Lost Taxi drivers

The_Conductor

Hi,

Just wondering what people's opinions are of new breed of taxi drivers who seem to be errr- locationally challenged? I got a taxi 2 weeks ago from the airport and the driver seriously had no idea of where Lucan village is, or how to get there. At 11.30pm at night after a bloody long day- the last thing you need to do is try to double guess whether she knows where she is going? (In all fairness junction 7 and junction 8 on the M50 were both closed- but a trip to Lucan village from the airport will not normally involve Firhouse, Tallaght, The Belgard Road, Clondalkin, Adamstown, and finally around by the N4 from the Leixlip slip down into the village. Talk about epic.

I mentioned it to a colleague in here- she said that her taxi on Thursday had no idea how to get to Rathmines from the airport- as in, no idea whatsoever. He got into a rage when his satnav wouldn't work and got lost somewhere in D7.

I was going to ring the Taxi Regulator to ask whether taxi drivers here need to do a test, similar to the one cabbies in London have to do- but after exploring the taxi-regulator's website for a few minutes (www.taxiregulator.ie) I simply gave up.

In future- I'm bringing the car with me to the airport.........

pvt.joker

regurarly happens me. Taxi driver doesnt know how to get to Whitehall / Collins Avenue from city centre. End up directing them the whole way . Shambles of a system

kaimera

Don't pay.

Captain Ginger

Now a days they seem to rely too much on their GPS units for directions, as a result when that doesn't work they're screwed.

Sherifu

Don't they all have GPS yet?

godtabh

smccarrick wrote: »

In all fairness junction 7 and junction 8 on the M50 were both closed- but a trip to Lucan village from the airport will not normally involve Firhouse, Tallaght, The Belgard Road, Clondalkin, Adamstown, and finally around by the N4 from the Leixlip slip down into the village. Talk about epic.

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Thats brillant. Hope you didnt pay for that (I dont think you have to arent them meant to bring you on the most direct route?).

I was coming home from the airport to Leixlip not so long ago and had the same problem.

Taxi man didnt know where Leixlp was. Or Lucan. He know where the M50 was so at least he had that going for him

I've noticed there's quite a few young taxi drivers around these days. There was one time the guy had a look at a map he had in his car to find out where we were going, had a look when the lights were red (and then stopped the meter when we were nearing the area to have another look). So I didn't mind him not knowing where we were going. Much prefer them asking you directions or asking you what would be the best way to go rather than them assuming one way which mightn't be quickest.

gabgab

Yeh its nonsense, if you go to London and look at the dudes legging it around on Honda fiddies with clipboards, its people doing the knowledge,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Knowledge#The_Knowledge

These guys take it very seriously because thats what people expect. I had a row with a fella one night when I was 16 and drunkish,

He insisted I pay him the fare on the meter, I argued that he is meant to know where he is going not me, and we spent 15 minutes fluting around....... Hilarious craic when my dad came out to see what was going on, a drunken teenager having a fairly coherent conversation and putting some solid points together as to why I should'nt, the taxi man agreed, clearly down to my ability to reason and nothing to do with my massive dad looking well pissed at being woken up by this nonsense,

mikemac

smccarrick wrote: »

but a trip to Lucan village from the airport will not normally involve Firhouse, Tallaght, The Belgard Road, Clondalkin, Adamstown, and finally around by the N4 from the Leixlip slip down into the village. Talk about epic.
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That’s quite a detour, I’d hate to know the figure on the meter at the end of the trip.

Maybe an advanced test could be introduced like The Knowledgein London.
I’m seeing loads of posts from “old-skool” drivers in Commuting forum stating that the new drivers are only in it for the easy weekend fares and they have little or no knowledge and zero standards.

A driver who passes this test can use a sticker and be proud of it.
But instead we have “I was at the Park Protest 2006!!” car stickers

stovelid

It's happened a few times now, so I usually suggest the route in a casual way.

If he did take me on a magical mystery tour, I wouldn't pay any more than the normal fare.

elmyra

Got a taxi from Rathmines over to Dundrum a few weeks ago. Got it off the rank across from the Spar beside the AIB ATM. It was about 10pm but very, very cautious driver took about ten minutes to nudge out into non-existant traffic and drove to Dundrum at, no joke, 20mph the whole way. I wonder can you say anything if it costs you more just cos they're a crap driver? It was distinctly odd.

