Bad Taxi Driver

arse..biscuits

So my sister left a pub on Wexford Street on Thursday night and hopped into a taxi to head home. The taxi had only pulled out onto the road when she realised that her purse, camera and phone were not in her bag (they had been stolen while in the bar). She wanted to run back to the pub as her friends were still there and see if her stuff could be found (wishful thinking). She told the driver her purse was gone and she had to get out. They had only moved about 5 metres at this stage. He demanded €4 for the fare. She explained she had zero cash. He got aggressive and was raising his voice, he said he'd dive back around to the pub. So they went around the block, he still had the meter running even though she said she wanted out. So they arrive back where they started. Now he's demanding €9. She gets out and walks into the pub and he tries to follow her in. The bouncers wouldn't let him in. Anyway, my sisters boyfriend goes out with €20 to pay the c**t. He gives €5 change and walks off. He had to follow the driver to the car and demand the rest of the change. The driver flings a few coins out of the window onto the path and drives off.
Unfortunately, no-one got his number as they were preoccupied with the bag theft.

Rabies

What an arse biscuit!!!


Some morals go a long way.

Frisbee

I really don't get why your surprised?

Wurly

I hope he crashes! Pr1ck.

Your poor sis - that's awful.:mad:

brendansmith

arse..biscuits wrote: »

So my sister left a pub on Wexford Street on Thursday night and hopped into a taxi to head home. The taxi had only pulled out onto the road when she realised that her purse, camera and phone were not in her bag (they had been stolen while in the bar). She wanted to run back to the pub as her friends were still there and see if her stuff could be found (wishful thinking). She told the driver her purse was gone and she had to get out. They had only moved about 5 metres at this stage. He demanded €4 for the fare. She explained she had zero cash. He got aggressive and was raising his voice, he said he'd dive back around to the pub. So they went around the block, he still had the meter running even though she said she wanted out. So they arrive back where they started. Now he's demanding €9. She gets out and walks into the pub and he tries to follow her in. The bouncers wouldn't let him in. Anyway, my sisters boyfriend goes out with €20 to pay the c**t. He gives €5 change and walks off. He had to follow the driver to the car and demand the rest of the change. The driver flings a few coins out of the window onto the path and drives off.
Unfortunately, no-one got his number as they were preoccupied with the bag theft.

They have alot to put up with but yeah that is pretty bad of him!

Wreck

Its an ok tune, but not as catchy as Bad Babysitter imo.

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RATM

You could ask the pub do they have CCTV outside the pub- if so they might be able to find out the roof sign number of the taxi and then your sister can report him to the Taxi Regulator.

I did just that earlier this year on a taxi who was driving aggressively and to get a groveling humble apology from a taxi driver was well worth the time and effort:D

connundrum

Time is money, and she wasted his time. I would've only charged a two'er.

arse..biscuits

RATM wrote: »

You could ask the pub do they have CCTV outside the pub- if so they might be able to find out the roof sign number of the taxi and then your sister can report him to the Taxi Regulator.

I did just that earlier this year on a taxi who was driving aggressively and to get a groveling humble apology from a taxi driver was well worth the time and effort:D

Thats a good idea. I'll suggest that to her tomorrow.

randylonghorn

connundrum wrote: »

Time is money, and she wasted his time.

If someone is taking the pish (and people do) I'd agree with you.

But under those circumstances?

arybvtcw0eolkf

arse..biscuits wrote: »

Thats a good idea. I'll suggest that to her tomorrow.

A waste of time, the driver unfortunetely is protected under the data protection act. You'll have to report that matter to the police, who'll hopefully make a request to the bar manager to see the security footage.

But at this stage the CCTV footage will most likely be gone. Or, unless you can provide the exact time to the police it won't be worth their efforts.

Live & learn, some people are just natural born pricks.

Nothingcompares

don't vent your frustration on the theft on the taxi driver. she got in the car she could have got out at any point.

brendansmith

connundrum wrote: »

Time is money, and she wasted his time. I would've only charged a two'er.

Ownly a bleedin two'er buh?
Rapih!

Frisbee

brendansmith wrote: »

Ownly a bleedin two'er buh?
Rapih!

