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 Post subject: What a laugh!
PostPosted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:27 pm 
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In this area there are 3 taxi companies, united taxis, redline cabs and club taxis. Redline (who I had my hack on with) have a good few Pakistani drivers, there accent is hard to understand and they don't have a clue to as where they are going redline are losing business as customers are getting fed up, so the boss has took all their radios and computers off them and they are having none of it, so they are starting their own company called.......... Pakistan taxis, it will be starting in 3 month and is based in the same area redline work in, to give them a bit of (cough cough) competition. Will be laughing when they find out their business will be Nilch


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 Post subject: Re: What a laugh!
PostPosted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:45 pm 
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I would'nt count on it,punters tend to go for cheap.Until the end of the ride(when I put the lights on)they tend think I'm asian anyway .


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 Post subject: Re: What a laugh!
PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:38 am 
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rayggb wrote:
I would'nt count on it,punters tend to go for cheap.Until the end of the ride(when I put the lights on)they tend think I'm asian anyway .

their prices is the same as all the taxi companies, we are restricted by the council for our meter rates


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 Post subject: Re: What a laugh!
PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 1:29 am 
United Taxis 11 wrote:
rayggb wrote:
I would'nt count on it,punters tend to go for cheap.Until the end of the ride(when I put the lights on)they tend think I'm asian anyway .

their prices is the same as all the taxi companies, we are restricted by the council for our meter rates


Does not stop them charging cheaper...the meter must be on but only shows the maximum you can charge...and good old OFT recommendation was for punters to ask down a taxi rank and take the cheapest...idiots!


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 Post subject: Re: What a laugh!
PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 1:37 am 
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Gobby wrote:
United Taxis 11 wrote:
rayggb wrote:
I would'nt count on it,punters tend to go for cheap.Until the end of the ride(when I put the lights on)they tend think I'm asian anyway .

their prices is the same as all the taxi companies, we are restricted by the council for our meter rates


Does not stop them charging cheaper...the meter must be on but only shows the maximum you can charge...and good old OFT recommendation was for punters to ask down a taxi rank and take the cheapest...idiots!

Yes but most of them are like James may, they don't have a clue to as where they are going, and by that time their meter has ranked up a nice amount to leave a big hole in the passengers pockets


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 Post subject: Re: What a laugh!
PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 5:27 am 
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United Taxis 11 wrote:
In this area there are 3 taxi companies, united taxis, redline cabs and club taxis. Redline (who I had my hack on with) have a good few Pakistani drivers, there accent is hard to understand and they don't have a clue to as where they are going redline are losing business as customers are getting fed up, so the boss has took all their radios and computers off them and they are having none of it, so they are starting their own company called.......... Pakistan taxis, it will be starting in 3 month and is based in the same area redline work in, to give them a bit of (cough cough) competition. Will be laughing when they find out their business will be Nilch



Pakistan Taxis???? You couldn't make this shit up. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: They're going to be stacked out with "NO WORK".


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 Post subject: Re: What a laugh!
PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 5:57 am 
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United Taxis 11 wrote:
Yes but most of them are like James may, they don't have a clue to as where they are going, and by that time their meter has ranked up a nice amount to leave a big hole in the passengers pockets



The Pakistani drivers round here have zero knowledge of the area. They are trying to charge £10-£15 for a £7 job by going the longest way round. When they get lost they don't listen to the customer they phone their Pakistani mates asking them where to go.


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 Post subject: Re: What a laugh!
PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:51 am 
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rayggb wrote:
I would'nt count on it,punters tend to go for cheap.Until the end of the ride(when I put the lights on)they tend think I'm asian anyway .

I'm not so sure. If there was a racist rating I'm pretty sure the general punters average would be 8+. :sad:

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 Post subject: Re: What a laugh!
PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:52 am 
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United Taxis 11 wrote:
In this area there are 3 taxi companies, united taxis, redline cabs and club taxis. Redline (who I had my hack on with) have a good few Pakistani drivers, there accent is hard to understand



for who?

cos the scots accents ive heard are just as hard to understand...

should we stop scottish drivers working in England?

how do you know they are Pakisatni?

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 Post subject: Re: What a laugh!
PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 10:56 am 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
United Taxis 11 wrote:
In this area there are 3 taxi companies, united taxis, redline cabs and club taxis. Redline (who I had my hack on with) have a good few Pakistani drivers, there accent is hard to understand



for who?

cos the scots accents ive heard are just as hard to understand...

should we stop scottish drivers working in England?

how do you know they are Pakisatni?

Hold the phone, a few month a go I was in Blackpool in the duple social club down south shore and this English guy started talking to me and I honestly didn't have a clue of what he was saying, when I got back to the hotel and talked to the night porter who was from Clydebank he also agreed that the English complain about our accent! Need to have a look at some of there selfs


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 Post subject: Re: What a laugh!
PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 11:30 am 
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Wondered what the feck you were on about :D


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 Post subject: Re: What a laugh!
PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:21 pm 
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so they are starting their own company called.......... Pakistan taxis



Hang on a minute! They cannot do that...........it might offend us the minority - it seems like that down here :roll:. I mean to say............are we allowed to call ourselves Welsh/English/Scottish/Irish taxis?

Quite frankly I would be all for them calling themselves that............one look in the yellow pages and it would be............I am not f^%k!*g calling them.

Seriously though - would that be classified as offensive/racist. If you are not allowed to fly the flag of the country on your car i.e England matches without some sort of hoo haa..........then that cannot be right.

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 Post subject: Re: What a laugh!
PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:33 pm 
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so they are starting their own company called.......... Pakistan taxis



Hang on a minute! They cannot do that...........it might offend us the minority - it seems like that down here :roll:. I mean to say............are we allowed to call ourselves Welsh/English/Scottish/Irish taxis?

Quite frankly I would be all for them calling themselves that............one look in the yellow pages and it would be............I am not f^%k!*g calling them.

Seriously though - would that be classified as offensive/racist. If you are not allowed to fly the flag of the country on your car i.e England matches without some sort of hoo haa..........then that cannot be right.


That should Draw in the punters from the EDL to use their Taxis...just they might need to check out the vehicle rear seats afterwards for any bodily deposits. #-o


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 Post subject: Re: What a laugh!
PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 3:07 pm 
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I am surprised that its taken them this long to form their own company, but you know what will be next don't you? yup you guessed it, its going to be the race to the bottom.

after that you wont have any customers left, because they wont want to pay your rates, it'll be a case of "call the p@@@s" mate.


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 Post subject: Re: What a laugh!
PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 3:15 pm 
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what about "Singh Builders, youve tried the cowboys now try the Indians"

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