Mad Taxi Driver

skinny90 · 07-08-2012 4:41pm #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er4fKj8B7Yk

Fair play to the lad for recording it...pretty much sums up the irish taxi industry,I wonder has she been done for driving using the phone

Michael Weston · 07-08-2012 4:50pm

To be fair to her, that guy had no address or anything just someones name.

That being said she was full of attitude I think she lost all patience on the "Go Kartin road".

Taxi drivers, the heart of Irish tourisim.

NegativeCreep · 07-08-2012 4:51pm

Is that a man or a woman? Looks like my aunty.
In fairness I'd be pissed if I was him/her too. The chap hasn't a clue where he's goin.

mikom · 07-08-2012 4:51pm

skinny90 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er4fKj8B7Yk

Fair play to the lad for recording it...pretty much sums up the irish taxi industry,I wonder has she been done for driving using the phone

Yer man was an ignorant flute.

biko · 07-08-2012 4:52pm

AHCVPL

listermint · 07-08-2012 4:52pm

skinny90 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er4fKj8B7Yk

Fair play to the lad for recording it...pretty much sums up the irish taxi industry,I wonder has she been done for driving using the phone

okay so the guy is an idiot and doesnt know where he wants to go and films it so the taxi driver is the one in the wrong?

Passenger is an as%%hole tbh

phasers · 07-08-2012 4:52pm

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Is that a man or a woman? Looks like my aunty.

Does that not answer your question? Coupled with the word 'lady' in the video's title

Jay D · 07-08-2012 4:53pm

skinny90 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er4fKj8B7Yk

Fair play to the lad for recording it...pretty much sums up the irish taxi industry,I wonder has she been done for driving using the phone

ah I don't think it's the whole industry but you do get your fair share of these gob****es all the same.

listermint · 07-08-2012 4:55pm

If i was the driver i would have f'kd him out long ago. he sounds like he is just on a jaunt to film the taxi driver and take the piss. his monotone northy accent is annoying as hell.

babymanval · 07-08-2012 4:56pm

skinny90 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er4fKj8B7Yk

Fair play to the lad for recording it...pretty much sums up the irish taxi industry,I wonder has she been done for driving using the phone

I don't see how it "sums up the Irish taxi industry"? I get at least one taxi each week and have had about 2 problems in the last year. Some belligerent mulla housewife likely moonlighting her husband's taxi in the arse end of nowhere is hardly representative of an entire industry.

Oh yeah: "Here we go again/:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: etc etc...

NegativeCreep · 07-08-2012 4:56pm

phasers wrote: »

Does that not answer your question? Coupled with the word 'lady' in the video's title

Aha, didn't even see that :L

Feeona · 07-08-2012 4:59pm

Guy holding phone : 'I paid for a service'

Taxi-driver : 'No you haven't. You haven't paid for it yet'

:pac:

What a tool! What was he recording her for? Because she didn't know the way to the place he didn't know the address of? He should have video-ed himself being a tool.

haulagebasher · 07-08-2012 5:06pm

This was a piss take pure and simple. Why else would he have recorded it, only to post it in youtube.

If if it was genuine, I would be on the taxi drivers side when the pasenger doesn't even know where he's going, how is the driver supposed to bring them there. Sounds like a complete tool. "john o Boyle, John O'boyle". Having said that, she was a contrary aul bat all the same - probably why he targetted her for a troll to record her reaction to it.

/V\etalfish · 07-08-2012 5:09pm

Why would the taxi driver even set off without knowing where they were going?
The very first thing I've been asked getting into any taxi is "Where to?".

I suspect yer man started filming her because she was irate and swearing at who ever was ringing her.

Zab · 07-08-2012 5:26pm

Well, she's hardly dealing with the situation too well, and while he isn't being all that helpful he isn't getting angry. I've never been to Ballina but a very quick googling found this golf course near North Corrimla so I do feel like she should have been able to find it without getting angry with him.

Scioch · 07-08-2012 5:33pm

Idiot gets into a taxi not knowing where he's going and the driver is at fault ?

babymanval · 07-08-2012 5:44pm

LordSmeg wrote: »

Idiot gets into a taxi not knowing where he's going and the driver is at fault ?

"Idiot", not from the area, giving her a place name? Yes, exactly that, she is at fault. You're supposed to know the area you are driving in as a driver. That's what the tests that drivers are supposed to sit are for. Failing that, she should be asking her base/consulting sat nav.

