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Darren63
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wannabeeahack wrote:
any HC driver on a rank approached with the question "can i get in any of these" who replies "only the one at the front" is either a muppet or bone idle...


What's being bone idle got to do with it???

You obviously don't work an area where there are 100's if not 1000's of cabs.

You'd soon get p!ssed off sitting on ranks all day with cabs pulling off around you.
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and block the road? der.................good idea

(BTW, thats about the stupidest post ive ever read "why rank up in a line"....PMSL)


You clearly don't read your own posts then.

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the public cannot be forced which rank vehicle to get in, and any HC driver on a rank approached with the question "can i get in any of these" who replies "only the one at the front" is either a muppet or bone idle...


Spoken like a true white van man.
Tit.


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gusmac wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:

and block the road? der.................good idea

(BTW, thats about the stupidest post ive ever read "why rank up in a line"....PMSL)


You clearly don't read your own posts then.

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the public cannot be forced which rank vehicle to get in, and any HC driver on a rank approached with the question "can i get in any of these" who replies "only the one at the front" is either a muppet or bone idle...


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Spoken like a true white van man.

Tit.


Wanabee what the hell does a PH driver know about ranking :roll: :roll: :roll:
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gusmac wrote:
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so a punter should also be forced to use the first PH he rings for a price then....


No but I don't suppose you'd be best pleased if you turned up for the punter and found out they just left in another PH that quoted 50p less than you, or had a nicer motor.

BTW has it ever occured to you why cabs on a rank generally line up one behind the other? If it were the intended purpose of the rank for the customer to pick whatever cab they wanted, wouldn't it be easier if they parked side by side?


They do in Market Harborough! :shock:

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gusmac wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:

and block the road? der.................good idea

(BTW, thats about the stupidest post ive ever read "why rank up in a line"....PMSL)


You clearly don't read your own posts then.

wannabeeahack wrote:
the public cannot be forced which rank vehicle to get in, and any HC driver on a rank approached with the question "can i get in any of these" who replies "only the one at the front" is either a muppet or bone idle...


Spoken like a true white van man.
Tit.



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Bart, if you feel you have'nt done anything wrong, that's what count's.

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Bart wrote:
Sat Morning 2.00 AM

Busy rank, I'm second cab punter is at window of cab in front of me as girl gets into my cab as I pull away I notice that cab in front is empty..... It happens.

Thing is as I.m passing I wind down the window and say to the driver something like, "Sorry mate she's already in" The driver gives me a dirty look.

Now as far as I'm concerned when it's busy there is no point in turfing the punter out. I seriously doubt if the driver in front had to wait more than a couple of mins for the next fare. On a quiet afternoon it may have been different.

What do others think?


You were right.

Don't mess the punter around.

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jimbo wrote:
Bart wrote:
Sat Morning 2.00 AM

Busy rank, I'm second cab punter is at window of cab in front of me as girl gets into my cab as I pull away I notice that cab in front is empty..... It happens.

Thing is as I.m passing I wind down the window and say to the driver something like, "Sorry mate she's already in" The driver gives me a dirty look.

Now as far as I'm concerned when it's busy there is no point in turfing the punter out. I seriously doubt if the driver in front had to wait more than a couple of mins for the next fare. On a quiet afternoon it may have been different.

What do others think?


You were right.

Don't mess the punter around.


exactly, what the punter wants, the punter can have, ill get in any HC on a rank, and if he refuses the fare ill remind him he cant do that...

snd BTW, i HAVE been HC, and I have sat on a rank, and "any car will do, get in any" was the rule

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I was pulled in front of cab enforcement officer for not taken a fare when i was second car on the rank.After interview he said there was no case to answer.The taxi rank at Dundee station has always had an unwritten rule that first taxi gets first job and thankfully most drivers stick to this.
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grandad wrote:

BTW has it ever occured to you why cabs on a rank generally line up one behind the other? If it were the intended purpose of the rank for the customer to pick whatever cab they wanted, wouldn't it be easier if they parked side by side?


They do in Market Harborough! :shock:

I went there once.....I can see why they do that

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rambo wrote:
Bart, if you feel you have'nt done anything wrong, that's what count's.


I don't think I was wrong. I thought (wrongly) that the cab in front had a fare. If it had been quiet then when I realised I would have asked the punter to get out and get the other cab but as it was busy I didn't see the point.

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Bart, if you feel you have'nt done anything wrong, that's what count's.


I don't think I was wrong. I thought (wrongly) that the cab in front had a fare. If it had been quiet then when I realised I would have asked the punter to get out and get the other cab but as it was busy I didn't see the point.


if the punter refused to get out what would you have done?

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wannabeeahack wrote:
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Bart, if you feel you have'nt done anything wrong, that's what count's.


I don't think I was wrong. I thought (wrongly) that the cab in front had a fare. If it had been quiet then when I realised I would have asked the punter to get out and get the other cab but as it was busy I didn't see the point.


if the punter refused to get out what would you have done?


Explained that to the other driver and taken them

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Bart wrote:
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Bart, if you feel you have'nt done anything wrong, that's what count's.


I don't think I was wrong. I thought (wrongly) that the cab in front had a fare. If it had been quiet then when I realised I would have asked the punter to get out and get the other cab but as it was busy I didn't see the point.


if the punter refused to get out what would you have done?


Explained that to the other driver and taken them


same end result

i cannot believe that any ranked HC honestly expects that being at the front secures the next job, ive lost count how many times i had waited to get to the front only for the base op to call "next on the rank, please go to....."

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