Taxi drivers protesting again today; are they the moaniest profession in Ireland?

IvaBigWun · 15-01-2014 11:36PM #1

Traffic chaos again today from a group of people who have chosen this job and, as sole traders, still think they can band together and hold the public to ransom when they have something new to have a grievance about.

Enough!

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/taxi-drivers-protest-outside-d%C3%A1il-over-proposed-changes-1.1656092

Taxi drivers are protesting outside the Dáil this afternoon over changes to the sector being considered by the Government.

Around 100 taxis from the capital will gather around Kildare Street from 1.30pm to highlight the association’s concerns regarding a number of proposals being considered by the Government.

“Dublin City Council has already removed 58 taxi rank spots in the city,” explained Jim Waldron, spokesperson for the National Private Hire & Taxi Association, which organised the protest.

“Taxi drivers are expected to keep driving around without stopping.”

Mr Waldron is also unhappy with proposals to lower standards of wheelchair access. “This will result in too many cars on the streets of Dublin,” he added.

Participants in the rally also hope to underline issues surrounding charges to drivers using credit card machines in their vehicles and the introduction of local hackney licences in rural areas.

Are they the moaniest profession in Ireland? If not, who are?

Nabber · 15-01-2014 11:39PM

No worse than Farmers, nurses and teachers.

Stavros Murphy · 15-01-2014 11:41PM

I thought it was a requirement for getting a licence? They do a "good old moan" test and have to get 60% or more.

IvaBigWun · 15-01-2014 11:41PM

Nabber wrote: »

No worse than Farmers, nurses and teachers.

Thats nonsense regarding nurses. They're the most under-paid profession I can think of

15-01-2014 11:42PM

Moaniest profession has to be mothers.

Always whinging and moaning about things they believe will corrupt the kids

15-01-2014 11:43PM

And what about FARMERS with their miserable EU-subsidised lives :mad:

longhalloween · 15-01-2014 11:45PM

It's not their fault. They listen to Joe Duffy every day and that sh*t's infectious.

IvaBigWun · 15-01-2014 11:47PM

Agreed, farmers would be a close second in the moaning stakes

mcko · 15-01-2014 11:47PM

I would say farmers, always moaning.

bridster007 · 15-01-2014 11:52PM

Liebherr workers in Kerry

.. but they may well be buying taxi plates soon themselves

major bill · 15-01-2014 11:58PM

It's very hard to have sympathy for Taxi men who moan about how it's hard to make a living when they pick and choose who to stop for. Hardly the attitude of somone ''struggling to make ends meet''.

keeponhurling · 16-01-2014 12:02AM

Why is the government removing taxi ranks ?

fro9etb8j5qsl2 · 16-01-2014 12:05AM

Joe Dufft whingers the lot of them :rolleyes:

Joe prim · 16-01-2014 12:09AM

Prozzies, always faking those organisms ( so I've been told:D)

ImDave · 16-01-2014 12:10AM

In a way I do feel bad for some of them who paid ridiculous sums of money to buy a taxi plate years ago, in comparison to people buying them now on Done Deal for 2k. That said, it doesn't mean they should moan about it to every fare paying passenger they take.

Bepolite · 16-01-2014 12:13AM

keeponhurling wrote: »

Why is the government removing taxi ranks ?

They're removing ones where they're not needed/can't be accommodated. Dawson street and the area around the LUAS link up is probably they're major concern.

Eggonyerface · 16-01-2014 12:17AM

Apparently where you sit when you hop into a taxi says a lot about your personality. For example if that's the drivers seat you're more than likely a moany bollox

Stavros Murphy · 16-01-2014 12:17AM

keeponhurling wrote: »

Why is the government removing taxi ranks ?

They've sold them to the Germans - they're all being put up on the outskirts of Frankfurt. It was a mistake really - Enda phoned revenue and said "Run our taxes past those frankfurters in Berlin and see if they rank them as sufficent". The line was a bit crap.

Lando Griffin · 16-01-2014 12:19AM

A "taxi drivers are concerned for the general public" thread.
Locally, if I ever order a taxi and the guy driving the 99 Toyota Corolla comes to pick me up; I will refuse to get in.

endacl · 16-01-2014 12:20AM

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Thats nonsense regarding nurses. They're the most under-paid profession I can think of

And the teachers. I teach. Haven't moaned since I was a teenager. I do work with teenagers though. They take moaning to a whole new level...

Cookie_Monster · 16-01-2014 12:26AM

'profession' is stretching it, you need to act and appear professional if thats the case, its a trade a best.

the standards need to be upped drastically to remove the dregs

Sh1tbag OToole · 16-01-2014 12:29AM

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Thats nonsense regarding nurses. They're the most under-paid profession I can think of

Nurse has to look after people puking and sh1tting all over the place, horrible job couldnt imagine ever doing that job not for all the tae in China.

Consultant sits in a nice comfortable office, tells you you're going to die in 5 weeks and there is feck all he can do about it, gets paid 10-20x as much.

GoldFour4 · 16-01-2014 12:30AM

I was in Poland last week. A taxi meter starts at something like 1.50 zloty. Thats about 35cent. Here the lowest charge is about €4.50. We get ripped off here, plain and simple.

Hilly Bill · 16-01-2014 12:35AM

Why are they moaning about removing some ranks when they park anywhere they want anyway rank or not?

Peregrine · 16-01-2014 12:39AM

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Why are they moaning about removing some ranks when they park anywhere they want anyway rank or not?

You think they're going to let that get in the way of some good aul moaning?

IvaBigWun · 16-01-2014 01:03AM

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Why are they moaning about removing some ranks when they park anywhere they want anyway rank or not?

Agreed. Camden Street being a good example, on both sides!

BillyMitchel · 16-01-2014 01:08AM

Yes ill also agree that they are. It's not an insult really because we are a nation of moaners anyway, it's just they do it more than most.

Taxi service in Ireland is a ripoff but if it was any lower I doubt they'd make a living from it these days.

godwin · 16-01-2014 01:23AM

Farmers are the moaniest profession

Sir Arthur Daley · 16-01-2014 01:24AM

godwin wrote: »

Farmers are the moaniest profession

If its sunny they want rain, if its rainy they want sun, never happy.

OneArt · 16-01-2014 01:31AM

Joe prim wrote: »

Prozzies, always faking those organisms ( so I've been told:D)

My little cousin had a fake organism once. Called Simba the Lion, or something like that.

Sam Kade · 16-01-2014 01:31AM

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Thats nonsense regarding nurses. They're the most under-paid profession I can think of

Really, my sister is a nurse great pay and plenty time off. Farmers work long hours and are price takers, which means they have every reason to protest.

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