Taxi Drivers Switch Off Your Light!

Reganio 2 · 16-03-2015 11:20pm #1

If you have a fare turn off your god damn light. Instead of having us stand there with our hands out looking like idiots as you shrug your shoulders and drive by.

The Backwards Man · 16-03-2015 11:22pm

My heartfelt sympathies go out to you in your hour of need.

Reganio 2 · 16-03-2015 11:25pm

The Backwards Man wrote: »

My heartfelt sympathies go out to you in your hour of need.

It's cool got one now.

antodeco · 16-03-2015 11:26pm

Taxxxxxi man, why don't you put out your light,
Drive the streets for money,
Bore the ear off me with waffly sh!te

The Backwards Man · 16-03-2015 11:28pm

Reganio 2 wrote: »

It's cool got one now.

Thank Christ for that, I was having palpitations envisaging the sleepless night I was going to endure.:)

Kevin McCloud · 16-03-2015 11:30pm

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Thank Christ for that, I was having palpitations envisaging the sleepless night I was going to endure.:)

Are you not on duty you could pick the op up?

Zippie84 · 16-03-2015 11:34pm

Jesus, certainly not something I miss from my Dublin days!

NotCominBack · 16-03-2015 11:36pm

antodeco wrote: »

Taxxxxxi man, why don't you put out your light,
Drive the streets for money,
Bore the ear off me with waffly sh!te

Roxanne, pud on the red light

lulu1 · 16-03-2015 11:40pm

You would stand a long time with your hand out to hail a taxi or a bus for that matter in my neck of the woods.

Sunnyisland · 16-03-2015 11:45pm

Listen op buddy, de ya think I have nothin better to b doing Dan switching on and of dem lights,da takes time n effort n it migh help me get som dough,but pal I not out der for u,I out der for me,so if u don't like it lump it pal, bloody foreigners takin me job...

17-03-2015 12:01am

In my youth I used to have a beef with the drivers who had their light OFF. I used to love walking home - not just because I was a cheap skate - but I actually used to love walking home from Dublin up through fair view and along the strand to home.

But my guilty pleasure back then was - knowing I did not want a taxi - I used to stick my hand up in the air whenever a taxi with no light passed by. And when they pulled over I used to stick my head in the door and say "are you free?" and when they said "yes" I answered "Well then turn on your light would you?" and walk off. Usually leaving the passenger side door open which they would then have to get out of their seat and walk around the car to close.

I am sure I had an agenda back then "higher" than being an ass hole. But I remember I used to walk away from such cars feeling somehow vindicated. I am not sure I look back on myself in that way now

Id probably kick my own ass if I met me.

Kevin McCloud · 17-03-2015 12:05am

It seems to be a trivial annoying thing.

NegativeCreep · 17-03-2015 12:07am

Just download hailo. Best app ever.

pappyodaniel · 17-03-2015 12:08am

Deleted User wrote: »

In my youth I used to have a beef with the drivers who had their light OFF. I used to love walking home - not just because I was a cheap skate - but I actually used to love walking home from Dublin up through fair view and along the strand to home.

But my guilty pleasure back then was - knowing I did not want a taxi - I used to stick my hand up in the air whenever a taxi with no light passed by. And when they pulled over I used to stick my head in the door and say "are you free?" and when they said "yes" I answered "Well then turn on your light would you?" and walk off. Usually leaving the passenger side door open which they would then have to get out of their seat and walk around the car to close.

I am sure I had an agenda back then "higher" than being an ass hole. But I remember I used to walk away from such cars feeling somehow vindicated. I am not sure I look back on myself in that way now Id probably kick my own ass if I met me.

Badass
:cool:

Toots · 17-03-2015 12:42am

Taxi men, I don't give a **** about whether your light's on or off, but would you please stop using the entrance to my estate as a urinal! TVM!

arybvtcw0eolkf · 17-03-2015 12:57am

I drove a taxi for a few years, worse job I ever had ~ I hated it.. Anyway my roof sign, and most others are wired to the meter and switch off automatically once the meter is engaged.

No problem you'd think, but if you get a radio call (including Halo) you can't engage your meter until you've reached the address the pick up called from, and if you're early you can not engage the meter until the booked time.

So in the mean time the roof sign shows you're free for hire!.. Hence the 'sorry' shrug.. The driver knows the roof sign is on but he/she can not manually switch it off and can't engage the meter until he/she has reached their location and at the required time as per his/her radio or Halo booking.

tl/dr ~ fook de taxi's becoze I haven't a bleed'n clu 'N just want to rant

the_syco · 17-03-2015 1:07am

Turn off the lights? Turn on the effing lights! Goddamn taxis driving around with only their parking lights, even outside the well lit areas.

I'd like brighter full beams, tbh!

Samsgirl · 17-03-2015 1:14am

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

It seems to be a trivial annoying thing.

If only there was a thread.....

Tigger · 17-03-2015 1:15am

Jaylen Poor Sunrise wrote: »

I drove a taxi for a few years, worse job I ever had ~ I hated it.. Anyway my roof sign, and most others are wired to the meter and switch off automatically once the meter is engaged.

No problem you'd think, but if you get a radio call (including Halo) you can't engage your meter until you've reached the address the pick up called from, and if you're early you can not engage the meter until the booked time.

