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I got a call yesterday from a driver who works for another company asking if I could cover a job for him this morning taking 3 ladies to church. I agreed.

Dispatched a car and after it had arrived it took forever to get one of the ladies in the car. They were being quite obnoxious to the driver as well. Anyway it took over 20 minutes to get them in the car. the driver then engaged the meter and the fare came to just over £8.00. He helped them into church and asked for the fare. One of the women gave him £5.00 and said that is what they paid the usual driver. Obviously I will make this right with the driver but I wont be taking any more work from the other Company's driver. I hate having the pi55 taken like this.

Dispatched a car and after it had arrived it took forever to get one of the ladies in the car. They were being quite obnoxious to the driver as well. Anyway it took over 20 minutes to get them in the car. the driver then engaged the meter and the fare came to just over £8.00. He helped them into church and asked for the fare. One of the women gave him £5.00 and said that is what they paid the usual driver.

grandad wrote:

Now you know why the other driver wanted it covering :roll:

we have ended up covering a job for a local independent driver 3 times recently again he does it in the middle of rush hour for a £5 should meter approx £7. The thing is though on another occasion the situation could be reversed and we need to ask him for a favour it works both ways

shoulda whipped them back to the pickup point for free

I got a call yesterday from a driver who works for another company asking if I could cover a job for him this morning taking 3 ladies to church. I agreed.
Dispatched a car and after it had arrived it took forever to get one of the ladies in the car. They were being quite obnoxious to the driver as well. Anyway it took over 20 minutes to get them in the car. the driver then engaged the meter and the fare came to just over £8.00. He helped them into church and asked for the fare. One of the women gave him £5.00 and said that is what they paid the usual driver. Obviously I will make this right with the driver but I wont be taking any more work from the other Company's driver. I hate having the pi55 taken like this.

grandad wrote:

I got a call yesterday from a driver who works for another company asking if I could cover a job for him this morning taking 3 ladies to church. I agreed.
Dispatched a car and after it had arrived it took forever to get one of the ladies in the car. They were being quite obnoxious to the driver as well. Anyway it took over 20 minutes to get them in the car. the driver then engaged the meter and the fare came to just over £8.00. He helped them into church and asked for the fare. One of the women gave him £5.00 and said that is what they paid the usual driver. Obviously I will make this right with the driver but I wont be taking any more work from the other Company's driver. I hate having the pi55 taken like this.

In some respects it's quite good that is has only cost £3 to find out about this driver and the firm.

Money well spent.

Just tell the other driver he owes you £3..

MR T wrote:

Just tell the other driver he owes you £3..

And he is a c***.

Author:	grandad [ Sun Dec 27, 2015 12:16 pm ]
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I got a call yesterday from a driver who works for another company asking if I could cover a job for him this morning taking 3 ladies to church. I agreed. Dispatched a car and after it had arrived it took forever to get one of the ladies in the car. They were being quite obnoxious to the driver as well. Anyway it took over 20 minutes to get them in the car. the driver then engaged the meter and the fare came to just over £8.00. He helped them into church and asked for the fare. One of the women gave him £5.00 and said that is what they paid the usual driver. Obviously I will make this right with the driver but I wont be taking any more work from the other Company's driver. I hate having the pi55 taken like this.

Author:	Cabby John 1 [ Sun Dec 27, 2015 12:34 pm ]
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grandad wrote: I got a call yesterday from a driver who works for another company asking if I could cover a job for him this morning taking 3 ladies to church. I agreed. Dispatched a car and after it had arrived it took forever to get one of the ladies in the car. They were being quite obnoxious to the driver as well. Anyway it took over 20 minutes to get them in the car. the driver then engaged the meter and the fare came to just over £8.00. He helped them into church and asked for the fare. One of the women gave him £5.00 and said that is what they paid the usual driver. Obviously I will make this right with the driver but I wont be taking any more work from the other Company's driver. I hate having the pi55 taken like this. What they pay the other driver/company is up to them! Your driver/yourself is a different matter, raising stink over it with them would not matter, as your company will never pick them up again anyway. As an aside; what if everyone adopted that attitude....oh I know the meter says xx....but I am not paying what yours says! not on in my book.

