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Taxi with sticker saying 'Irish Taxi Driver'

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  • #152
    I.S.T.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭I.S.T.


    heavyballs wrote: »
    at least with the foreign guys you don't get the whole were broke/recession /too many taxi's waffle,why do taxi drivers assume we give a sheite

    The foreign drivers should put up a sticker saying "Foreign driver - for a peaceful drive home with no waffle" :D


  • #153
    I.S.T.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭I.S.T.


    shaddupayaface wrote: »
    I would choose to get into a taxi with an Irish driver quicker than one with a foreign driver. From personal experience, the foreign drivers do not know, or pretend not to know where I ask them to take me and end up going all over the place before we get there. I'm just sick of it so it's Irish drivers from now on!

    Why don't you just tell them what route to take? I always do.


  • #154
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,684 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    MYOB wrote: »
    I wouldn't get in to your taxi because its a fifteen year old Toyota yoke, I'd be looking for the ever increasing number of 3/5-series and Superbs around :P

    At least with the auld Toyota yoke you'd be sure you'll get to your destination ;)


  • #155
    I Was VB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,911 ✭✭✭I Was VB


    MYOB wrote: »
    I wouldn't get in to your taxi because its a fifteen year old Toyota yoke, I'd be looking for the ever increasing number of 3/5-series and Superbs around :P

    Thats terrible, my lovely Toyota Carina is 14 years old!!!

    :D


  • #156
    homerjay2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,346 ✭✭✭✭homerjay2005


    ive no problem with the stickers, its their cars, if people have problems with it, then get in a car that does not have one.

    i do however have a problem with some foreign taxi drivers, based on personal experience, time and time again.

    i can honestly say that for every 5 times i get in a taxi with a foreign driver, 3 times it ends in drama. i went through a spell for example when i had problem after problem with nigerian taxi drivers. between severe road rage, dangerious driving, not knowing where to go, over charging, telling me the meter was wrong and i needed to pay more etc etc, i just have had enough with them. i actually do not want to get into a taxi with them anymore. i had a chinese driver last year who was late (i wsa in a hurry), then had no petrol, so had to divert to stop for it despite i saying no that i hadnt time, then he got lost, would take the short cuts i asked for and then ended up breaking a red light and getting pulled over by the cops, leaving me to walk the last mile.

    i can honestly say, ive never had one problem with one irish taxi driver.


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  • #157
    oisindoyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 899 ✭✭✭oisindoyle


    homerjay2005 wrote: »
    ive no problem with the stickers, its their cars, if people have problems with it, then get in a car that does not have one.

    i do however have a problem with some foreign taxi drivers, based on personal experience, time and time again.

    i can honestly say that for every 5 times i get in a taxi with a foreign driver, 3 times it ends in drama. i went through a spell for example when i had problem after problem with nigerian taxi drivers. between severe road rage, dangerious driving, not knowing where to go, over charging, telling me the meter was wrong and i needed to pay more etc etc, i just have had enough with them. i actually do not want to get into a taxi with them anymore. i had a chinese driver last year who was late (i wsa in a hurry), then had no petrol, so had to divert to stop for it despite i saying no that i hadnt time, then he got lost, would take the short cuts i asked for and then ended up breaking a red light and getting pulled over by the cops, leaving me to walk the last mile.

    i can honestly say, ive never had one problem with one irish taxi driver.

    and the TR says all is well in the taxi business,funny that innit!


  • #158
    oisindoyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 899 ✭✭✭oisindoyle


    feelingstressed wrote: »
    They already have stickers
    "I was at the park 2005", or pretty similar wording

    Refers to a mass meeting which escalated to blocking streets in Dublin.
    That evening on the news people got to watch an ambulance with flashing lights driving down the footpath as the road was blocked
    I like those stickers, I know who to skip in the rank

    Maybe you should get your facts correct first before making assumptions !


  • #159
    shaddupayaface
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 115 ✭✭shaddupayaface


    IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »
    Why don't you just tell them what route to take? I always do.

    That only works when they know their left from their right!!


  • #160
    Chinasea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,568 ✭✭✭Chinasea


    why don't they just be done with it and put a klu klux klan sticker on


  • #161
    Absurdum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,444 ✭✭✭Absurdum


    Chinasea wrote: »
    why don't they just be done with it and put a klu klux klan sticker on


    the ku klux klan might sue for unauthorised use of name or likeness :rolleyes:


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  • #162
    Meat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71 ✭✭Meat


    shaddupayaface wrote: »
    To me that sticker doesn't say "racism", it says "I will know where you ask me to take you and I can speak english and I wont take the p!ss and drive you all over the place to reach your destination"

    The sticker may not say "racism" but your post there does.


  • #163
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,684 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    Chinasea wrote: »
    why don't they just be done with it and put a klu klux klan sticker on

    Irish taxi drivers are KKK members now? :eek:


  • #164
    The_Joker.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 320 ✭✭The_Joker.


    I think members of society should be allowed to put a stop to the narcissistic taxi drivers.

    People should be allowed shoot them , and shut the bastards up once and for all.


  • #165
    Wolfe Tone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭Wolfe Tone


    I always find the black taxi drivers much friendlier than the Irish ones. They dont treat me like I am Joe Duffy and confide in me their tales of woe.


