shop the revenue commissioners can run off/demand the entire year's takings from any meter.

    However thats not to say every taxi driver honest about their takings, but alot are as its hard to give in a year's worth of fuel receipts, service receipts, wear & tear etc and show a loss!.


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    #49
    Jay D
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    talk about clingy, weirdo!!


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    #50
    oleras
    Registered Users Posts: 2,721 ✭✭✭oleras


    Mairt wrote: »
    The taxi meter prints one automatically at the end of the journey, if the meter is started

    Hope you dont mind, i edited your post to reflect 99% of my dealings with taxi drivers.


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    #51
    the boss of me
    Registered Users Posts: 706 ✭✭✭the boss of me


    There are actually more attacks on taxi drivers by passengers , than assaults on passengers by drivers. So maybe it's the drivers who should be asking the passengers for id., not the other way around....


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    #52
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    oleras wrote: »
    Like Tesco, one should not have to demand a receipt, if all drivers were above board, eg. paying tax on all income they would issue a receipt to every customer !


    Issuing a receipt isn't a problem, as the taxman doesn't care if you give a receipt or not!, the taxman if he wants to would just get you to print out a tally from the meter ( it stores the ongoing total of fares clocked up ),however, from a litter perspective if a customer is offered a receipt ( traceable to a specific taxi because the number is printed on it ) and throws it away, guess who gets the fine for littering!!

    Thats why the AIB and other banks stopped automaticly producing receipts on their ATMs as the councils were threatening to prosecute them for littering.


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    #53
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    oleras wrote: »
    Hope you dont mind, i edited your post to reflect 99% of my dealings with taxi drivers.


    If the meters not started then WHY FFS are you using the taxi?!


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    #54
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    ballooba wrote: »
    Yes, many of the people in your profession are criminals. I cannot see why you would have a problem with someone saying that. I didn't say "all taxi drivers are criminals" or "most taxi drivers are criminals". It's a simple fact that a lot of taxi drivers are criminals. Wise up and don't be so sensitive.


    Quantify what you mean by a lot? 10%,20%,30% more than that, then give a source or are you just picking figures from the air?


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    #55
    Laslo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 831 ✭✭✭Laslo


    Here are a couple of tips for the OP:
    1. Find out the taxi number before getting in
    2. Don't make it obvious to the driver that you're contacting your "OH" expressly to identify your driver

    People don't like knowing they're being treated like potential murderers or rapists by some stuck up doddy's girl. Why not just get the "OH" (for arguments sake, let's just call him Oisin or Fiachra) to collect you in his X5?


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    #56
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    ballooba wrote: »
    Yes, many of the people in your profession are criminals. I cannot see why you would have a problem with someone saying that. I didn't say "all taxi drivers are criminals" or "most taxi drivers are criminals". It's a simple fact that a lot of taxi drivers are criminals. Wise up and don't be so sensitive.


    Since in some towns a lot of taxi drivers now are non-Irish nationals whose background can not be checked your probably right.


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    #57
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    oleras wrote: »
    Hope you dont mind, i edited your post to reflect 99% of my dealings with taxi drivers.

    The same laws apply in Limerick as the rest of the country in regards to taxi meters.

    Your legally only obligied to pay whats on the meter. If the driver doesn't start the meter he can not charge you a cent.

    If you have a problem with that you can either call for a guard, or ask for a receipt & at the same time take the drivers details. And since he obviously can not issue you a receipt from a switched off meter, you can the ride free.

    So its win-win (if you have the cop on).


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    #58
    faceman
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    intheknow wrote: »
    Jesus, cant even spell this but punciate your posts, ever heard of a comma, or perhaps a new paragraph. My head was sore reading your post.

    Thank you for logging in, BossArky.

    The taxi driver probably got the hump that you wanted his id number, its not something anyone asks unless they're going to make a complaint id imagine!

    In future why not look at the roof sign before gettin in and send your OH a text if it means that much to her?


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    #59
    Laslo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 831 ✭✭✭Laslo


    Mairt wrote: »
    Since in some towns a lot of taxi drivers now are non-Irish nationals whose background can not be checked your probably right.

    The same could be said for McDonald's employees. Better check under the lettuce leaves in your Big Mac next time, just in case.


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    #60
    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    Karoma wrote: »
    Think of what exactly?
    Think that you should have got the number before getting in - if it's a dodgy driver, he'll probably give you a false number..?
    Think your "OH" worries too much?
    Think you're the lucky git that got one of the more helpful drivers?
    Think you shouldn't use "OH"?
    What?

    Really helpful posting KABUM but what else can one expect from the Herr with the bleached anus?

    OP - respect your precautions and the badge ID also visible on dashboard is what's required. Drivers shouldn't have any problem with you taking precautions, and certainly any refusals should be reported as suggested by other posters.


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    #61
    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    Spook_ie wrote: »
    Issuing a receipt isn't a problem, as the taxman doesn't care if you give a receipt or not!, the taxman if he wants to would just get you to print out a tally from the meter ( it stores the ongoing total of fares clocked up ),however, from a litter perspective if a customer is offered a receipt ( traceable to a specific taxi because the number is printed on it ) and throws it away, guess who gets the fine for littering!!

    Thats why the AIB and other banks stopped automaticly producing receipts on their ATMs as the councils were threatening to prosecute them for littering.


    Taxi drivers are concerned about our growing litter problem? Is that why they pay a capped income tax, which would be considered peanuts for most PAYE'rs??


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