When people start small talk with me I'm usually just grateful that they're talking to me.
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| Author: | Stinky Pete [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:20 am ] |
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Is it the time of year this week seems to have brought out all the odd balls of society, could be the cold weather I have had the worst week yet with nutters, half wits, drunks, you name it I have had them some have now started to ask again "have you been busy" which raises the blood pressure, and even "wot time you finish", thought all this was history, I put on an act at time pretending I'm a bit deaf, can't hear properly, shouldn't be driving a taxi then mate was one reply, pardon I said didn't get that, got one using this method, he caught me out when he said round it up to a tenner mate, I heard him sharpish,got the 20 note gave him back a tenner, thought you was deaf mate he said but you heard right when I said take a tenner got one bloke in trying to torment me to start a fight, wot at my age, another who insisted I was going the long way round [thats when I got him almost home] whats up with these people finally tonight, some dressed up bird gets in the cab, slurrs an address, oh don't go yet waiting for my sister, there was a bloke carrying this other bird heading for my cab, I shot out the door sharply, Oi your not getting in here, the bloke said but we are solicitors, I said I don't give a stuff, I ain't carrying her she can't stand up so I takes this lone person in a very quite atmosphere in the cab, you could slice the air with a knife, you could here a pin drop, so turned up radio talksport and took her home she gave me a gob full at the end for not taking her sister but gave me a 30p tip another bloke wanted dropping him off at a Chinese takeaway, he paid up the fare, then he said can you wait for us as your doing nothing else, we only live a couple of hundred yards up the road, be about 10 minutes, I shook my head and said goodnight, pratt Isn't it any time now that the runners start performing can't win em all |
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| Author: | TDO [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:52 pm ] |
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When people start small talk with me I'm usually just grateful that they're talking to me.
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:45 pm ] |
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I would like to be a fly on the wall if el tell of the gmb ever became a driver ,  Just imagine being a punter with him driving, it would be world war 3 by about half a mile down the road
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| Author: | smiffyz (geoff) [ Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:16 pm ] |
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It always amazes me when they treat you like a father confessor. Some of the personal things i get told make my hair stand on end.
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| Author: | MR T [ Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:18 pm ] |
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smiffyz (geoff) wrote: It always amazes me when they treat you like a father confessor.
Some of the personal things i get told make my hair stand on end. Just at your hair
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| Author: | Stinky Pete [ Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:57 pm ] |
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Even more from China now got 3 Chinese engineers going to hotel, as we set off I forgot to put me 20p extras on, so I did this further down the road One of the Chinese pointed at the meter and said something in Chinese to his mates, re meter charge, something like 2 pounds already it seemed like So I quickly had words to the only one who spoke broken English, so in my best chinese I asked why e point at meter and talk answer , he think velly expensive so I told em, goverment rates, you no like, you no go they said, ah so, velly solly, you dwive |
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| Author: | kermit2482 [ Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:10 pm ] |
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Stinky Pete wrote: Even more from China now
got 3 Chinese engineers going to hotel, as we set off I forgot to put me 20p extras on, so I did this further down the road One of the Chinese pointed at the meter and said something in Chinese to his mates, re meter charge, something like 2 pounds already it seemed like they said, ah so, velly solly, you dwive Perhaps this was a typing error but are you sure it didn't sound like R SOLE twying to ovacharge us
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| Author: | edders23 [ Sun Nov 26, 2006 12:30 am ] |
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I usually get indian software engineers wanting me to move fyrniture about on a busy saturday morning  trouble is it is very hard to get the concept of too busy across to them.
earlier this year i got caught out when i agreed to move a couple of items ( about a third of a mile down the road) an hour and a half later and 4 trips backwards and forwards we had completed an entire house move !! ](./images/smilies/eusa_wall.gif "Brick wall")
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| Author: | Darren63 [ Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:03 am ] |
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Had an African lady (possibly Nigerian) approach me on a rank about 3 months ago and ask if taxi drivers mind carrying bits of furniture, I replied there's usually not a problem as long as it would fit. What is it I asked, well it's a bed and a few other small bits. Double bed or single I say, double I think she says. Well it might not fit then I say and the only way to find out would be for you to try or at least measure it. Ok she says, can you come to my house and try, I say sure jump in. No she says I'll meet you there in 10 mins. I say so you expect me to pull off a rank and come to your house on the off chance of it fitting but without charging you. Well yes she says, I don't want to pay for a taxi if it's no good. Politely I replied in so many words, then on yer bike then. What a f##king liberty!!!! She tried about 6 more drivers on the rank until she got the message.
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