Your Really Cool
Wish I was as cool as you

brendansmith

Frisbee wrote: »

Your Really Cool
Wish I was as cool as you

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You might get as cool as me, but youll come damn close i reckon!

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Sharpshooter

arse..biscuits wrote: »

So my sister left a pub on Wexford Street on Thursday night and hopped into a taxi to head home. The taxi had only pulled out onto the road when she realised that her purse, camera and phone were not in her bag (they had been stolen while in the bar). She wanted to run back to the pub as her friends were still there and see if her stuff could be found (wishful thinking). She told the driver her purse was gone and she had to get out. They had only moved about 5 metres at this stage. He demanded €4 for the fare. She explained she had zero cash. He got aggressive and was raising his voice, he said he'd dive back around to the pub. So they went around the block, he still had the meter running even though she said she wanted out. So they arrive back where they started. Now he's demanding €9. She gets out and walks into the pub and he tries to follow her in. The bouncers wouldn't let him in. Anyway, my sisters boyfriend goes out with €20 to pay the c**t. He gives €5 change and walks off. He had to follow the driver to the car and demand the rest of the change. The driver flings a few coins out of the window onto the path and drives off.
Unfortunately, no-one got his number as they were preoccupied with the bag theft.

Nothingcompares wrote: »

don't vent your frustration on the theft on the taxi driver. she got in the car she could have got out at any point.

Simple if you actually read the posts before yours.

Nothingcompares

no, the issue was she didn't immediately hop out when she realised she didn't have her stuff, why go around the block when she didn't want to?

WHY DO PPL TRY AND BE PEDANTIC AND FAIL? BECAUSE THEY ARE STUPID?

The_B_Man

I dont think you're reading the story.

Sharpshooter

Nothingcompares wrote: »

no, the issue was she didn't immediately hop out when she realised she didn't have her stuff, why go around the block when she didn't want to?

WHY DO PPL TRY AND BE PEDANTIC AND FAIL? BECAUSE THEY ARE STUPID?

Maybe because she wasn't the one driving????????????
Now That would be stupid.

arse..biscuits

Nothingcompares wrote: »

no, the issue was she didn't immediately hop out when she realised she didn't have her stuff, why go around the block when she didn't want to?

WHY DO PPL TRY AND BE PEDANTIC AND FAIL? BECAUSE THEY ARE STUPID?

He was shouting at her not to get out of the car. She was quite distressed having just realised her stuff had been stolen. She's quite small and the driver was quite big. I told her she should just have gotten out but she was intimidated.

Naos

Nothingcompares wrote: »

no, the issue was she didn't immediately hop out when she realised she didn't have her stuff, why go around the block when she didn't want to?

WHY DO PPL TRY AND BE PEDANTIC AND FAIL? BECAUSE THEY ARE STUPID?

arse..biscuits wrote: »

They had only moved about 5 metres at this stage.

Read the story from now on. She would have got in, said where she was going and turned to get a phone from her bag. Taximan would've started, she asked to stop within 5 metres, thats pretty much as quick as she could.

Pedantic, fail, stupid - you must be hungry this morning, eat some humble pie.

Zangetsu

He only did that cause she/her mate let him. If you wan't to get out of a taxi, there is a door handle there... Use it! If he follows you to try get money off you, turn around and tell him to **** off. Whats he gonna do? Hit ya? Bollox...

PurpleBerry

Yee-hah! Let's all jump out of moving taxis.

qwytre

Yeah I remember getting out of a taxi once and I had a 20 euro note, the fair was about 12 and the guy claimed he had no change. So he had to drive me up to a petrol station up the road to get change all while the meter was running, and I had to go in to get change. I was young and naive at the time, if he tried that now I wouldn't have it!!

blahblah06

usual over reacted bs story. You should have got the plate number. your a fool if you didnt

Gauge

blahblah06 wrote: »

your a fool

I love it!

She Devil

Went to get a taxi the other day ... and as i was passing saw he was pissing into a bottle in the cab :O

bigmc84

god damn man, i.m a taxi driver, and i'm telling this to ya, the next time anything like that happens don't pay the f****r, just refuse to pay him and make him call the guards, i know this is gonna sound lame but we're not all that bad, and if you don't mind me asking was he i - - - - or f - - - - - n?

