toots wrote:
I guess it's just as ok to ask for a male driver if the request is for genuine reasons and not just sexiest reasons.
What would you consider a genuine reason for requesting a male driver?
Some might consider asking for a female driver, due to an irrational fear of rape/sexual assault, as being sexist.
I say irrational, since the chances of this happening are minuscule.
Strange also how many women asking for a female driver would drop the request and take any cab when told it could be some time before one was available or that we didn't have one on duty.
Does a genuine fear vanish when it's busy?
toots wrote:
gusmac wrote:
..Is it ok for someone to request a white driver?
..My opinion is it's not ok
An irrational fear of rape/sexual assault could also result in a request for a white driver, or an elderly one, if a female driver was not available.
Reading the press or TDO, one could easily conclude that non-white males, under a certain age, are more likely to commit such offences.
Still think it's not ok?
This isn't a personal issue so personally I have no idea what joe public considers reasonable. With regard to your 'irrational rape theory' I think it's only irrational if you have never been raped or never had a bad experience that's perhaps left you with this fear, to be honest I haven't a clue why woman ask for female drivers, but, they do. They also wait for them when it's a genuine request. At the end of the day the paying customer can ask for whatever they want from the service provider and if it can be met then great, if it can't it's up to the customer to decide if they wish to take what the service provider offers or to seek their requirements elsewhere
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