Taxi drivers not carrying any/enough change.

shoelaceface wrote: »

Ah id say he was a fishy bloke alright trying to cod ya. That lack of change and all the other lack of change would contribute to a nice net profit at the end of the year.

jaysus iv never heard the bait of it

its a wonder he took you straight to your plaice and not on a tour of the countryside.

Mackerel

bonerm wrote: »

I'd actually love to know where the culture of tipping taxi drivers came into being. Is it something we some in American tv shows back in the day? I can understand it for maybe someone working as a waiter/waitress but what we're essentially doing here is saying "yeah you were in the decent financial position to buy/finance a large car and the plate to go with it... so here have some extra money on top of the excessive amount you already charged me for my trip."

Tbh I tip a lot and I guess it's a habit I picked up from my folks. The fact is the more generous you are, the more you're looked after. I get free journeys courtesy of my local cab company all the time. I tip €1 every second time I go to the bar in my local and I get free pints, double measures and all sorts of concessions. I tip the waiting staff in my favourite Italian usually over 15% and everytime I go in there I'm treated like royalty. I tip the delivery guys from Dominos a couple of euro each time and I'm always getting free stuff thrown in with my order.

It's sad that you don't get that kind of service for customer loyalty without doing it, sure, but honestly you do get what you pay for.

Maybe I'm insensitive to the OP's situation because I would just have thrown the tenner at the taxi driver, wished him a good night and legged it to the pub to enjoy the more important things. I wouldn't waste my time or energy arguing over the €1.25 or whatever it was. As for taxis being excessively expensive, you don't like it, get the bus.

JaxxYChicK wrote: »

Tbh I tip a lot and I guess it's a habit I picked up from my folks. The fact is the more generous you are, the more you're looked after. I get free journeys courtesy of my local cab company all the time. I tip €1 every second time I go to the bar in my local and I get free pints, double measures and all sorts of concessions. I tip the waiting staff in my favourite Italian usually over 15% and everytime I go in there I'm treated like royalty. I tip the delivery guys from Dominos a couple of euro each time and I'm always getting free stuff thrown in with my order.

From all this I can only come to the conclusion that they all just like your rack

Is there something that I am missing here?
Someone has their nickers in a knot because he hadn't got 80cent back in change?
I just don't get that, I would find that scabby to be honest. If a fare was over €8 I would always give a tenner.
As for waiting for 80cent or telling the driver to just give me back €2 and keep 80cent as a tip. Sound.
That one made me laugh... if I was the driver I would throw it back at you.
Either leave a decent tip or not at all..... IMHO...:o

jessiejam wrote: »

Is there something that I am missing here?
Someone has their nickers in a knot because he hadn't got 80cent back in change?
I just don't get that, I would find that scabby to be honest. If a fare was over €8 I would always give a tenner.
As for waiting for 80cent or telling the driver to just give me back €2 and keep 80cent as a tip. Sound.
That one made me laugh... if I was the driver I would throw it back at you.
Either leave a decent tip or not at all..... IMHO...:o

I couldn't afford to be leaving tips like that!

Wow I was about to start a thread about this in R&R. I tend to attract the drivers with no change whatsoever.

It happened me last weekend, I only had €12 and a €50 for a €13 fare. It would have been around the €10 mark had the driver taken the most direct route but I was so tired that I didn't bother to point it out, seeing as he was taking the next best route, it wasn't too much of an issue until it came to paying. I managed to get my change from €50 back in coins. I usually try to have as much change but I the atm would only give out €50 and there were no shops nearby to get change at 3am.

A few months ago I was running late so I decided to treat myself and get a taxi home. Again it was only about €13 or so and I €20 but the taxi driver literally had no change. Apparently he'd just been to the airport and used all his change on the toll bridge. Now bare in mind that this was about 3pm on a Saturday and I was his second fare. He had to drive to a shop about a 15mins walk away from my place and charged me to get there and didn't even bother to offer to drive me back. Suffice to say I'd have been quicker if I'd walked home. If I'd a €50 or more I could understand but not to have change for a €20 on your second fare during the day is just silly. Also I was in south Co. Dublin so it's not as if he didn't pass by any shops to get change.

If you're worried about not getting change why not just ask the driver if they'll have change for a 10, 20 or 50 before you commence your journey?