JimiTime

My wife had friends over from London. I got woken up at 2AM by her asking to direct a taximan to clondalkin (she doesn't drive, and her sense of direction is awful:) ). I did it obviously, but ffs!

Last year i got into a Taxi at Parliament st and told him to take me to Ballyfermot. He said, 'Sorry mate, I'm going Raheny direction'. I promptly told him he wasn't driving a bus, and the fact that he had his light on and accepted me in his cab, he can take me where I tell him, thats how taxi's work afterall:). Needless to say, it was an awkward silence journey all the way:o There are defo 'some' real chancers in the taxi game. Don't understand why they don't have to do a knowledge test

Disco Stu

Only time I ended up in a taxi where the driver was lost, (had tried to take a shortcut through some housing estates at the top of blackrock and got totally lost!) he was sound about it, switched off the meter and just asked me how much i'd normally pay for the trip....

Occasionally get them trying to screw me coming from the airport cause i'm scottish and they think i'm a tourist and they start trying to go all over the place....

zAbbo

Got a taxi from Westmoreland St, to Spencer Dock, and the driver had no idea where he was going, it's a 10min journey! and it's right along the quays.

I only get in taxi's with pure bred dubs now, fair enough they might be racist but at least they know the roads.

zAbbo

Sherifu wrote: »

Don't they all have GPS yet?

Yeah they do, but even then some of them can't use them.

I remember getting a taxi from a hotel out in Stillorgan, I just asked the driver to take me to the nearest DART, he look a bit blank, and then asked me where it was!!!

I mean cmon now!

azezil

Disco Stu wrote: »

Only time I ended up in a taxi where the driver was lost, (had tried to take a shortcut through some housing estates at the top of blackrock and got totally lost!) he was sound about it, switched off the meter and just asked me how much i'd normally pay for the trip....(

lol, that same thing happened to me, I wasn't long living in Blackrock and didn't know how to direct him, eventually I told him I'd just get out, I knew I was close enough, I'd figure it out myself.

Other taxi's I've taken since then haven't even known how to get from the city center to Blackrock!! :eek:

dee8839

The one crazy incident that comes to mind for me is when my two housemates and I, wearing heels that were killing us, decided to get a taxi from Stevens Green just near Kildare St up to Dakota on South William St (don't judge us). The taxi man brought us down to Fitzwilliam St and then proceeded to insist that this was, in fact, South William St. He was Eastern European and I'm fairly sure it was his first day. When we finally managed to convince him (by directing him to look at the street sign) that he was in fact completely wrong, he sheepishly followed our directions to the correct street and refused to accept any payment, which was sound.

LouOB

My dad - who is a LONG time taxi driver 20yrs+ was attacked by another taxi driver
He took a taxi home, as he usually does on Wednesday night after poker session(and drink). He got a 'non-national' of a dark skinned variety(i.e. black, trying to be diplomatic here) taxi driver who brought him to the wrong estate. My dad was trying to tell him the way but wouldnt listen.
My dad gave him money and left the car. Taxi driver punched my dad to the ground and kicked him in the ribs - was brisued for months. He never got the plate number - as dad was more than likely drunk.
Now this 'taxi' driver did this to a 50+yr old man
What would he of done to a 20+yr old guy/girl
Sickening

zuutroy

I drove a taxi for a week just to see what it was like. Hadn't a flippin clue where I was going south of the Liffey...The worst was bringing a group to Marley park from down...Didn't have a clue!...Still they were polite enough about by ignorance, and I got them there in time for the gig!

Wertz

pvt.joker wrote: »

regurarly happens me. Taxi driver doesnt know how to get to Whitehall / Collins Avenue from city centre. End up directing them the whole way . Shambles of a system

lol what? A blind cripple could find their way to Whitehall from the CC.

Allow me to throw the cat amongst the pigeons here and suggest that some of these drivers may not be of Irish extraction?
As for a "the knowledge" test for Dublin cabbies? I doubt such a thing exists...why down the country even a PSV licence is seemingly optional for some of these guys...

JimiTime

Wertz wrote: »

Allow me to throw the cat amongst the pigeons here and suggest that some of these drivers may not be of Irish extraction?

