Taxi driver refusing fare?!

s14 silvia · 21-09-2009 12:47PM

So I got out of the cab again and ended up walking home, pretty pissed off. Now I was fine walking home - but what if something had happened? I was on my own, on high heels, and slightly drunk - walking around the backroads of Galway. I cannot believe that yer man pretty much refused to take me home.

Did he actually refuse to take you or was he just not to happy with a small fare??

Unfortunately I never took down his license number, cause I am very very tempted to complain to anyone in the business who would listen.

Again as im in the buisness dont!! taxi drivers have enough crap to deal with, if you did'nt bother or have the sense to get his plate license or badge number dont whinge to other drivers about it i really am sick of people doing this when they get in my car and been a Dublin driver i hear this everyday of the week and my reply is pritty much as i have said here, it up to you and only you to get the number..
Its simple folks you really cant no matter how drunk you are miss the numbers on a taxi plate when your beside it!!!!!!!!

My rant over

galah · 21-09-2009 12:55PM

he refused because it was "not worth his while".

s14 silvia · 21-09-2009 12:57PM

galah wrote: »

he refused because it was "not worth his while".

Just you said pritty much refused!!!

arybvtcw0eolkf · 21-09-2009 01:08PM

galah wrote: »

Went out with friends last night, to Kelly's (Living Room). Got a little drunky, wanted to go home - while hubby and his mates were still staying out. Hubby obviously wanted me to go home safely, so put me in a taxi.

I told the tax i driver where I wanted to go (St. Mary's Road) - and yer man turned around and said that 'this wasn't worth his while'. WTF?

Sounds to me like ...

galah wrote: »

he refused because it was "not worth his while".

You should have made it worth Hubby's while to take you home - if ya know what I mean <wink, wink - nudge, nudge> (giggy-gig).

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Mimikyu · 21-09-2009 01:12PM

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galah · 21-09-2009 01:36PM

s14 silvia wrote: »

Just you said pritty much refused!!!

well, I ended up walking, so that constitues that he didn't drive me home. Maybe, with threats and tears, I could have gotten him to drive me home, but at that point, I couldn't be arsed.

As for hubby's while's worth - give the poor lad a break one night a week...:p

Spook_ie · 21-09-2009 03:36PM

You we're drunky, you got in a cab, he wouldn't take you, for whatever reason, you got out in a huff and instead of taking another taxi walked home. Why the big deal it was you that stormed off and walked and failed to take the steps required to prevent this happening again.

So IMO you have no reason to give out, maybe next time you shouldn't get so drunky that you can't reason/react rationaly to a given situation.

Novella · 21-09-2009 04:04PM

That's ridiculous, OP! I wouldn't have walked home though, you could have just tried a different taxi!

Zadkiel · 21-09-2009 04:05PM

s14 silvia wrote: »

Again as im in the buisness dont!! taxi drivers have enough crap to deal with, if you did'nt bother or have the sense to get his plate license or badge number dont whinge to other drivers about it i really am sick of people doing this when they get in my car and been a Dublin driver i hear this everyday of the week and my reply is pritty much as i have said here, it up to you and only you to get the number..
Its simple folks you really cant no matter how drunk you are miss the numbers on a taxi plate when your beside it!!!!!!!!

My rant over

You're a great advocate for the business. Keep up the good work.

kajo · 21-09-2009 04:11PM

Before dereg i think it was much more safe to use a taxi... not always easy to get one but safe anyway.
I agree it was wrong of the driver but i think you were also wrong... we have a system for complaints its not great but it works ... only if you make the complaint.
Nothing worse than a passenger full of drink and a bad temper... you and he should have known better... my advice stick to rules make them work for you and try be nice to the next good driver who takes you home.

I do hope your hubby was not thinking of driving with drink onboard

me-skywalker · 21-09-2009 04:20PM

galah wrote: »

Still seething, need to rant...

Went out with friends last night, to Kelly's (Living Room). Got a little drunky, wanted to go home - while hubby and his mates were still staying out. Hubby obviously wanted me to go home safely, so put me in a taxi.

I told the tax i driver where I wanted to go (St. Mary's Road) - and yer man turned around and said that 'this wasn't worth his while'. WTF?