4zn76tysfajdxp

bigmc84 wrote: »

god damn man, i.m a taxi driver, and i'm telling this to ya, the next time anything like that happens don't pay the f****r, just refuse to pay him and make him call the guards, i know this is gonna sound lame but we're not all that bad, and if you don't mind me asking was he i - - - - or f - - - - - n?

w---?

Quazzie

I think he means Irish or foreign, but he isn't racist so he wants us to assume.

If he meant something else maybe I'm the racist?

chin_grin

bigmc84 wrote: »

and if you don't mind me asking was he i - - - - or f - - - - - n?

Whoa there buddy.....down with that sort of thing/careful now! What exactly are you implying here? Race doesn't really matter, you can get crap Foreign drivers as well as crap Irish ones.

Don't hate the taxi driver, hate the game....er...brah!

But yeah, on topic this was terrible. I'd be fuming. And to be honest as humans we never do the right thing at the right time. Except if you were John McCain....but that's a different story altogether.

Mena

Goddamned Immigrant Taxi cnuts!

Oh wait

4zn76tysfajdxp

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

I think he means Irish or foreign, but he isn't racist so he wants us to assume.

If he meant something else maybe I'm the racist?

What a mean spirited trick

Gummy Panda

Mena wrote: »

Goddamned Immigrant Taxi cnuts!

Oh wait

I blame Mena!

He is oblivously a immigrant Taxi driver who is stealing all the women and their purses.

/shakes fist

arse..biscuits

bigmc84 wrote: »

f - - - - - n?

He was f

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n.

bigmc84

quazzie. thank you, you're spot on, bt yes thats what i meant, i encounter people during a nights work, and the stories that they tell me about certain people, are unreal, and from my own perspective in relation to driving thay are just plain dangerous, no indication, no manners on the road, nothing

bigmc84

i thought so, as i said i'm a taxi driver myself, and i can in honesty say, i wouldn't have done it, the c**t was probably stuck in traffic aswell, the problem at the moment is tha t people just aren't making enough complaints, i had a woman in my car over the weekend and until i explained it to her, she had no idea how to even distinguish a legit taxi from a dodgy one, (the discs and all that),

bigmc84

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

I think he means Irish or foreign, but he isn't racist so he wants us to assume.

If he meant something else maybe I'm the racist?

ha: ) no pal no trick at all, just trying to be p.c,(politically correct)

Spook_ie

bigmc84 wrote: »

i thought so, as i said i'm a taxi driver myself, and i can in honesty say, i wouldn't have done it, the c**t was probably stuck in traffic aswell, the problem at the moment is tha t people just aren't making enough complaints, i had a woman in my car over the weekend and until i explained it to her, she had no idea how to even distinguish a legit taxi from a dodgy one, (the discs and all that),

Trouble is that the customer shouldn't realy be having to go to the trouble of reading the small print on a yellow disc to see if the taxi is licensed or to getting the driver to show then their ID card which both at night are virtualy impossible for the casual observer to tell if legit or not. Far better if the Gards actualy started to set up more Taxi check points, it's no hardship for me ( as a taxi driver ) to stop, put the meter on stop, show my license, answer any questions, even do a breathalyser and then continue on, IF it means we can rid the streets of taxis plying for areas they aren't licensed for, taxis that are being driven by unlicensed drivers, taxis that are unroadworthy ( I'm not talking about sidelights being out! even though technicaly it would be unroadworthy ) with bald tyres,dangerous damaged bodywork etc. In my opinion the small hassle of Taxi Check points would be worth it in the long run, even more so when we get up to the supposed Xmas rush....

bigmc84

Spook_ie wrote: »