TBH, any bad taxi experience I've had has been with the locals.

thefinalstage

LouOB wrote: »

My dad - who is a LONG time taxi driver 20yrs+ was attacked by another taxi driver
He took a taxi home, as he usually does on Wednesday night after poker session(and drink). He got a 'non-national' of a dark skinned variety(i.e. black, trying to be diplomatic here) taxi driver who brought him to the wrong estate. My dad was trying to tell him the way but wouldnt listen.
My dad gave him money and left the car. Taxi driver punched my dad to the ground and kicked him in the ribs - was brisued for months. He never got the plate number - as dad was more than likely drunk.
Now this 'taxi' driver did this to a 50+yr old man
What would he of done to a 20+yr old guy/girl
Sickening

Remember the car type narrow down the numbers a few calls to a few people...He gave your dad a beating for paying him?

markpb

JimiTime wrote: »

TBH, any bad taxi experience I've had has been with the locals.

The "foreigners" don't know where they're going and a lot of the "locals" know but take you some other way Almost every "local" taxi driver I get insists they know the estate I live in (near Swords road) but they all go out through Fairview and Malahide Road to get there, almost double the distance. Every taxi driver now gets exact directions for every step of the trip.

L1011

I've found the Irish non-Dub drivers know Dublin the best. Dubs know their own little home patch, thats about it.

My mother, from Terenure, couldn't find her way around any bit of Dublin she's not lived in. Rest of the family with Donegal blood know the city inside out

arybvtcw0eolkf

MYOB wrote: »

My mother, from Terenure, couldn't find her way around any bit of Dublin she's not lived in. Rest of the family with Donegal blood know the city inside out

Is your mother a taxi man?. :eek:

L1011

...not that I know of, but it might explain the clapped out Rover 400 thats been appearing outside the house every evening

mikemac

MYOB wrote: »

I've found the Irish non-Dub drivers know Dublin the best. Dubs know their own little home patch, thats about it.

QFT

I’m shocked about how badly many Dubs know their own city.
Whereas people from outside Dublin who moved there made an effort to learn the areas and the facilities around. You could say they were forced to learn as they needed to know the good and dodgy places to rent and how transport worked in each area and how best to get to work/college.
Many Dubs know the city centre and their own small part of the city and that’s about it. Pure laziness or lack of interest means they don't expand on that

LouOB

thelastangryman wrote: »

Remember the car type narrow down the numbers a few calls to a few people...He gave your dad a beating for paying him?

yep

Terry

I got directions from a taxi driver yesterday. He was polite too and was going to le us go ahead of him at the junction.

How a taxi driver doesn't know the way from the airport to Lucan is beyond me though.

The_Conductor

Terry wrote: »

I got directions from a taxi driver yesterday. He was polite too and was going to le us go ahead of him at the junction.

How a taxi driver doesn't know the way from the airport to Lucan is beyond me though.

Tell me about it- she nearly went catatonic when the GPS started giving trouble at the Blanch slip (then again it is in a dip?) and pressed something on it that killed it and then after the toll kept going (the junction was closed- so I assumed that she intended to double back- but no, she just kept going........)

She made it very very clear that she didn't want to talk at the outset- and I was slightly worried about where she was going. Eventually I insisted on talking- which is when the detour back again via Firhouse started (why the hell she couldn't have gone back to Junction 7 and up the N4 like any sane person is beyond me).

dade

i got one on the Malahide road near donnecarney church on new years ever, told him i was heading to swords. now instead of turning onto Collins ave he continues straight up the Malahide rd toward coolock. so i ask him why he didn't head out alone Collins ave and up the motorway, eh replies in a rather spaced out tone "the motorway" he turns at the goblet so being from coolock i figure he'll head up to Northside sc and out that way. but No he figures its a good idea to head down Skelly's lane and toward the Beaumont road, so i asked what he was playing and and he said "you said you wanted to go the motorway" and i said "yeah when it was the most direct route to take ya plank" and just got him to pull over that he wasn't getting paid.

hotshots85

this kind of thing is happening too much lately ffs if anyone of yous in your profession only knew half of what yous are supposed to know to get the job done ,guaranteed you,d be out on your ass in a flash .
why cant their be a proper knowledge test and training before taxi drivers ever sit behind the wheel .
my dad has driven a taxi for the past ten years and tells me stories recited to him from passengers about being taken everywhere bar the right place
e,g girl got a taxi on dame st going to tallaght and ended up in leixlip when the driver eventully found tallaght he insisted on the 48e fare .again she did,nt report it .
please take it from a person who knows about the taxi industry (from my dad) dont put up with it insist on the driver knowing where he is going before you travel its you who are paying for what should be a good decent service

