captain cab wrote:
gusmac wrote:
I love the naive view you have that more cabs = more work.
Shame you don't take that view with derestriction
I'm not the person wanting more cabs......from memory, thats you aint it?
I'm pointing out that a driver wants to earn a specific amount per day......and will stay at work until he gets it.
Thats the reality.
gusmac wrote:
Work more, make more? Only works for those doing it.
If everyone works more, they still make the same amount. It just takes longer.
The pot hasn't got any fuller in the process.
Are you telling me its not quiet out there? Because I have some news for you......its very quiet.
gusmac wrote:
And your guy will be contemplating suicide at the back of a very long rank.
But as long as its a rank in a deregulated area that doesnt matter huh?
CC
Yes it's quiet. I never said it wasn't.
How can I put this in a way your restricted mind can take in?
100 drivers all want to make £50 for their day and are prepared to stick it out until they do.
For that to happen, there has to be at least £5000 of work.
The bad news, there is only £3500 of work in total. (Yes, it's very quiet
)
On average, if they all work the same hours, they will make £35 each.
It doesn't matter if they all work 12 hours or 24 for that matter, so long as they all work the same amount of hours.
Now, some of them may get lucky and make their £50. Others will only make £20. But they will still only make £3500 between them.
No amount of exta hours will put any more money in the pot.
If some drivers work more hours, they will make more at the expense of the rest.
If the rest follow suit, nobody wins. They just all spend longer waiting between jobs.
And that's the reality.
Restricted or derestricted, contemplating suicide or not, makes no difference.
Now you tell us how, in your mind, everyone working more hours will generate a single extra passenger who wasn't already going to take a taxi.