According to the youtube comments/google mapping by Ballina locals: The places he asked for all exist. She didn't know where they are. To boot she points and verbally abuses when he indicates that he's leaving. I severely doubt that he contrived the whole incident and video'd it for lols, hungover on most likely a Sunday morning.

Scioch · 07-08-2012 5:56pm

babymanval wrote: »

"Idiot", not from the area, giving her a place name? Yes, exactly that, she is at fault. You're supposed to know the area you are driving in as a driver. That's what the tests that drivers are supposed to sit are for. Failing that, she should be asking her base/consulting sat nav.

According to the youtube comments/google mapping by Ballina locals: The places he asked for all exist. She didn't know where they are. To boot she points and verbally abuses when he indicates that he's leaving. I severely doubt that he contrived the whole incident and video'd it for lols, hungover on most likely a Sunday morning.

The guy didnt even know how to pronounce the name of the area, all he knew was something about Johnny Boyles golf course. He hadnt a clue where he was going and they had clearly been driving for a while before they camera started. When told they had passed the golf course he muttered about it being the wrong one.

They are taxi drivers not sat navs, they take you where you want to go. You get into a taxi not knowing where you are going and expecting the driver to drive around all do until you find it then your an idiot.

Spook_ie · 07-08-2012 8:50pm

TBH

If the passenger couldn't furnish enough detail to where they wanted to go, and the taxi driver couldn't be sure, then they shouldn't have taken him in the first place.

I've had people get in and actually ask me ( I work N C Dublin ) "Do I know a newish estate with yellow houses" funnily enough I actually did find the estate they wanted but it took a fair bit of guesswork with the odd wrong steer, but they were happy and so was I when they paid without quibble

CatFromHue · 07-08-2012 9:48pm

I don't understand why when your man got in and she didn't know where he wanted to go that they didn't sort it out then.

Ilovelucy · 07-08-2012 11:18pm

Zab wrote: »

Well, she's hardly dealing with the situation too well, and while he isn't being all that helpful he isn't getting angry. I've never been to Ballina but a very quick googling found this golf course near North Corrimla so I do feel like she should have been able to find it without getting angry with him.

That's where she brought him but he said it was the wrong place.

Corkbah · 07-08-2012 11:27pm

Ilovelucy wrote: »

That's where she brought him but he said it was the wrong place.

he said it was the wrong place but he didn't know exactly where he was going ???

???

Terrible passenger, driver can only do her best - despite being frustrated by some obvious clueless passenger !!

rameire · 07-08-2012 11:28pm

eh Elephant ---- Room
shes on the fecking phone while driving.

keith16 · 07-08-2012 11:38pm

Corkbah wrote: »

he said it was the wrong place but he didn't know exactly where he was going ??????

Terrible passenger, driver can only do her best - despite being frustrated by some obvious clueless passenger !!

Yeah, terrible passenger. Driver doing her best would have been refusing to bring him in the first place and not just chancing her harm.

wush06 · 07-08-2012 11:51pm

How many phone calls did she answer again I don't think he was calling her. She could have got them both killed. But hey a lot of you are just more pissed that he did not know where he was going. I would be reporting her to the taxi regulator and police shocking driving.
There could have been a whole Family in that taxi.

FanadMan · 08-08-2012 12:12am

She was hateful and a dangerous driver to boot. Swearing everytime the phone rang and swearing at the passenger. And what taxi driver doesnt have a satnav or at least a map with them?

If I was that passenger I'd be on to the taxi regulator straight away. Nobody should be treated like that, especially by someone in the services industry.

Ilovelucy · 08-08-2012 8:44am

What good would a sat nav be if he didn't know where he was going?

The Big Red Button · 08-08-2012 9:02am

rameire wrote: »

eh Elephant ---- Room
shes on the fecking phone while driving.

Thought taxi drivers are allowed use the phone while driving?

--Kaiser-- · 08-08-2012 9:18am

Taxi driver is in the wrong on so many levels:

Incredibly rude
Talking on the phone
Doesn't know the area (as the guy says, he's paying for a service)

For people on this horrible woman's side...would you use her taxi? I sure as hell wouldn't and I would not pay her a cent for the useless and offensive service she gives in the video

giles lynchwood · 08-08-2012 9:50am

Part of the test for getting a Psv license is knowledge of local area, street and place name's.Attitude of the driver is disgraceful,ignorant and give's a bad portrayal of Irish people in general. Shame on her.
As my father used to say"if you were married to her,you'd never be late for work".