The_Conductor

I rang the taxi regulator to complain- and was informed that while I could make a formal complaint- that licensing of the taxis and testing of drivers etc, was a matter for the "Carriage Office" and not a function of the Regulator. I can make a formal written complaint about a specific incident to the regulator- but queries regarding testing of drivers geographic knowledge etc are for the Gardai in the Carriage Office.

hotshots85

smccarrick wrote: »

I rang the taxi regulator to complain- and was informed that while I could make a formal complaint- that licensing of the taxis and testing of drivers etc, was a matter for the "Carriage Office" and not a function of the Regulator. I can make a formal written complaint about a specific incident to the regulator- but queries regarding testing of drivers geographic knowledge etc are for the Gardai in the Carriage Office.

sounds like the passing of the buck ;)isnt the taxi regulator another ff quango btw wait till you try and make that formal complaint more red tape (download complaint forms or wait till you recieve them in the post by which time your fed up and dont bother )

arybvtcw0eolkf

smccarrick wrote: »

I rang the taxi regulator to complain- and was informed that while I could make a formal complaint- that licensing of the taxis and testing of drivers etc, was a matter for the "Carriage Office" and not a function of the Regulator. I can make a formal written complaint about a specific incident to the regulator- but queries regarding testing of drivers geographic knowledge etc are for the Gardai in the Carriage Office.

The taxi regulators 'Mission & Ojectives', maybe you should have brought this to the attention of the person you spoke to.

Reading further into the taxi regulators site I see any mention of the carriage office, indeed the regulator has a COMPLAINTS INFORMATION PAGE

OP, I think your complaint should be directed at the officer of the Taxi Regulator for not providing the public with her (Kathleen Doyle) promise of a "a first class, professional, efficient, safe and accessible, customer-friendly service for small public service vehicle passengers".

Capri

'I was going to ring the Taxi Regulator to ask whether taxi drivers here need to do a test, similar to the one cabbies in London have to do- but after exploring the taxi-regulator's website for a few minutes (www.taxiregulator.ie) I simply gave up'

I'm wondering how much can Taxi customers take before they complain to the TaxiReg. She said to the Oireachtas ctte. that she doesn't get many complaints, but judging by this thread there's plenty of dissatisfied customers out there.
Complaining seems to be a lost art these days but it's quiet simple - first thing to do is dial in the taxi roof sign number onto your phone, say 54543, press 'dial', then when you get in , dial in the drivers number J6756 (56756), press dial, at the end of the journey ask him for a printed reciept, he HAS to give you one of these - no reciept, no cash !!!!
If there's a problem, calling the Gardai won't work, they always seem to side with the cabbie just to get away from doing something. Phone the TR and ask them to send you out a complaint form, then follow through until you get satisfaction ( Mind you, after doing ALL that, the TR won't get you your money back - best bet is don't get into a cab unless the driver looks trustworthy, there's more than enought taxis out there now ! )

Tha Gopher

Wertz wrote: »

Allow me to throw the cat amongst the pigeons here and suggest that some of these drivers may not be of Irish extraction?

Surely not! :eek:

I havent many gripes with the taximen tbh, most of them are a bang on crowd. Of times Ive suffered from clueless clowns:

An Arab who dropped me somewhere in the south inner city a half mile from where I was meant to be at a party. We only realised when my mate realised the landmarks i was describing on the phone was a good distance away

A middle aged waffling woman who deliberately "missed" a turn, earning extra 3 quid (of which she kindly knocked off a euro. Cnut)

A Pole who never heard of the Porterhouse

Another chap who didnt know where Bolton Street IT was

Gumbo

the problem is the compliant proceddure, its too long and awkward to complain.

they take your name, send you a form, you fill it in and post it back.

the TR should make it easy to complain, even over the phone or by website submission.

a lot of taxi drivers, the good ones are pretty peeded off with the situation at the moment, and there is loads of bad stoeies out there.

but its the public that NEED to complain, without the complaints, the TR will do nothing!

my dad and alot of other guys now carry in the car a copy of the complaints forms and if a passenger telles them of a story, they will offer to them the form there and then so it cuts out a bit of the long process of a complaint, but as i said thats the good one, but there a few newbies that are genuine too, its such a hit and miss in the trade at the moment.

taxi men dont need to be embarreded about not knowing where a particular place is, considering the amount of new estates that popped up over the last 10 years, but just ask the passenger what route they would like to be taken, i would rather a taxi man ask me for the best directions then to bring me home from town to finglas via the M50.

