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Author:  sasha [ Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Mr.Shifter
Got a job from one of those retail parks yesterday. Posh bloke stood next to fancy Range Rover with a huge telly. 'All I need', he says, 'is for you to help me lift this into the car then follow me a couple of miles home and give us a hand carrying it into the house'. Halfway through my rant about being a taxi driver not a f*ing removal man he interrupts and says 'I'll give you £30'. 15 minutes later I'm £30 richer. :D

Last week it was someone needing help to change a tyre (only paid the drop plus waiting time ungrateful b'stards) wonder what's next, wifes having a baby can you help deliver it ? Need to go on the roof can you hold the ladder ? People are starting to take the p*ss :x
Author:  edders23 [ Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mr.Shifter
wait till you get the phone call asking you to move a couple of bits of furniture !!!!!!! and turn up to find its a full house move !
Author:  sasha [ Sun Sep 18, 2011 1:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mr.Shifter
That perhaps wouldnt be too bad, waiting time+mileage - moving an entire house in saloon could be a good little earner. Waiting time alone is £20 an hour, dont' know how I'd get the double bed and three piece suite in though !

What's irking me is people not using their brains and using cabbies for things other than transport. Got a problem, don't know how to deal with it ? Who ya gonna call, Ghostbusters ? Nah local cab firm. The bloke stuck with his telly, did he not think to get the staff to help, even deliver it, no he phoned a cab, not his wife/son/friends/chip shop. The ones with a flat tyre, RAC/AA/friends etc, who can best help us ? I know - your local friendly cab service !
Author:  Brummie Cabbie [ Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mr.Shifter
sasha wrote:
Got a job from one of those retail parks yesterday. Posh bloke stood next to fancy Range Rover with a huge telly. 'All I need', he says, 'is for you to help me lift this into the car then follow me a couple of miles home and give us a hand carrying it into the house'. Halfway through my rant about being a taxi driver not a f*ing removal man he interrupts and says 'I'll give you £30'. 15 minutes later I'm £30 richer. :D

Last week it was someone needing help to change a tyre (only paid the drop plus waiting time ungrateful b'stards) wonder what's next, wifes having a baby can you help deliver it ? Need to go on the roof can you hold the ladder ? People are starting to take the p*ss :x

That's because cabbies in general dress like navvies, labourers and odd job men instead of professional drivers.

:D :D :D :D :D
Author:  Nidge [ Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mr.Shifter
I got a job the other weekend, this woman phoned up saying she was locked inside her daughters house and couldn't get out. She asked for a driver to go to her house and open the door after she has passed the key through the letter box. The job was only down the road so 3 minutes later and £15 in the pocket I was well pleased.
Author:  edders23 [ Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mr.Shifter
sasha wrote:
That perhaps wouldnt be too bad, waiting time+mileage - moving an entire house in saloon could be a good little earner. Waiting time alone is £20 an hour, dont' know how I'd get the double bed and three piece suite in though !

What's irking me is people not using their brains and using cabbies for things other than transport. Got a problem, don't know how to deal with it ? Who ya gonna call, Ghostbusters ? Nah local cab firm. The bloke stuck with his telly, did he not think to get the staff to help, even deliver it, no he phoned a cab, not his wife/son/friends/chip shop. The ones with a flat tyre, RAC/AA/friends etc, who can best help us ? I know - your local friendly cab service !



Not when they are Indians they pay the fare and not a penny more usually asking for a quote up front
Author:  2 Jobs [ Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mr.Shifter
A few months back I got a job to the local Comet. Slightly different in that the guy had just bought a 50" flat screen TV and was driving a Vauxhall Tigra. He couldn't get it in his car and explained it would cost him more in delivery charges than to get a cab to take it the 2 miles home. Lots of space in the Citroen Xsara Picasso when the back seat are down. Got a good tip too.
Author:  edders23 [ Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mr.Shifter
I usually dread getting a call from currys TV's tumble driers are no problem but a couple of times I've turned up to find its an 8 foot high(with packaging) fridge freezer and a customer expecting me to dismantle my seats and drive down the road with the tailgate wide open just so they can avoid paying the delivery charge !

And they are non too happy when i say no !
Author:  edders23 [ Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mr.Shifter
well today I was asked to move a large box from Wilkos can't be too bad I thought a hardware store well turned out to be ....................................................................................................................................................................






A BED !!!! it might have been a flatpack but quite a job getting it in !!


What next Clintons cards selling wallpaper ?
Barclays bank selling Trees and shrubs ?
Dorothy perkins selling fashionable clothes ?
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