Author:	wannabeeahack [ Sun Dec 27, 2015 12:58 pm ]
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shoulda whipped them back to the pickup point for free

Author:	sasha [ Sun Dec 27, 2015 3:58 pm ]
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grandad wrote: Dispatched a car and after it had arrived it took forever to get one of the ladies in the car. They were being quite obnoxious to the driver as well. Anyway it took over 20 minutes to get them in the car. the driver then engaged the meter and the fare came to just over £8.00. He helped them into church and asked for the fare. One of the women gave him £5.00 and said that is what they paid the usual driver. Now you know why the other driver wanted it covering

Author:	grandad [ Sun Dec 27, 2015 4:06 pm ]
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sasha wrote: grandad wrote: Dispatched a car and after it had arrived it took forever to get one of the ladies in the car. They were being quite obnoxious to the driver as well. Anyway it took over 20 minutes to get them in the car. the driver then engaged the meter and the fare came to just over £8.00. He helped them into church and asked for the fare. One of the women gave him £5.00 and said that is what they paid the usual driver. Now you know why the other driver wanted it covering Indeed, I rang him and told him to get some other mug to cover the return.

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Author:	edders23 [ Sun Dec 27, 2015 4:30 pm ]
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we have ended up covering a job for a local independent driver 3 times recently again he does it in the middle of rush hour for a £5 should meter approx £7. The thing is though on another occasion the situation could be reversed and we need to ask him for a favour it works both ways

Author:	grandad [ Sun Dec 27, 2015 6:09 pm ]
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edders23 wrote: we have ended up covering a job for a local independent driver 3 times recently again he does it in the middle of rush hour for a £5 should meter approx £7. The thing is though on another occasion the situation could be reversed and we need to ask him for a favour it works both ways The difference here is that we don't expect anyone to work for nothing. If we were to ask another company or driver to do a job for us, it would be at their rate and not ours.

Author:	ven2112 [ Sun Dec 27, 2015 6:22 pm ]
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wannabeeahack wrote: shoulda whipped them back to the pickup point for free this is what i would have done, the old people are the worst imho, i had nothing but chit on boxing day as we were on tariff 2 , most thought it was just xmas day , the fares were a hundred yards down the street, one old wife in particular who all the drivers hate, kicked up a right fuss, how long re these fares going to be this expensive, its disgusting that you charge extra just because its xmas, i just said if you think i am giving up my holidays to drive a miserable old woman like you up the street you are mistaken, she was off to a coffee morning at the church, the church was shut & it wasn't on so had to take her back home , i knew it was shut, but like a say shes a horrible old woman

Author:	wannabeeahack [ Sun Dec 27, 2015 9:05 pm ]
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I sat at the train station rank saturday, dropped asleep, woke up 4 hours later then found there were no trains on boxing day

Author:	Sussex [ Sun Dec 27, 2015 9:14 pm ]
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grandad wrote: I got a call yesterday from a driver who works for another company asking if I could cover a job for him this morning taking 3 ladies to church. I agreed. Dispatched a car and after it had arrived it took forever to get one of the ladies in the car. They were being quite obnoxious to the driver as well. Anyway it took over 20 minutes to get them in the car. the driver then engaged the meter and the fare came to just over £8.00. He helped them into church and asked for the fare. One of the women gave him £5.00 and said that is what they paid the usual driver. Obviously I will make this right with the driver but I wont be taking any more work from the other Company's driver. I hate having the pi55 taken like this. In some respects it's quite good that is has only cost £3 to find out about this driver and the firm. Money well spent.

Author:	Sussex [ Sun Dec 27, 2015 9:15 pm ]
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edders23 wrote: we have ended up covering a job for a local independent driver 3 times recently again he does it in the middle of rush hour for a £5 should meter approx £7. The thing is though on another occasion the situation could be reversed and we need to ask him for a favour it works both ways As long as he says yes.

Author:	grandad [ Sun Dec 27, 2015 9:24 pm ]
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Sussex wrote: grandad wrote: I got a call yesterday from a driver who works for another company asking if I could cover a job for him this morning taking 3 ladies to church. I agreed. Dispatched a car and after it had arrived it took forever to get one of the ladies in the car. They were being quite obnoxious to the driver as well. Anyway it took over 20 minutes to get them in the car. the driver then engaged the meter and the fare came to just over £8.00. He helped them into church and asked for the fare. One of the women gave him £5.00 and said that is what they paid the usual driver. Obviously I will make this right with the driver but I wont be taking any more work from the other Company's driver. I hate having the pi55 taken like this. In some respects it's quite good that is has only cost £3 to find out about this driver and the firm. Money well spent. That is the philosophical way to look at it I suppose.

Author:	MR T [ Sun Dec 27, 2015 10:20 pm ]
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Just tell the other driver he owes you £3..

Author:	Sussex [ Mon Dec 28, 2015 7:37 pm ]
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MR T wrote: Just tell the other driver he owes you £3.. And he is a c***.

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Author:	MR T [ Mon Dec 28, 2015 8:37 pm ]
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Sussex wrote: MR T wrote: Just tell the other driver he owes you £3.. And he is a c***. agreed..