Tha Gopher

kceire wrote: »

considering the amount of new estates that popped up over the last 10 years, .

Never mind the design. My mate used to live in a 300 odd house estate all with the same address! As in it was a square estate with maybe nine sections the developers could have designated with individual street names, but instead decided to number the houses from 1 to 320 odd and give the entire estate a single name! Waiting on a taxi you phoned was a nightmare if the weather was too bad to go out and wait, the estate was in no particular order so they took years to find the house.

phantom_lord

pvt.joker wrote: »

regurarly happens me. Taxi driver doesnt know how to get to Whitehall / Collins Avenue from city centre. End up directing them the whole way . Shambles of a system

yeah, took me 40mins to get from o'connell street to dcu one time.

stepbar

I remember getting a taxi home with one of my work collegues a few months ago. I was heading to Ranelagh and she was going to Ringsend. Said we would leave her home first. Fair enough. He got as far at the Ringsend area and she gave him specific directions to her house, Fair enough. She got out and my pakistani taxi friend proceeded to stop the meter and start it again instead of keeping it running as normal taxi drivers would do. Of course I was over charged but was too drunk to care at that stage. So I sended up paying about 4 eur extra for the journey (had the meter been kept running). Not a big deal TBH but I'd rather it in my pocket then his.

fredzer

I got a cab from dame st and asked to go to Ballsbridge. I picked the cab up at Dublin Castle and expected him to do a U-turn and head back for College Green.. no dice! I asked the guy where he thought Ballsbridge was. Phoenix Park somewhere was his reply! I told the driver to pull over and let me out as he wasn't able to do his job properly. He demanded I pay what was on the meter but I refused and walked off after we exchanged a few pleasantries..not sure if that was legal!! But f''k it I was in a rush!

So hailed another taxi, this time a Dub, after I told him what had happened he started into his racist rant about black taxi drivers. Funny thing was I never mentioned the color of the first driver to him, just said he was a foreign guy that hadn't a clue where he was going! Anyway got to where I wanted to go... eventually! Taxi's in dublin = out of control!

arybvtcw0eolkf

Guys, for crying out loud.

The place to repeat these stories is to the regulators office.

We all know there's a problem in Dublin with an abismal taxi service, mostly provided by a sector of our new Irish community, but the Taxi Regulators office promised us a ''a first class, professional, efficient, safe and accessible, customer-friendly service for small public service vehicle passengers''. - DEMAND IT.

Cut and pasted from The Evening Herald..

A Dublin woman was raped by her taxi driver as she was being brought home after a night out in the city.

The sex attack occured as the woman was being taken to her home in Donabate.

In a second incident, a terrified passenger fled a taxi after her driver sexually assaulted her as she was being taken to the Aisling Hotel near Heuston Station

The National Taxi Drivers Union (NTDU) has issued a warning to passengers travelling alone late at night to be careful and to take precautions.

Gardai are investigating the rape and the alleged sexual assault which are not thought to be related.

The incidents occurred within two weeks of each other and are believed to involve foreign national drivers.

In the early hours of last Monday, a woman was travelling in a taxi in the Donabate area when she was raped.

A garda spokesperson has confirmed that officers from Swords garda station are investigating "a serious sexual assault".

The second attack took place during a journey from Dublin city centre to the Aisling Hotel near Heuston Station. The Herald understands that the woman was picked up at Connolly Station and asked to be brought to Heuston Station.

She claims that on her way to the hotel, the male driver groped her leg in a sexually aggressive manner. When the taxi driver pulled over, the woman immediately ran into the hotel and called gardai. She was said to be left in an extremely distressed state.

The man has been questioned by gardai on more than one occasion in relation to this incident but is believed to be protesting his innocence.

In light of the incidents, Ellen O'Malley-Dunlop, Chief Executive of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) said that, while she didn't want all taxi drivers to be tarnished with the same brush, similar incidents have happened in the past.

President of the National Taxi Drivers' Union (NTDU) Tommy Gorman has also warned all passengers to take precautions when using taxis, particularly when alone.

Although he cannot comment on the specific incidents, he has urged passengers to always ask for a receipt as a way of tracing their driver.

"People using taxis should be conscious of the fact that we've a saturated market," he said.

Ms O'Malley-Dunlop added: "Everybody should have numbers keyed into their phones that can be called by just pressing a button." And she urged that one of those numbers be the DRCC freephone number 1800 77 88 88.