So in the mean time the roof sign shows you're free for hire!.. Hence the 'sorry' shrug.. The driver knows the roof sign is on but he/she can not manually switch it off and can't engage the meter until he/she has reached their location and at the required time as per his/her radio or Halo booking.

tl/dr ~ fook de taxi's becoze I haven't a bleed'n clu 'N just want to rant

yup you could be on the way or about to pick up and the light is still on
if we turned the meter on before you got in you'd go mental
also bitd (backintheday) taxis were rare and so got a modicum of respect
now not so much

Toots · 17-03-2015 1:36am

I've always wondered this; obviously if I got into a taxi and the meter was already running I'd be thinking wtf, but what if you book a taxi for say 6pm, and the taxi arrives at 6, but he's left sitting outside until 6:15 while the fare runs around the house looking for their wallet/phone/shoe etc. Are they allowed to start the meter from when they arrived at the house (presuming they don't arrive early) or do they have to just sit there until the passenger comes out?

Tigger · 17-03-2015 1:37am

Toots wrote: »

I've always wondered this; obviously if I got into a taxi and the meter was already running I'd be thinking wtf, but what if you book a taxi for say 6pm, and the taxi arrives at 6, but he's left sitting outside until 6:15 while the fare runs around the house looking for their wallet/phone/shoe etc. Are they allowed to start the meter from when they arrived at the house (presuming they don't arrive early) or do they have to just sit there until the passenger comes out?

it depends
if you got in and there was a tenner on the meter what would you say?

Toots · 17-03-2015 2:23am

Tigger wrote: »

it depends
if you got in and there was a tenner on the meter what would you say?

Well if I'd left him sitting outside for 15 minutes while I farted about in the house, the first thing I'd be saying is I'm sorry. If I booked the taxi for 6pm, it'd be up to me to be ready to leave when it got there.

Pawwed Rig · 17-03-2015 2:34am

Don't connect light to meter. Simples

Kevin McCloud · 17-03-2015 2:37am

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Don't connect light to meter. Simples

You would need to do a course for that.

Tigger · 17-03-2015 2:49am

Toots wrote: »

Well if I'd left him sitting outside for 15 minutes while I farted about in the house, the first thing I'd be saying is I'm sorry. If I booked the taxi for 6pm, it'd be up to me to be ready to leave when it got there.

So youd be happy to get in a taxi with 15 minutes on the meter
Coz that makes you a saint or the dahli lama

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 17-03-2015 2:54am

you say that but you're probably the same people that put your hand out for the taxi with no light anyway,

and also the same person putting your hand out for a bus that says "Out of Service"

Cry over better things.

Tigger · 17-03-2015 2:59am

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

you say that but you're probably the same people that put your hand out for the taxi with no light anyway,

and also the same person putting your hand out for a bus that says "Out of Service"

Cry over better things.

Is that a thing now ?
It used to be man the fhck up

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 17-03-2015 3:08am

Tigger wrote: »

Is that a thing now ?
It used to be man the fhck up

Problem is they wont man the fhck up. They always want something to cry over, might as well be something worthwhile that we can actually care about.

Toots · 17-03-2015 3:09am

Tigger wrote: »

So youd be happy to get in a taxi with 15 minutes on the meter
Coz that makes you a saint or the dahli lama

Maybe I'm a bit weird then, but as far as I'm concerned the taxi driver showed up on time to do his job, I don't think it's fair if he's losing out on potential earnings cos I couldn't get my sh!t together to be ready for the time that I arranged for him to be there. If he showed up 15 minutes early and I wasn't ready, and got in to find 15 minutes fare on the meter, I'd be very pissed off.

That being said, it'd be once in a blue moon that I'd get a taxi. Non drinker, so I just drive everywhere.

Reganio 2 · 17-03-2015 5:12am

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

you say that but you're probably the same people that put your hand out for the taxi with no light anyway,

and also the same person putting your hand out for a bus that says "Out of Service"

Cry over better things.

Nah taxi with no light goes past without a second glance. A guy drinking Kopperberg Strawberry and Lime gets a question mark though.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 17-03-2015 2:21pm

Toots wrote: »

I've always wondered this; obviously if I got into a taxi and the meter was already running I'd be thinking wtf, but what if you book a taxi for say 6pm, and the taxi arrives at 6, but he's left sitting outside until 6:15 while the fare runs around the house looking for their wallet/phone/shoe etc. Are they allowed to start the meter from when they arrived at the house (presuming they don't arrive early) or do they have to just sit there until the passenger comes out?

Its simple really.

Arrive at the address, give the number "Hi you ordered a taxi for six, I'm outside ~ take your time I'm ten minutes early (for example)".. At the appointed time I'd start the meter and not a minute before (actually I used to give a five minute grace period unless it was account work then the meter started bang on the time).

If you come out ten minutes late, tough its your own fault. But as I said I'd normally give five minutes grace.

I'm out of the game now, it was horrible. By the time I'd jacked it in I detested the job, its horrible. You're whoring out you and your car for less than minimum wage mid week with the hope you have a good weekend.. And in between that you've to listen to the spoofers who are lying through their teeth about the money they're making and the chic's they're riding ~ all bullsh*t of course.

Taxi Drivers Switch Off Your Light!

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