This happend to me and my mate in Dublin gettign a taxi from outside the Shelbourne to Cherrywood in Loughlinstown. Taxi driver stopped the car.( yes it was already moving off) and told us no he's not going out that far. Usually a €35 this was about 3am so mabe he only wanted a few short runs or one that went his home direction but we stood out groudn and told him no we were in it already and its his legal right to blah blah blah.. then he jumped out opened the back door and reefed my mate out.. no warning nothing jst pulled him out. I jumped out and and grabebd him off my mate, threw him back into his taxi kicked the door closed and told to look for another job!

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 21-09-2009 04:21PM

The same piece of sh!t taxi man will drive to dublin and make a bollocks of traffic for the day because "we don't have any business"... hope this cnut starves to death.

As for the OP, you and you alone are responsible for yourself, unless you are a minor. You can't blame anybody else if something happens to you, you made the decision to walk home. There were other options. Remember that.

I fcuking hate when a girl gets sexually assaulted then puts the blame on the barman, bus driver, taxi driver, or other...

hairyfairy00 · 21-09-2009 04:26PM

Danny Steep Oaf wrote: »

I fcuking hate when a girl gets sexually assaulted then puts the blame on the barman, bus driver, taxi driver, or other...

Ya because it'a always her fault :rolleyes: It's attitudes like yours that prevent some women from reporting that they've been attacked.

Moojuice · 21-09-2009 04:42PM

Spook_ie wrote: »

You we're drunky, you got in a cab, he wouldn't take you, for whatever reason, you got out in a huff and instead of taking another taxi walked home. Why the big deal it was you that stormed off and walked and failed to take the steps required to prevent this happening again.

So IMO you have no reason to give out, maybe next time you shouldn't get so drunky that you can't reason/react rationaly to a given situation.

Read the original post. He said it was not worth his while. Plenty of other posters have pointed this out. So it was not 'for whatever reason', it was for the clear reason that he was not bothered following the rules of his profession.

galah · 21-09-2009 05:28PM

I still think I have enough reason to give out. And where else but here?

I'm not blaming him if anything had happened to me, but what annoys me is that I TRIED to do the safe thing and take a taxi, and then get refused. I was prepared to spend a tenner, but obviously 10 euros are not good enough for 3 minutes work in this day and age.

And I AM nice to taxi drivers, always leave a tip, and am friendly. Unless they p*ss me off.

I bet ya the country would be up in arms, pitch forks at the ready, if this had happend to a girl who subsequentially got assaulted or worse. They'd be very very quick to blame that taxi driver for neglecting his 'duty' for lack of a better word.

the_cat_is_back · 21-09-2009 05:40PM

galah wrote: »

I still think I have enough reason to give out. And where else but here?

I'm not blaming him if anything had happened to me, but what annoys me is that I TRIED to do the safe thing and take a taxi, and then get refused. I was prepared to spend a tenner, but obviously 10 euros are not good enough for 3 minutes work in this day and age.

And I AM nice to taxi drivers, always leave a tip, and am friendly. Unless they p*ss me off.

I bet ya the country would be up in arms, pitch forks at the ready, if this had happend to a girl who subsequentially got assaulted or worse. They'd be very very quick to blame that taxi driver for neglecting his 'duty' for lack of a better word.

From the sound of things you're 100% in the right here OP. It's happened to me before and to friends of mine and it's very frustrating. The majority of taxi drivers are decent people, but there are a minority who do things like this that give drivers a bad name. Another thing that annoys me is when you're in a taxi and going to, let's say a stadium and the taxi driver won't bring you close to the stadium because traffic is too heavy - the meter is running no??

Spook_ie · 21-09-2009 05:47PM

galah wrote: »

I still think I have enough reason to give out. And where else but here?

I'm not blaming him if anything had happened to me, but what annoys me is that I TRIED to do the safe thing and take a taxi, and then get refused. I was prepared to spend a tenner, but obviously 10 euros are not good enough for 3 minutes work in this day and age.

And I AM nice to taxi drivers, always leave a tip, and am friendly. Unless they p*ss me off.

I bet ya the country would be up in arms, pitch forks at the ready, if this had happend to a girl who subsequentially got assaulted or worse. They'd be very very quick to blame that taxi driver for neglecting his 'duty' for lack of a better word.