  • #166
    XxMCRxBabyxX
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,442 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    MUSSOLINI wrote: »
    I always find the black taxi drivers much friendlier than the Irish ones. They dont treat me like I am Joe Duffy and confide in me their tales of woe.

    One of my best Taxi journeys was with a black man. he was just so friendly as opposed to just making boring conversation!


  • #167
    jahalpin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭jahalpin


    I regularly get the bus on O'Connell Street directly across from the taxi rank and the behaviour of the Irish taxi drivers there is pretty disgraceful.

    They are always letting their friends skip in line especially when there is a foreign driver behind them. They are also very rude to customers (ie people who pay their wages).

    The behaviour of the drivers during the blockade on O'Connell Street a few months ago was an absolute disgrace.

    I don't get a taxi very often, but if I saw one with this sticker I would refuse to get in it on principle and wait for another one.

    The foreign drivers are equally qualified to a taxi as the Irish ones (tax clearance cert, licence, right to work in E.U.) and they normally take better care of their cars.

    Taxi drivers in general seem to believe that driving a taxi is a profession rather than a job. The following is a list of professions;
    - Accountant
    - Medical doctor
    - Solicitor \ Barrister
    - Computer programmer

    Some drivers now believe that they are in the legal profession with their Bunreacht na hEireann stickers (I've read the leaflet and they seem to believe that the regulator is un-constitutional). If they actually had any legal knowledge, they would understand how close their "Irish Taxi Driver" signs are to incitement to hatred.

    We have all seen and been offended by the "No blacks, no Irish and No dogs" signs they had in the UK in the 50's, I can't really see how this is that different


  • #168
    aniaaneczka
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭aniaaneczka


    Im a woman as well, the difference is Im not racist. How about a sticker somewhere in Belfast "100% British"? Would you like that one?

    I will not get into one of those taxis. Dont need a racist retarded bas***d driving me anywhere. Would not feel particularly safe at all in such a company.


  • #169
    aniaaneczka
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭aniaaneczka


    There is another point to be made: the driving culture in this country is so horrible, including the taxi drivers, then i'd many times rather have a foreign taxi driver. So I would not boast around with that "Irish driver" sticker. It might be a good laugh for some immigrants :/


  • #170
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    aniaaneczka wrote: »
    Im a woman as well, the difference is Im not racist. How about a sticker somewhere in Belfast "100% British"? Would you like that one?
    I wouldn't have a problem with that one at least you know where you stand before you get in.

    just phone any of the cab companies from West Belfast. :p


  • #171
    Humanbeing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭Humanbeing


    Shame on you. I believe when you say " we Irish women don't feel safe with a black taxi driver" you mean if he was a Chinese or rapist or drunk scumbag Irish taxi driver it would be ok for you. Wake up you racist bitch and get a life. Who would like to rape a scum like you!!!!
    LilMsss wrote: »
    I view this as a good thing, and it would give people a choice of who they would like to get a taxi with. I've been in taxis with foreign drivers coming home from nights out and they have been tense journeys, they have taken routes I didn't recognise and some have made me generally uncomfortable, so much so that I would almost ask them to pull over and let me out.

    As a woman travelling alone, getting a taxi where you feel safe can be a lottery. That's not to say I haven't had foreign and Irish drivers who have been courteous and professional, but there is always that niggling worry when you flag down a taxi that it's going to be a foreign driver who may or may not get you to your destination safely. There just isn't the same sense of worry when it's an Irish driver.

    Regardless of whether or not it is politically correct to say so, most women do not feel safe getting in a taxi with a foreign driver. If my friends are putting me in a taxi after a night out, they will wave it on if the driver is not Irish.


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  • #172
    Humanbeing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭Humanbeing


    You Irish people always forget about the amount of Irish people who immigrated to all parts of the world and suffered racism, now you are doing exactly the same. Good way to to rebuild a country
    eightyfish wrote: »
    JHMEG wrote: »
    If Nigerian taxi drivers put up "Nigerian taxi driver" signs in a effort to attract more Nigerian custom, would they be seen as bigoted racists by some?

    Oh for God's sake, it's more than just a sign. You can tell if your taxi driver is black or not immediately. The sign is not there to inform customers that the driver is Irish. The sign is there as a form of silent protest against the black taxi drivers "coming over here and taking good Irish taxi driver's jobs." If you think otherwise I'd say that's naive.


  • #173
    robbie_998
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,222 ✭✭✭robbie_998


    Everybody is the same regardless of race.

    it doesnt matter what skin colour etc. humans are humans and anybody on the street could be a rapist or drug dealer etc.


    anyway.

    old thread is old.


  • #174
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,904 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Humanbeing wrote: »
    Shame on you. I believe when you say " we Irish women don't feel safe with a black taxi driver" you mean if he was a Chinese or rapist or drunk scumbag Irish taxi driver it would be ok for you. Wake up you racist bitch and get a life. Who would like to rape a scum like you!!!!
    Welcome to boards.ie

    You appear to be angry and you're posts are rather offensive. I would be grateful if you could read the charter: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=89781

    If you have a problem with a post, please use the 'report post' button under the relevant user's name.

    As this thread is rather old, I am going to close it.


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