Irish Taxi Driver stickers

bobblepuzzle

So yeh, just got a cab home there and there was a big sticker on the side saying 'Irish Taxi Driver'... I only noticed it getting out of the taxi. Had I seen it before getting in, I would have gotten a different cab. Somebody told me they'ld seen it before on other cabs also...

o1s1n

Cmdr Keen wrote: »

Had I seen it before getting in, I would have gotten a different cab.

Racist!!!! :pac:

Nodin

...not again.....

bazmaiden

Cmdr Keen wrote: »

there was a big sticker on the side saying 'Irish Taxi Driver'... I only noticed it getting out of the taxi. Had I seen it before getting in, I would have gotten a different cab.

why?

bobblepuzzle

bazmaiden wrote: »

why?

Just don't see the point they are trying to make... are they superiour to other taxi drivers in some way....

Micky Dolenz

Do you give out when SuperMacs and others claim to be 100% Irish owned?

bazmaiden

Maybe he's proud of being Irish

You don't seem to mind having the tricolour in your signature

rovert

Cmdr Keen wrote: »

'Irish Taxi Driver'

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Crann na Beatha

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El Guapo!

Cmdr Keen wrote: »

Just don't see the point they are trying to make... are they superiour to other taxi drivers in some way....

:pac:

mikom

Cmdr Keen wrote: »

So yeh, just got a cab home there and there was a big sticker on the side saying 'Irish Taxi Driver'.

You're lucky it didn't say "Cumbrian Taxi Driver".

Einhard

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Do you give out when SuperMacs and others claim to be 100% Irish owned?

I would if they had a sticker stating "100% Irish staff" on the window.

bobblepuzzle

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Do you give out when SuperMacs and others claim to be 100% Irish owned?

no, but I just think the stickers might annoy other taxi drivers and its unneccessary imo

Jesus Wept

bazmaiden wrote: »

Maybe he's proud of being Irish

A fanstastic achievement by him.

Corsendonk

I would like to see a "I clean my cab and I don't inflict my ****e opinions on my customers" sticker

PCPhoto

maybe its due to the recent report that Irish taxi drivers were amongst the top ten in the world or some sh1t like that.

I cant be ar$ed looking for a link - go find it for yerself if yer interested.

R0ot

OP you should avoid butchers that say 100% Irish meat outside them too. Hey if I saw a sticker saying "Support Israel" I'd avoid whatever service product the person/place was offering.

Tar.Aldarion

I wouldn't use that taxi either. Amount of ****e you have to listen to from people like that

Hyperbullet

mikom wrote: »

You're lucky it didn't say "Cumbrian Taxi Driver".

Their slogan is very clever as well.

"Gets you there in a shot"

Einhard

Hyperbullet wrote: »

Their slogan is very clever as well.

"Gets you there in a shot"

I hear their rates are murder though.

mikemac

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

I wouldn't use that taxi either. Amount of ****e you have to listen to from people like that

I never understood this.
If your driver is talking ****e what exactly are you doing?

I sit in the back, fold my arms and look out the window.
Maybe it's an unfriendly vibe I give off but I never, ever have drivers ranting.
I rarely talk at all.

Are you sitting in the front?
If you are avoiding taxis as you don't like talking, why talk to them in the first place?
If they start ranting just cut them off.
"I'm tired, trying to get home, can you just drive on?"
They will shut up.

bobblepuzzle

feelingstressed wrote: »

I never understood this.
If your driver is talking ****e what exactly are you doing?

I sit in the back, fold my arms and look out the window.
Maybe it's an unfriendly vibe I give off but I never, ever have drivers ranting.
I rarely talk at all.

Are you sitting in the front?
If you are avoiding taxis as you don't like talking, why talk to them in the first place?
If they start ranting just cut them off.
"I'm tired, trying to get home, can you just drive on?"
They will shut up.

Its ok Tar, I still love you :pac::P

Tar.Aldarion

Generally it's a group of us drunk people, that like to talk. Generally I take the piss or talk to my friends. 'yep, gotta watch out for dem black lads'

SoulTrader

Has been discussed in this thread. Maybe they can be merged?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055980158

Crazy Taxi

Dean09 wrote: »

:pac:

WTF????