Try staying sober and next time get his number and follow the procedures, no one's at fault if you can't prove it by complaining through the proper channels...fact of life

galah · 21-09-2009 05:56PM

I know that. That's why I ranted on the Galway forum, purely to vent my anger (also at myself for not taking down his number), nothing else.

ElBarco · 21-09-2009 05:58PM

Spook_ie wrote: »

Try staying sober and next time get his number and follow the procedures, no one's at fault if you can't prove it by complaining through the proper channels...fact of life

If everyone followed that advice there would be even less business for taxi drivers...fact of life

prodigal_son · 21-09-2009 07:39PM

Irish taxi drivers used to be regularly voted the most friendly in the world, London taxi drivers the most informative, and New york the rudest ones.

Things changed, there is no real saftey, or standards, and do people care? no, because they get to put their hand in the air and see 3 taxis fight to give them a lift home.

Things get bad, drivers get rude, but this is the system the irish people want, or they would complain? they want new york style taxi drivers giving them abuse, its the system they have accepted in place of waiting for a professional, safe taxi driver.

If youre drunk, they can refuse you, they can refuse you if they think you will soil their car. If you have a complaint or think its unreasonable, take his number, get out, and put your hand in the air for another taxi, wont take long.

The taxi industry is fallin apart, this is just proof of it, and you cant blame all drivers, you can only blame the system, because there are drivers out there that will rush you to hospital and forget about the fare, who will round it down if you dont have change, and will get you where you need to go, no matter how far or short, with a smile, and a bit of friendly banter if youre up for it.

Spook_ie · 22-09-2009 12:21AM

galah wrote: »

I know that. That's why I ranted on the Galway forum, purely to vent my anger (also at myself for not taking down his number), nothing else.

But you're not on the Galway forum.....maybe you're a secret taxi driver taking the long route!

ciaran67 · 22-09-2009 08:20AM

ElBarco wrote: »

If everyone followed that advice there would be even less business for taxi drivers...fact of life

Nobody is advocating a mass taking of the pledge, its just very hard trying to reason with people who are rat-arsed. I have upmost sympathy with the original poster's experience, but what's the ratio of people being refused by a driver to being taken home safely? Unfortunately people dont want to talk about a professional safe journey they just want to have a rant, so we all get tarred with the same brush.

galah · 22-09-2009 10:33AM

Spook_ie wrote: »

But you're not on the Galway forum.....maybe you're a secret taxi driver taking the long route!

I started out on the Galway forum, until some evil mod

moved this to the playground...

And yes - I have met loads of very nice taxi drivers, chatty, friendly, professional. I've also met the 'other' type - taking the 'long' way home even when I told them to take another route, getting chatted up in the cab ("so, you have good job? Have a boyfriend?"), overcharging, unfriendly.

I am not saying that all taxi drivers are bad, I am just annoyed with this one particular driver, who was a complete b*llocks. And I wasn't unreasonably drunk, and was not going to soil his cab - and that's why I'm even more annoyed.

Also - dare I say it - (what the heck, this thread is hopelessly lost anyway) - yer man wasn't Irish. Or even European.

*gets popcorn*

Spook_ie · 22-09-2009 10:47AM

galah wrote: »

I started out on the Galway forum, until some evil mod moved this to the playground...

And yes - I have met loads of very nice taxi drivers, chatty, friendly, professional. I've also met the 'other' type - taking the 'long' way home even when I told them to take another route, getting chatted up in the cab ("so, you have good job? Have a boyfriend?"), overcharging, unfriendly.

I am not saying that all taxi drivers are bad, I am just annoyed with this one particular driver, who was a complete b*llocks. And I wasn't unreasonably drunk, and was not going to soil his cab - and that's why I'm even more annoyed.

Also - dare I say it - (what the heck, this thread is hopelessly lost anyway) - yer man wasn't Irish. Or even European.

*gets popcorn*

Ah jeez, now you've gone an done it...........

In before the lock

me-skywalker · 22-09-2009 11:04AM

why has noone asked the question... why didnt you just get another taxi?

not advocating the other guys behaviour which was unprofessional and ridiculous!

