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The neck of this Taxi Driver ..

LighterGuy · 2011-10-30 16:06:31

On Thursday I was doing some shopping in the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre and needed to get a taxi home. So I go over to the rank with the trolley, goto the taxi up front, all grand ... when I am putting the stuff in the back of the taxi i notice the taxi driver behind (2nd in the que) get out of his car and walk over to…

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On Thursday I was doing some shopping in the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre and needed to get a taxi home. So I go over to the rank with the trolley, goto the taxi up front, all grand ... when I am putting the stuff in the back of the taxi i notice the taxi driver behind (2nd in the que) get out of his car and walk over to the trolley bay thingy.

So after the stuff is all in the back of the taxi I bring my trolley over to the bay. Lo and behold 2nd taxi driver has a pliers in his hand reefing out a euro from a trolley :rolleyes: ...hungry git!

Any other stories to share of greediness?

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#2 30-10-2011 4:08pm

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Times are hard. A taxi driver has got to do what he has to do to survive.

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#3 30-10-2011 4:09pm

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=58528342

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#4 30-10-2011 4:09pm

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Why didn't he just return the trolley to claim the euro?

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#5 30-10-2011 4:10pm

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Don't you think it's just a bit sad that he feels the need to resort to such measures to get a euro?

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#6 30-10-2011 4:11pm

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Cian A wrote: »

Why didn't he just return the trolley to claim the euro?

Good point dude.
I mean, thats what most people would do. Maybe its euros stuck in the trolley that are just left there?

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#7 30-10-2011 4:20pm

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What has his neck got ot do with it?

Was there a boil on it?

Was it a swan like neck or something?

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#8 30-10-2011 4:21pm

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Cian A wrote: »

Why didn't he just return the trolley to claim the euro?

i too smell a big fib being told..

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#9 30-10-2011 4:25pm

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What has the fact he drives a taxi got to do with it?

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#10 30-10-2011 4:29pm

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where do i go from here wrote: »

What has the fact he drives a taxi got to do with it?

Whoa. Slow down, lets deal with the neck issue first.

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#11 30-10-2011 4:39pm

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where do i go from here wrote: »

What has the fact he drives a taxi got to do with it?

Right on the money. Just what I was thinking

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#12 30-10-2011 4:42pm

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Sounds like a friend of a friend story even if the OP was there at the time

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#13 30-10-2011 4:45pm

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I figured out the neck thing.

Taxi Drivers name was Ger Raffe.

I'll get me coat.

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#14 30-10-2011 4:47pm

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I feel bad for the guy. Things must be pretty desperate for him if he has to go to such lenghts to retrieve a euro.

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#15 30-10-2011 4:47pm

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It was probably stuck, or he just would've returned it to the bay to receive the euro.

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#16 30-10-2011 4:52pm

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Was expecting thread about racist taxi drivers. Thread fails to deliver.

/goes off to start a traveller thread.

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#17 30-10-2011 4:59pm

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I once saw an Indian man in Tesco eat about two thirds of a packet of dried fruit and leave it back on the shelf.

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#18 30-10-2011 5:20pm

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I get the euros out of the trolleys, what fat b4stard doesn't bring it back to the bay 20ft away.
The first 4 seconds are the most risky and embarrassing, head down, then you can make it look like you were actually using it.

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#19 30-10-2011 5:31pm

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Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I once saw an Indian man in Tesco eat about two thirds of a packet of dried fruit and leave it back on the shelf.

bleedin fordiners!!! :mad:

/shakes fist in air

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#20 30-10-2011 5:38pm

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As the old the old saying goes 'See a penny pick it up all that day you'll have good luck, see a Euro in a trolley...get your pliers and yank it out'

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#21 30-10-2011 5:54pm

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no this carry on does actually happen

i witnessed it in the mill in clondalkin ..... it was 1 euro there... but they add up quite a bit so they do

i remember the days you would running around the car park looking for trollies to claim the euros and then run into the shop to buy sweets !

one day i got over a tenner in 15 mins !

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#22 30-10-2011 6:11pm

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What's the cut off point for "ok to retrieve euro coin" I wonder???

Pick up off the ground I'm presuming is cool......pliers and trolly isn't, we've established...

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#23 30-10-2011 6:15pm

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pmcmahon wrote: »

i too smell a big fib being told..

Would you ever go and fu... :rolleyes:

It happened. I absolute hate when people act all "sharp" and go "yeah, sounds like a lie, im dead wide me" - then posts in an absolute ridiculous after hours post where they take it as gospel. :rolleyes:

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#24 30-10-2011 6:54pm

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Actually, has the question been asked yet;

Who carries a pliers in their car?

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#25 30-10-2011 6:56pm

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Cian A wrote: »

Actually, has the question been asked yet;

Who carries a pliers in their car?

Don't you? Mine is in the boot next to the chainsaw and 'Scream' mask!

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#26 30-10-2011 7:02pm

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Bassboxxx wrote: »

What's the cut off point for "ok to retrieve euro coin" I wonder???

Pick up off the ground I'm presuming is cool......pliers and trolly isn't, we've established...

Funny you say that, cus I saw a euro on the ground of the local newsagents earlier today and just didn't have the balls to pick it up for fear of looking like a greedy bastid in front of the shop assistant (who I'd know from being in there).

Then, in Subway a while back, the bloke in front of me just left €4 change sitting in the little change machine thing they had at their till. The look I got off the bloke behind the till when I handed it back to him. You'd think it'd be "Fair play to you for being an honest, decent bloke. In fact, here's a complimentary cookie for just being a stand-up lad" But it was more like "You insane mate?!" €4 just seemed a bit too much to be yoinking* though.

*It's a word.

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#27 30-10-2011 7:05pm

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Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I once saw an Indian man in Tesco eat about two thirds of a packet of dried fruit and leave it back on the shelf.

How do you know he was Indian and not Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Nepalese ...

Or do all wogs look the same to you?:D:D:D

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#28 30-10-2011 7:13pm

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If he had brought the trolley back to the bay, one of those Nigerian taxi drivers who get free cars, taxi plates and houses off the government probably would have skipped him in the queue...he did the right thing if you ask me.

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#29 30-10-2011 7:16pm

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Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I once saw an Indian man in Tesco eat about two thirds of a packet of dried fruit and leave it back on the shelf.

He was actually hungry.

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#30 30-10-2011 7:20pm

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He should park in aldi`s car park, more lucrative 2 euro trolleys there.

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#31 30-10-2011 7:22pm

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Cian A wrote: »

Actually, has the question been asked yet;

Who carries a pliers in their car?

Taxi men, and dentists.

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#32 30-10-2011 7:27pm

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Cian A wrote: »

Actually, has the question been asked yet;

Who carries a pliers in their car?

He might moonlight as a dentist, or an abortionist...

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#33 02-11-2011 5:05am

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Cian A wrote: »

Actually, has the question been asked yet;

Who carries a pliers in their car?

i carry a tool box in my car i have the pump action shotgun beside that and a special tool for extracting coins from shopping trollies

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#34 02-11-2011 5:12am

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Turtyturd wrote: »

If he had brought the trolley back to the bay, one of those Nigerian taxi drivers who get free cars, taxi plates and houses off the government probably would have skipped him in the queue...he did the right thing if you ask me.

nobody gets free cars taxi plates and houses off the goverment i can assure you that not nigerians or anyone else it's just another fly by night tale that floats around

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#35 02-11-2011 5:15am

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So you're saying the taxi driver used a tin opener to rob a bank?

WTF?

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