Micky Dolenz

SoulTrader wrote: »

Has been discussed in this thread. Maybe they can be merged?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055980158

That thread is in a different forum.

MrMatisse

Pity you did not see it before you got in

If you did youd know you would have to listen to some whinger go on for the next 20 mins tell you how he only earned 10 euro yesterday due to

1) The regulator
2) The foreigners
3) De reg a laaaation

and you could have avoided that. They should give out those stickers as only the pain in the arse drivers will put them up and then we can all avoid them!!

They always earn so little coz of the foreigners, not beacuse they are dressed like a scum bag in a dirty car that looks like it will stink of piss!! and are parked up behind 50 other drivers at a rank coz they cant be arsed driving around looking for a fare or thinking up of somewhere underserved to go.

super_furry

PCPhoto wrote: »

maybe its due to the recent report that Irish taxi drivers were amongst the top ten in the world or some sh1t like that.

I cant be ar$ed looking for a link - go find it for yerself if yer interested.

Interesting. I recently read a report that claimed that most Irish taxi-men eat babies!

I too, can't be arsed looking for a link though.

If he had a sticker that said " No foreigners allowed" people would probably moan too.

You just can't win.

Biggins

A taxi passenger taps the driver on the shoulder to ask him a question.

The driver screames, loses control of the car, nearly hit a bus, goes up on the footpath, and stops centimeters from a shop window. For a second everything goest quiet in the cab, then the driver says “Look mate, don’t ever do that again. You scared the daylights out of me!”

The passenger apologises and says he didn’t realize that a little tap could scare him so much.
The driver replies “Sorry, it’s not really your fault. Today is my first day as a cab driver -
I’ve been driving ‘hearses’ for the last 25 years!”

mikemac

PCPhoto wrote: »

maybe its due to the recent report that Irish taxi drivers were amongst the top ten in the world or some sh1t like that.

I cant be ar$ed looking for a link - go find it for yerself if yer interested.

No problem PCPhoto, don't mention it

Rank City % of votes
1 London 59%
2 New York 27%
3 Tokyo 26%
4 Berlin 17%
5 Bangkok 14%
6 Madrid 14%
7 Copenhagen 11%
8 Dublin 11%
9 Frankfurt 10%
10 Paris 10%

Overall best in the world.
In 2009 we were rated #9 with 2% of the vote
In 2010 we were rated #8 with 11% of the vote

Friendliest in the world
In 2009 we were rated #2 with 11% of the vote
In 2010 we were rated #3 with 6% of the vote

In overall rankings Dublin drivers are improving apparently

Travelling by taxi is one of the first experiences that many travellers have upon arrival in a new city, so it is significant for the UK capital’s tourist industry that London taxis are making such a good impression on visitors.

In fact, the research found that cabs are by far the most popular method of travel from airport to hotel. The majority (55%) of UK travellers said that they regularly take a cab to their hotel when arriving in a foreign city or resort, as opposed to 16% who tend to use a private car, or 14% who prefer to venture onto a train.

The global poll scored city based taxis for their levels of cleanliness, value, quality of driving, knowledge of the area, friendliness, safety and availability. The overall findings include:

London taxi drivers are the friendliest in the world: Beating taxi drivers across the globe with 8% of the global vote. London black cab drivers beat their Irish (6%) rivals to the title of the world’s most friendly taxi drivers.

Service without a smile in Paris and New York: Clearly with less of a focus on customer service, 12% voted Parisian and New York taxi drivers the rudest in the world.

Roman cabbies are the worst drivers: Almost one in ten travellers (9%) think the Italian capital boasts the world’s worst taxi drivers when it comes to the quality of driving.

It’s all about the knowledge: it’s no surprise that the infamous “knowledge” – a rigorous examination passed by all black cab drivers in London – means a third (36%) voted London taxi drivers as having the best knowledge of their city.

New York, New York: Those heading to the Big Apple will not have to wait long for a car. One in five travellers voted them the most available taxis on the planet.

“A friendly, knowledgeable taxi driver helps form a positive first impression and they are most definitely an important part of any country’s tourism industry.

