Turns out there are some honest black/taxi/gardai out there

JohnCleary

MODS - This is a double post from AH, but felt it woul do better in here since i'm talking about locals..... Read on....




Rightio, here we go...

Fell into a taxi there a while ago, absolutily w4nkered drunk. Asked the black taxi driver to take me home, along with the GF. I didn't say too much to him along the way (was too busy with the missus ooh er) apart from the usual sh1te. Anyhow, got home, fare was 7.45 - I gave him 7.50 and went along my way

An hour late rI realise i've no phone. Rang and rang ang rang - Was so locked I forgot I got a taxi, so I decide to WALK back to the chineese where I thought i'd left the phone (After ringing the phone loads of times from the landline) - When I get back the oul man says a Guard rang the landline (from the mobile) saying the phone was handed in to the local station - Turns out I left the phone in the Taxi, taxi driver handed it into the station. So I pop on down in my drunken state, arrived at the desk and decided to try my Irish skillz Best response from the Guard ever "Come back here, the door is open, my hands are covered in sh1te" - I looked down, he had the gloves on Anyhow he brought me in, the phone there on the desk

I thanked him in Irish, and we had a quick convo - I asked if the taxi driver left a number/contact detail which he didn't - Tried leavin the Guard a 20eur note as a thanks but he told me to feck off and he didn't have a contact for the taxi driver so no chance of givin him the few quid

Pointless post really, but just goes to show that there ARE honest black/taxi/gardai out there! - My faith is restored, not *everyone* is a cnut

foxy_19-89

"pointless post", says it all

luckat

Hey, that's great. Maybe knock off a quick letter to the Advertiser to say thanks - he'll know who he is, and be chuffed. Good guy.

Same thing happened to me after a work party a couple of years ago, only the taxi driver had left his car in his garage all day; I rang the taxi company, they rang him but he was fasto and didn't get the messages until he woke up, and then he dropped it in to the front desk of the place where I was working at the time.

Das Kitty

Yep same thing happened to me but he brought it back to my door. I wrote to the advertiser but it wasn't published. I guess, quite like foxy, they're only interested in the doom and gloom.

Plenty of honest Gardai around, not so sure there are many that are competent though.

PopeBuckfastXVI

Yah before you send it off to the advertiser you might want to remove the presumption that there were no honest "black" before tonight when (surprise!) it "turns out" there are. You know, just a thought, unless you actually don't mind publishing a letter in your name that just drips with latent racism.

Anyway, glad you got your phone back.

Das Kitty

PopeBuckfastXVI wrote: »

Yah before you send it off to the advertiser you might want to remove the presumption that there were no honest "black" before tonight when (surprise!) it "turns out" there are. You know, just a thought, unless you actually don't mind publishing a letter in your name that just drips with latent racism.

Anyway, glad you got your phone back.

Bwah ha ha.

Although I do think he meant contrary to popular JoeDuffyPhoning belief.

JohnCleary

PopeBuckfastXVI wrote: »

Yah before you send it off to the advertiser you might want to remove the presumption that there were no honest "black" before tonight when (surprise!) it "turns out" there are. You know, just a thought, unless you actually don't mind publishing a letter in your name that just drips with latent racism.

Anyway, glad you got your phone back.

But i'm a racist ya big eejit, did ya not get the jist from my post? :pac:

Taxi driver was really nice considering I was returning from my XMas KKK meeting - In full costume n all :pac:
:pac:
:pac:

JohnCleary

Das Kitty wrote: »

Bwah ha ha.

Although I do think he meant contrary to popular JoeDuffyPhoning belief.

Exactly - I think PopeBuckfast should hang out with the AH brigade tbh - Constant w4nkerism is not appreciated in Galway forum! :P

kraggy

I don't see why you had to point out that he was black. That's so politically incorrect. What's race got to do with it?

:pac:

JohnCleary

kraggy wrote: »

I don't see why you had to point out that he was black. That's so politically incorrect. What's race got to do with it?

:pac:

Because i'm a very politically incorrect person :pac:

The reason I mentioned it was because if I didn't i'd put a bet with you that i'd be asked if he/she was Irish or foreign, I was only answering the question before it was asked

kraggy

I know John. It was a joke. Hence the :pac:

JohnCleary

kraggy wrote: »

I know John. It was a joke. Hence the :pac:

m83

kraggy wrote: »

I don't see why you had to point out that he was black. That's so politically incorrect. What's race got to do with it?

:pac:

I wroted a song for you. It's called

"What's Race Got To Do With It"

You must understand
That the touch of your hand
Makes my phone react
That it's only the thrill
Of black meeting white
Opposites attract

It's physical
Illogical
You must try to ignore
Taxis mean more than that

[Chorus]
Oh whats race got to do, got to do with it
What's race but a second taxi home
What's race got to do, got to do with it
Who needs a phone
When a phone can be broken

It may seem to you
That I'm acting confused
When you're driving me
If I tend to look dazed
I've read it in d'Advertiser
I've got cause to be

There's a name for it
There's a phrase that fits
But whatever the racism
You do it for me

[Chorus]

I've been thinking of a new direction
But i hate to say
I've been thinking about my own protection
It scares me to feel this way

What's race got to do, got to do with it
What's race but a sweet old fashioned Nokia phone
What's race got to do, got to do with it
Who needs a phone when a phone can be broken

fade to obscurity

SimpleSam06

PopeBuckfastXVI wrote: »

Yah before you send it off to the advertiser you might want to remove the presumption that there were no honest "black" before tonight when (surprise!) it "turns out" there are.