[Jackass] · 08-08-2012 10:02am

The taxi driver is an idiot for a number of reasons. Firstly, if you don't know where your passanger is going, find out before you go rallying around looking for it with the meter running and also, he's going to a golf course driving range, there can't be too many of them around. Driver should have figured it out before he/she even took the fare, either by calling and seeing if he/she can find out where it is, or by getting the lad to call his mates and find out. If a taxi driver knew the night before, this one should know.

Also, on a side note, plenty of the lads sitting around taxi ranks, sipping coffee in Dublin complaining about the blacks and the Polish would do well to get down de cuntree, jayzus this fella / lady is turning down work like the nines and stressed up the arsehole with the amount of calls for fares he / she is getting!! :eek:

But in fairness, get a radio and get a sat nav.

Delphi91 · 08-08-2012 10:52am

rameire wrote: »

eh Elephant ---- Room
shes on the fecking phone while driving.

And not wearing a seatbelt either, me thinks!

Jarren · 08-08-2012 10:56am

Nope

She is not wearing it,good spot.

Wan tew · 08-08-2012 11:33am

LordSmeg wrote: »

Idiot gets into a taxi not knowing where he's going and the driver is at fault ?

So when you get into a taxi at a foreign airport , you are expected to give the taxi driver directions by your logic, or is it just that everyone should know their way around the area you live in?

Scioch · 08-08-2012 4:06pm

Wan tew wrote: »

So when you get into a taxi at a foreign airport , you are expected to give the taxi driver directions by your logic, or is it just that everyone should know their way around the area you live in?

No by my logic when I get into a taxi at a foreign airport (or anywhere) I am expected to know where I am going. If your using a landmark to find the place then you should know where it is in relation to that landmark.

"Somewhere out by the golf course" isnt a great help when you havent a clue where to go once you get to the golf course.

Jimmyboss · 08-08-2012 4:13pm

As a local, if anyone asked me for directions to John O'Boyle's Golf Range, I'd have no problems, neither would the majority of Ballina people, it's a fairly well-known and long -established facility; at the very least, she should have rung another driver with better local knowledge.

mikemac1 · 08-08-2012 4:19pm

Running a business

Why no hands free kit or sat nav?

How many times was she on that phone and leaning over the steering wheel, get a hands free kit love

Scioch · 08-08-2012 8:19pm

You know what I shouldnt have called the guy an idiot. He seems a bit annoying but in retrospect relying on the driver to find the place probably isnt that idiotic.

Perhaps the driver could have been less ignorant and more helpful. But I understand her frustration in trying to get someone somewhere when neither of them knew where to go.

But I think I was wrong to blank defend her and blame the passenger.

Ilovelucy · 08-08-2012 9:10pm

Jimmy did you watch the video fully. She brought him down to the par 3 on Sligo road and he said that wasn't it. Steph1 do you know where he wanted to go?

Jarren · 08-08-2012 9:18pm

She ended up on the joe.ie :pac:

http://www.joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/video-ballina-taxi-woman-caught-having-an-off-day-0027445-1

Spook_ie · 08-08-2012 9:29pm

Zab wrote: »

Well, she's hardly dealing with the situation too well, and while he isn't being all that helpful he isn't getting angry. I've never been to Ballina but a very quick googling found this golf course near North Corrimla so I do feel like she should have been able to find it without getting angry with him.

Not wanting to defend her or anything, because attitude is all part n parcel of a service, but you sure that's the right course, I followed the major roads on google maps and couldn't see a single signpost giving a name let alone an arrow pointing to a golfcourse

Big Nasty · 08-08-2012 9:41pm

Should have called Tommy Neary - would have dropped him to the door for a fiver!

Zab · 08-08-2012 10:00pm

Spook_ie wrote: »

Not wanting to defend her or anything, because attitude is all part n parcel of a service, but you sure that's the right course, I followed the major roads on google maps and couldn't see a single signpost giving a name let alone an arrow pointing to a golfcourse

Well, obviously I'm not sure, but at about 2:40 he appears to say North Corrimbla (he's not sure how to pronounce it), which is right beside the course I linked. I do agree he has the name of the course wrong, he seems to be naming it after its owner.

Spook_ie · 09-08-2012 4:56am

Zab wrote: »

Well, obviously I'm not sure, but at about 2:40 he appears to say North Corrimbla (he's not sure how to pronounce it), which is right beside the course I linked. I do agree he has the name of the course wrong, he seems to be naming it after its owner.