Bob Oddy, General Secretary of the London Taxi Drivers Association, commented: “Taxi surveys are fast becoming a one horse race. I can’t recall any independent research during recent years which has not placed London cabbies top of the list. I’m confident that the vigorous Knowledge of London training which our drivers are required to undertake is the bedrock of our success.”

Hard to disagree with that.
London cabbies are great.
Roman cabbies are lunatics :eek:, but most drivers in Rome are.

scorpioishere

PCPhoto wrote: »

maybe its due to the recent report that Irish taxi drivers were amongst the top ten in the world or some sh1t like that.

I cant be ar$ed looking for a link - go find it for yerself if yer interested.

Its a mistake, irish taxi drivers are amongst the top ten in the world for being rude, cheeky, lazy and dirty.

Biggins

scorpioishere wrote: »

Its a mistake, irish taxi drivers are amongst the top ten in the world for being rude, cheeky, lazy and dirty.

Link?
Personally I disagree totally.
The vast majority I use are clean and friendly.

pappyodaniel

I think it's illegal to display a sticker with a tri-colour or 'Ireland' written on it on a taxi as it encourages racism. Personally I think it's bull****. A taxi can display advertising on it's bonnet, sides, back...basically the car can be wrapped in ads. I'd love to do this with my taxi.... though it would probably attract the wrong type of customer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX36cwpL4a8

Plebs

Personally, I think drivers should be allowed charge what they like and refuse to carry passengers if they don't like the look/sound of them.

Just as many annoying passengers out there as annoying drivers. Dealing with the public is not an easy job. Especially after having being through an economic boom and there still being a lingering bad unfriendly attitude/entitlement complex in the mindset of many consumers.

Plebs

scorpioishere wrote: »

Its a mistake, irish taxi drivers are amongst the top ten in the world for being rude, cheeky, lazy and dirty.

Srsly mate, you should really have your own chauffeur. Like your neighbours in Ballsbridge.

mikemac

Plebs wrote: »

Personally, I think drivers should be allowed charge what they like a

It's not streetwise locals who know the areas and know what going rates are that will suffer.

It'll be tourists arriving at ports and airports and they'll be ripped off.
And they'll be struggling to negotiate if they can't speak English.

Or people arriving in new cities for work or job interviews or whatever.

The maximum fares protects them

gbee

Cmdr Keen wrote: »

So yeh, just got a cab home there and there was a big sticker on the side saying 'Irish Taxi Driver'... I only noticed it getting out of the taxi. Had I seen it before getting in, I would have gotten a different cab. Somebody told me they'ld seen it before on other cabs also...

You are entitled to your opinion.

I've been known to get a bus where I don't see this sticker.

Plebs

feelingstressed wrote: »

It's not streetwise locals who know the areas and know what going rates are that will suffer.

It'll be tourists arriving at ports and airports and they'll be ripped off.
And they'll be struggling to negotiate if they can't speak English.

Or people arriving in new cities for work or job interviews or whatever.

The maximum fares protects them

So much for the elusive "free market".

VinnyTGM

Irish taxi drivers are great, there under an illusion where they think they own the road.

I Was VB

OP did the taxi driver spout off about the woes of taxi life? Bore ya to tears?

bobblepuzzle

I Was VB wrote: »

OP did the taxi driver spout off about the woes of taxi life? Bore ya to tears?

Oh yeh "there's a load of more paki and Asian drivers after showing up in this area at the rank recently" and here's me sitting there... really, do I give a ****!!

Plebs

Cmdr Keen wrote: »

Oh yeh "there's a load of more paki and Asian drivers after showing up in this area at the rank recently" and here's me sitting there... really, do I give a ****!!

On certain ranks, blacks/asians/Muslims aren't welcome. Especially the ranks in suburbia.

The Gresham mafia have a strangle hold on O'Connell Street. The "non Irish" therefore are forced to drive around and/or queue illegally outside nightclubs.

Plebs

I don't know how drivers make money. You're better off on the dole or sweeping the streets.

If you crash your car/someone crashes into you, you're focked. The amount of hoops you have to jump through to licence a new vehicle and get it on the road is unreal. You won't get a cent from anyone during those months. It's also bloody expensive: all the inspection/smart cards/stickers have been outsourced to private companies.