Trouble is that the customer shouldn't realy be having to go to the trouble of reading the small print on a yellow disc to see if the taxi is licensed or to getting the driver to show then their ID card which both at night are virtualy impossible for the casual observer to tell if legit or not. Far better if the Gards actualy started to set up more Taxi check points, it's no hardship for me ( as a taxi driver ) to stop, put the meter on stop, show my license, answer any questions, even do a breathalyser and then continue on, IF it means we can rid the streets of taxis plying for areas they aren't licensed for, taxis that are being driven by unlicensed drivers, taxis that are unroadworthy ( I'm not talking about sidelights being out! even though technicaly it would be unroadworthy ) with bald tyres,dangerous damaged bodywork etc. In my opinion the small hassle of Taxi Check points would be worth it in the long run, even more so when we get up to the supposed Xmas rush....

i know man, i know, i'm only at this a short while now, eight months, i've yet to go through a checkpoint where there is an inspector present, and what i as gettin at was the fact that even though someone might not be able to make out the details, at least if they know theres spposed to be a sticker it's half the battle, theres a lot to be said for the old taxi i.d photos, ya couldn't mistake a mug with them,

TheDude2008

what a surprise he was a foreign taxi driver, jeez i didnt see that coming:rolleyes:

bigmc84

TheDude2008 wrote: »

what a surprise he was a foreign taxi driver, jeez i didnt see that coming:rolleyes:

yup. best drivers in the world they are, did you know they are rumoured to have psychic powers?? they can implant the thought in your nut that they are going to turn, or stop dead in the middle of the road, without them even having to signal, isn't that cool(sadly no emoticon good enough to impart feeling of intense immense sarcasm,) but i think ye get the jist of it

MagicMarker

Tbh your sister's boyfriend was a gobshíte for giving him any money at all.

Ah-Watch

2 friends of mine were in Naas a month ago and got a taxi to and from the pub now on the way back the taxi driver became roudy and the two girls felt very unsafe so asked to get out of the car and he stopped and they got out, he got out and pinned one of them up against the car(a girl might I add), the other asked for his taxi number and started ringing the guards, he hopped into the car and sped off! Some god dam pr!cks of taxi drivers out there and no not all of them are bad!

bigmc84

Ah-Watch wrote: »

2 friends of mine were in Naas a month ago and got a taxi to and from the pub now on the way back the taxi driver became roudy and the two girls felt very unsafe so asked to get out of the car and he stopped and they got out, he got out and pinned one of them up against the car(a girl might I add), the other asked for his taxi number and started ringing the guards, he hopped into the car and sped off! Some god dam pr!cks of taxi drivers out there and no not all of them are bad!

**** man, the only thing to do there is watch out for him again, if he tried it once he'll do it again, did they even notice what type of car? or colour maybe?

Ah-Watch

bigmc84 wrote: »

**** man, the only thing to do there is watch out for him again, if he tried it once he'll do it again, did they even notice what type of car? or colour maybe?

They did, they were too shook up about it when they told me so I don't know the car/colour but one of them had bruisin from him afterwards. It was a coloured dude is all I know-no I'm not a racist before I get branded one. But they're very weary of getting into a taxi now!

TheDude2008

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Spook_ie

I seem to remember a few threads where taxi drivers said that the overall taxi service was going to go rapidly downhill when it reached a tipping point, only for the suggestion to be pooh poohed by the general populous of AH.

Now I won't for one minute say that the service was as good as it could or should have been but in my opinion it was a darn sight better than it appears to be at the moment. The only improvement seems to be that you can stick your arm up and have a plethera of taxis stop for you and you can then take your choice. As to wether you're going to get ripped off, taken miles from where you want to go and dumped, abused, beaten up, raped, murdered I honestly don't know but it seems the chances of it happening are on the increase...

MOH

bigmc84 wrote: »

yup. best drivers in the world they are, did you know they are rumoured to have psychic powers?? they can implant the thought in your nut that they are going to turn, or stop dead in the middle of the road, without them even having to signal, isn't that cool(sadly no emoticon good enough to impart feeling of intense immense sarcasm,) but i think ye get the jist of it

Yeah, they definitely have psychic powers. I know this because that's the only way I can see how the guy driving me a few weeks ago managed to avoid rear-ending the Irish taxi driver who decided to stop for a fare while in the middle of turning from O'Connell bridge onto Eden Quay.

Oh, sorry, I----.

Wagon

I couldn't give a **** if the driver is yellow, once they can drive.

Zangetsu

They have yellow taxi's now? I really hate those American style cabs...