Before the PC brigade jump all over me, these alligation's were printed in a national news paper.

HERALD.ie

There's an issue with vetting procedure's which are clearly being exploited by some, to the detriment of many.

These are concern's for us all. People are being placed in danger by a taxi regulator who is clearly out of touch with 'Joe Public' on our streets.

Terrontress

It's disengenuous to suggest that the problems exist solely with drivers who are not Irish born. Everyone who has taken taxis for any length of time in Dublin will have a story of having been ripped off by a Dub.

Those who don't, didn't realise it was going on at the time.

Captain Ginger

I was in Spain and my Taxi should of cost 30 euro but the guy got lost and ended up charging me 80. I was not to happy, had everything written down for him as well in Spanish.

Chinafoot

There ws a thread full of horror stories like this before Christmas. Here's the story I posted there.

I was heading to my mate's house in Rathfarnham and got a cab outside my place in the IFSC. It took a while to get one as it was pissing rain but told him where we were off to and it all seemed grand. Anyway, as it turned out he didn't know where the street was so he handed me the map and I found the street. This is while we were in the Ballsbridge area, which my friend found odd. Personally I had never been there before so didn't know any different.

Anyway, I show him the street on the map while we're stopped at the lights and he obviously has some difficulty seeing it as he puts the map about an inch from his face. He then pulls out a pair of glasses with really, really thick lenses and seems to be ok then.

So we get to Rathfarnham and he stops and pulls out the map again. He then starts giving out to me saying I sent him in the wrong direction cos I pointed out the wrong street. I tell him no, I pointed at the right street and I show him again. He then reaches into the glove compartment and takes out a fúcking magnifying glass! I was absolutely speechless. How the hell is this guy driving. I was shocked.

Anyway we eventually get there (after he was chatting on his phone while I tried to tell him to stop because he'd gone well past the house) and he charged me €25 which my mate reckons was a complete rip off as she's never paid that much. I regret to say I didn't take his number as I was in too much of a hurry to get out of that car.

Phoole

I'm a taxi driver. I know my way around. I'm nice too. Hire me!

The_Conductor

Phoole wrote: »

inally the public are taking notice of the rubbish taxi service in this city. I am a taxi driver. Those of us who do provide a professional service and who do know our way around the city have been warning the public for many months/years now that the quality of the service will only deteriorate with the increasing amount of 'fly-by-nights' coming in to the business. However we have been told by said public, and on this board too, that we should just put up or shut-up.

This forum is not the place for complaints. Get on to the regulator and demand some action.

From personal experience- other than making a formal complaint which is a time consuming and very unsatisfactory procedure- your only option is ring the Carriage Office and chew the ear of whatever unfortunate happens to answer.

Yes- there are an increasing number of "fly-by-nights" in the business- and while many blame immigrants- there are equally as many Irish to blame- but what is the solution?

I was suggesting a more indept geographic test- akin to the test the cabbies in London have to do- the taxi regulators response to this is: Nothing to do with us- all testing is carried out and approved by the Gardai in the Carriage Office- ring them to complain.

Its ridiculous- they simply don't care.

Victor

Chinafoot, he was long sighted, so has difficulty seeing things up close.

Phoole wrote: »

I'm a taxi driver. I know my way around. I'm nice too. Hire me!

OK, how many Liffey Streets are there in dublin?

watna

When I lived in Ireland we had terrible trouble with taxi drivers. On more than one occasion I'd say dalkey please and they'd say where, then I'd say it's out past Dun Laoghaire and they'd say where? I had to direct about 4 taxis out to our apartment and they complained the whole entire way about having to go so far out.

tbh, the taxi drivers in Wellington aren't much better. They also mostly seem to have arrived on the most recent flight and even though we live very close to town they never know the way.

Although, after getting taxis in Kuala Lumpur I don't think that taxis here or in Dublin will annoy me so much anymore!

The_Conductor

watna wrote: »

Although, after getting taxis in Kuala Lumpur I don't think that taxis here or in Dublin will annoy me so much anymore!

Tell me about it- multiple taximen in Delhi insisted that I visit their second cousin thrice removed' carpet shop and inspect their wares, or else they would dump me in the middle of a slum in the middle of nowhere. Eventually I said fine- dump me there. A few did- a cheap tuk-tuk ride sorted that out, most cared too much about their lost fare to follow through.

At least the taximen here aren't on commission with the tourist traps in the city......