They've gotten a bad rap, and damn you for a liar if you say they haven't. No harm in correcting that misconception.

chrussell

Happened to my ex in mullingar last year, taxi driver rang her father and eventually got in contact with her, he dropped the phone to her house and wouldnt accept any money for it, there are nice people in the world!

Fionn MacCool

kraggy wrote: »

I don't see why you had to point out that he was black.

Totally agree. I mean, he was a taxi driver, in Galway. Surely we could have grasped it from there. Bet he supported Arsenal too

But yeah, I always try and give stuff like that back. One night I met a few girls I knew, all steaming, and one told me how she'd found a phone. I somehow managed to get it off her, and phoned her home/auld fella, but got no answer (it was about 12am). I tried ringing some other random number and a fella picked up, I said do you know who owns this phone, and who they might be out with tonight. He gave me a name of some girl so I found it in her phonebook and gave it a buzz, they were in Cuba and I went and met them outside and handed it back aren't I just the best

chrussell

Fionn MacCool wrote: »

Totally agree. I mean, he was a taxi driver, in Galway. Surely we could have grasped it from there. Bet he supported Arsenal too

But yeah, I always try and give stuff like that back. One night I met a few girls I knew, all steaming, and one told me how she'd found a phone. I somehow managed to get it off her, and phoned her home/auld fella, but got no answer (it was about 12am). I tried ringing some other random number and a fella picked up, I said do you know who owns this phone, and who they might be out with tonight. He gave me a name of some girl so I found it in her phonebook and gave it a buzz, they were in Cuba and I went and met them outside and handed it back aren't I just the best

Well you get a big blue peter badge

And also I agree it didn't have to be mentioned he was black! :mad:

Das Kitty

Fionn MacCool wrote: »

But yeah, I always try and give stuff like that back. One night I met a few girls I knew, all steaming, and one told me how she'd found a phone. I somehow managed to get it off her, and phoned her home/auld fella, but got no answer (it was about 12am). I tried ringing some other random number and a fella picked up, I said do you know who owns this phone, and who they might be out with tonight. He gave me a name of some girl so I found it in her phonebook and gave it a buzz, they were in Cuba and I went and met them outside and handed it back aren't I just the best

But are you black??

:pac:

po0k

And the moral?
Don't lose your bloody phone.

Mrs OBumble

Fionn MacCool wrote: »

One night I met a few girls I knew, all steaming, and one told me how she'd found a phone. I somehow managed to get it off her, and phoned her home/auld fella, but got no answer (it was about 12am). I tried ringing some other random number and a fella picked up, I said do you know who owns this phone, and who they might be out with tonight. He gave me a name of some girl so I found it in her phonebook and gave it a buzz, they were in Cuba and I went and met them outside and handed it back aren't I just the best

Very MacCool thinking indeed!

A tip for when you lose your phone in a taxi: try getting a friend to text it with a message like "This phone is lost, if you find if please ring XX on YYY".

Taxi-drivers etc often aren't keen on answering lost phones, 'cos they don't really want to get into conversations with your friends.

The approach above worked nicely for me the other week. The driver (who is Irish - you wanna guess what colour he was?) did eventually hand it into the office like he said he would, admittedly about 12 hours later than he said.

cL0h

JohnCleary wrote: »

Because i'm a very politically incorrect person :pac:

The reason I mentioned it was because if I didn't i'd put a bet with you that i'd be asked if he/she was Irish or foreign, I was only answering the question before it was asked

The question would be rascist and you don't have to answer it.
This whole thread is a bit dodgy.

The underlying message is:
"Most black people steal. Oh I was just joking did you not see my laugh marks you idiot. hahaha"

Dodgy!

JohnCleary

po0k wrote: »

And the moral?
Don't lose your bloody phone.

FACT!

JustMary wrote: »

A tip for when you lose your phone in a taxi: try getting a friend to text it with a message like "This phone is lost, if you find if please ring XX on YYY".

That's great thinking - would you beliebe we think alike?! I was gonna txt my phone and say "ring xx number if you find this phone i'll give €xx reward for it's return, i'll even collect it"

cL0h wrote: »

This whole thread is a bit dodgy.

Oi, fcuk you, I was born SLIPPY, not DODGY! :pac:

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ethernet

Same thing happened to me (just take gardaí out of picture). Sound guy dropped it to my door. The fair would have been around €30 and all. Dead sound.

nobodythere

Oh my god a black taxi garda! fordiners took two of our jabbbs now what bastards.

Free vasectomy for anyone who actually thinks all black taxi drivers and gardai are cnuts.

I think it's common decency to NOT ROB SOMEONE!

Fionn MacCool

Das Kitty wrote: »

But are you black??

:pac:

No but I am English :L