Fair enough, but I didn't realise that a degree in mysticism was a requirement to drive a taxi, perhaps he should have found a Shaman Taxi Driver with a set of divining tools

Elmidena · 09-08-2012 7:06am

If she didn't know she shouldn't have taken the fare. She's happy to talk while driving and could've easily said "look, do you know where this place is?" She'd be off to her next fares quicker and her BP would be lower. I don't see how the guy is at fault in some readers' eyes. The onus is on the driver to get them there, or to consult to locate where the destination is with her colleagues or whoever. As someone already stated, there can't be that many golf courses around. The guy sounded like he was reading the name from something and had obviously fed her this information before; she could have read it and revealed her knowledge or ignorance of the name, but she doesn't seem one for sensible approaches.

AFAIK, taxi drivers don't need to wear seatbelts. I do think, however, they have to have a handsfree of some sort and not using a phone though. Jaysus shocking driving on her. You could tell she was putting the foot down when she was getting really pished off by the speed increase of the trees going past!

Impossible to know for certain, but when he said I'll get out here I think he was happy(?) to pay her for the time wasted, or at least some of the fare. But to be met with a "shut up you" would kill off any charitable instinct in me, that's for certain. Whether she gets a rap from the law or regulator is irrelevent really; this going viral in that district is sure to dampen her custom.

Spook_ie · 09-08-2012 8:03am

Elmidena wrote: »

If she didn't know she shouldn't have taken the fare. She's happy to talk while driving and could've easily said "look, do you know where this place is?" She'd be off to her next fares quicker and her BP would be lower. I don't see how the guy is at fault in some readers' eyes. The onus is on the driver to get them there, or to consult to locate where the destination is with her colleagues or whoever. As someone already stated, there can't be that many golf courses around. The guy sounded like he was reading the name from something and had obviously fed her this information before; she could have read it and revealed her knowledge or ignorance of the name, but she doesn't seem one for sensible approaches.

AFAIK, taxi drivers don't need to wear seatbelts. I do think, however, they have to have a handsfree of some sort and not using a phone though. Jaysus shocking driving on her. You could tell she was putting the foot down when she was getting really pished off by the speed increase of the trees going past!

Impossible to know for certain, but when he said I'll get out here I think he was happy(?) to pay her for the time wasted, or at least some of the fare. But to be met with a "shut up you" would kill off any charitable instinct in me, that's for certain. Whether she gets a rap from the law or regulator is irrelevent really; this going viral in that district is sure to dampen her custom.

At end of day we have a selective section of video which shows a mad women driver not using a hands free kit/not wearing a seat belt/having a bad day....see that in a lot of cars being driven during school time on the school runs

Now we come to a taxi bit, AFAIK there is one golf course and one driving range in Ballina (perhaps someone eventually will confirm this ) the driving range (is the one I suspect he was looking for ) and she does mention and suggests that the driving range is "over there" (1.53)

I also suspect from listening to the commentary that it is early morning (0.30 " there's nobody up to ask" and that the passenger was out there last night (1.29)

Also seeing as the fare is €11.50 (5.17) and one assumes that they had been driving a distance of circa 5 to 6Km one would wonder why at (5.10) the passenger wanted to get out "just here" unless he was somewhere near to his destination, after all of an early morning would YOU get out in the middle of nowhere.

Now I stress that NONE of the above gives an excuse for driving using a phone or no seat belt but there's always two sides to a story

Elmidena · 09-08-2012 8:07am

If there's nobody up to ask why is her phone hopping while it's very bright outside :pac:

Spook_ie · 09-08-2012 8:21am

Elmidena wrote: »

If there's nobody up to ask why is her phone hopping while it's very bright outside :pac:

Because people are looking for a taxi or the base is asking if she's found her way there yet, I dunno, I'm just stating what's said during the clip. Also you get bright mornings like that from very early in the summer ( well maybe not during this summer

)

Elmidena · 09-08-2012 9:32am

Personally I don't think it's *that* early, I took the nobody around to ask comment as more of a "middle of nowhere" rather than "unsocial hour" stance. Quite willing to be wrong though

mikemac1 · 09-08-2012 10:31am

Elmidena wrote: »

AFAIK, taxi drivers don't need to wear seatbelts.

They do

They were looking for an exemption as some were getting grabbed and robbed from behind by gougers

Didn't matter, they have no exemption

Zab · 09-08-2012 1:34pm

Spook_ie wrote: »

Fair enough, but I didn't realise that a degree in mysticism was a requirement to drive a taxi, perhaps he should have found a Shaman Taxi Driver with a set of divining tools

I don't think we're on the same page here. He is going to North Corrimbla and he asked for North Corrimbla. Where does the mysticism come in to it?

Mad Taxi Driver

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