The Ghost · 24-09-2009 02:08AM

galah wrote: »

Still seething, need to rant...

Went out with friends last night, to Kelly's (Living Room). Got a little drunky, wanted to go home - while hubby and his mates were still staying out. Hubby obviously wanted me to go home safely, so put me in a taxi.

I told the tax i driver where I wanted to go (St. Mary's Road) - and yer man turned around and said that 'this wasn't worth his while'. WTF?

So I got out of the cab again and ended up walking home, pretty pissed off. Now I was fine walking home - but what if something had happened? I was on my own, on high heels, and slightly drunk - walking around the backroads of Galway. I cannot believe that yer man pretty much refused to take me home.
While I can understand that he wouldn't want to lose his place in a queue for a fare to, say, CPs (which really is just down the road), St. Mary's is a little further up, and usually cost around 10 Euros. I understand that he is runnign a business and not a charity, but I can't believe that this individuum would, from a moral perspective, leave me to find my own way home.

Unfortunately I never took down his license number, cause I am very very tempted to complain to anyone in the business who would listen, but I must say that I will never, ever use any of the taxis outside Kelly's again. Ever.

Not much point telling your kids to stay safe and not walk home in the dark if the f*cking taxi drivers refuse to take ya...Or be surprised if girls end up getting assaulted cause they have no choice but to walk, as they don't live far enough away to make a fare worth the driver's while...

/rant.

Edit: Also - how does one get home in these cases? Try every other cab in the queue?Wait forever to get a hackney? Nag hubby out of the pub to bring me home? (and don't get me wrong, he offered, but I thought it would not be necessary...)

Shame really, only one story like this from Galway. I can tell you a hundred every weekend in every city and town around Ireland because of the **** state this Gov has allowed the Taxi industry to deteriorate into. Once upon a time you would have been brought home in safety by a qualified person and treated in a professional manner with a laugh, a joke and a smile. If you happened to be in a "delicate" state or in possible danger, more than likely the professional driver would have ensured you were at the right house, had your keys and made it in safely. For this service you probably would have been happy to pay the fare and then a bit. Now you have no idea what your letting yourself into. Galway alone has been mentioned on numerous occasions by Frank Fahey as being in chaos where the Taxi services are concerned. When the PUBLIC saviours ie the taxi regulators enforcers come to town "all the non Irish nationals disappear"(quote from Fahey). You the travelling public, not only in Galway, have got what you deserve and this is only the tip of the ice berg. You reap what you sow and now you can pass it on to your kids. Will they be safe coming home?

DigiGal · 24-09-2009 02:26AM

Similar thing happened to me...
Got in a taxi on dame st, asked taxi driver to take us to Crumlin using Francis St..
He says to us...No I'm going this way its better(Obv longer way)
No we need to go to Francis St
Get out of the ****ing taxi and walk then...

i have a bit of a problem with my temper and actually snapped his side mirror off...
Then ran to Francis st lol

Victor · 24-09-2009 02:34AM

JustMary wrote: »

You take out your cellphone, and make it very clear that you're taking pictures of his licence and back registration plate. (And if your cellie is an old one that doesn't take pix, then just behave like it does.)

Just dial the number into your phone, press dial and hang up. The number is now in you "last dialled numbers" list.

The Ghost · 24-09-2009 02:38AM

You were lucky, at least you weren't locked in and made to pay. Come back for you....NONE. The majority of taxi drivers in ALL cities and towns at the weekends and special event times are illegal and have no interest in serving the paying public! Even if you did manage to get the number it wouldn't be of any use to you.

The Ghost · 24-09-2009 02:48AM

Victor wrote: »

Just dial the number into your phone, press dial and hang up. The number is now in you "last dialled numbers" list.

Doesn't work. Taxi numbers and roof signs are available to buy for little or nothing and no proof of legitimacy is required, people can rent taxi's without genuine licenses as proven by the Sunday world recently. Supposed legitimate drivers can buy or rent genuine taxi's and then sub let them to non licensed drivers, NO come back or prosecution in any of the above because of lack of enforcement, the list goes on... You reap what you sow, the Public wanted a taxi on every corner, now you have it and now you will pay the price.

Taxi driver refusing fare?!

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