I'd say all those 07/08/09 cars are on hire purchase with €10k final payments: basically, the car will never be yours. The only option you have is to roll over and get another car on hire purchase.

Taxi driving is also very unhealthy: mentally and physically. Not very conducive to family life either. Tax returns are a pain in the hole too. Nobody pays you to sit down and fill in your tax forms.

Don't know how a driver can afford to keep a car on the road, pay for health insurance, life assurance and a pension. I honestly don't.

I Was VB

Cmdr Keen wrote: »

Oh yeh "there's a load of more paki and Asian drivers after showing up in this area at the rank recently" and here's me sitting there... really, do I give a ****!!

Well i hope you took his number and report him, there is absolutley no defending this kinda talk. If a driver makes you feel uneasy in a taxi report him.

Plebs wrote: »

On certain ranks, blacks/asians/Muslims aren't welcome. Especially the ranks in suburbia.

The Gresham mafia have a strangle hold on O'Connell Street. The "non Irish" therefore are forced to drive around and/or queue illegally outside nightclubs.

There is Irish taxi drivers do exactly the same who que illegally outside nightclubs. You a taxi driver Plebs? Or are you looking in from a outsiders view point? Always belive half of what you see and none of what you hear.

Jesus Wept

Plebs wrote: »

Tax returns are a pain in the hole too. Nobody pays you to sit down and fill in your tax forms.

Outrageous.

OutlawPete

Plebs wrote: »

The "non Irish" therefore are forced to drive around and/or queue illegally outside nightclubs.

Absolute bollox.

The "non Irish" drivers that are queuing illegally are doing so out of CHOICE, cause they are CHEATS .. not because they have to.

No Irish drivers stop 'Non Irish' taxis joining queues once they do so in the same manner as Irish drivers.

I see it most nights in Dublin.

Irish AND 'Non Irish' will join a queue single file like the one on Harcourt Street and 'Non Irish' drivers will cheat and drive down and jump in front of the queue causing chaos.

The guards are sick of them up there and will take names now and then but they just come back five minutes later.

Same crap happens on Dawson St, the Taxi rank there will have both Irish and 'Non Irish' drivers and other 'Non Irish' drivers will come along and park in front of the rank at the junction of Sth Anne St.

They have a fcuking cheek and give their fellow 'Non Irish' taxi drivers that are decent, a bad name by their actions.

MrMatisse

OutlawPete wrote: »

Absolute bollox.

The "non Irish" drivers that are queuing illegally are doing so out of CHOICE, cause they are CHEATS .. not because they have to.

No Irish drivers stop 'Non Irish' taxis joining queues once they do so in the same manner as Irish drivers.

I see it most nights in Dublin.

Irish AND 'Non Irish' will join a queue single file like the one on Harcourt Street and 'Non Irish' drivers will cheat and drive down and hump in front of the queue.

The guards are sick of them up there and will take names now and then but they come back five minutes later.

They have a brass neck.

Same crap on Dawson St, the Taxi rank will have both Irish and 'Non Irish' drivers and other 'Non Irish' drivers will come along and park in front of the rank at the junction of Sth Anne St.

They have a fcuking cheek and give their fellow 'Non Irish' decent taxi drivers a bad name by their actions each and every night.

Muppet.

OutlawPete

Really-Stressed wrote: »

Muppet.

Good point.

Tar.Aldarion

Plebs wrote: »

I don't know how drivers make money. You're better off on the dole or sweeping the streets.

If you crash your car/someone crashes into you, you're focked. The amount of hoops you have to jump through to licence a new vehicle and get it on the road is unreal. You won't get a cent from anyone during those months. It's also bloody expensive: all the inspection/smart cards/stickers have been outsourced to private companies.

I'd say all those 07/08/09 cars are on hire purchase with €10k final payments: basically, the car will never be yours. The only option you have is to roll over and get another car on hire purchase.

Taxi driving is also very unhealthy: mentally and physically. Not very conducive to family life either. Tax returns are a pain in the hole too. Nobody pays you to sit down and fill in your tax forms.

Don't know how a driver can afford to keep a car on the road, pay for health insurance, life assurance and a pension. I honestly don't.

Last half dozen I used all had iphones, um I think a lot of them are grand.

me-skywalker

Bet he was a ginger?