Taxi Driver Online

another late start to the night. pity I started at 8pm but from 11.30pm-2am it was worth being out. perhaps a long lie is called for

_________________
My heart is heavy, but my consience clear,
I voted Yes, without any fear.

London was like yellow light city to about 1am, then I was rolling. Poor night for November though,plus, allegedly, there's a shortage if cabs at the moment.

I'd guess you are a Lady - or you miss-typed!

_________________
Chris The Fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdlyi5mc ... re=related

Truly awful. Just coming up to the end of my second year driving part time. Last night was the worst ever although I did have to use the PH instead of the usual hack. On our local rags website yesterday it was suggested that 38% of pubs and restaurants in the town could go bust in the next 12 months. Driving down one of the main drags at 00.30 you could see the bar staff in the Walkabout. Used to be queued out.

_________________
Nobody told me to use my initiative. To err is human to arr is pirate.

Not the worst ever last night, but certainly not great. Between 7 and 8.30 it was fairly busy, and again between 11.30 and 1, however 3 good hours does not compensate the other 6 hours sat twiddling thumbs doing maybe 3 jobs per hour if lucky. Fridays are indeed not worth going out of your way to work - the same money can be earned on a thursday most weeks. Only after midnight is it better than any other day, and then by 1am it's all finished anyway.

Personally I was expecting a poor weekend, with halloween and bonfire night just gone. Pubs around here are also closing on a weekly basis, at least one a week for the last month or so. And this is in a fairly small town with only 10 or so pubs to begin with.

What a depressing post! Lets hope for better tonight.

The Autumn series Rugby starts today Wales v Argentina + Cardiff playing Hull at the same time!!!! Where the heck were these people when brains were being dished out - we are in the worst recession that I can ever remember, and they do NOT stagger the games for the benefit of the fans who would watch both codes. Keeping the fans in the City by staggering the games would have given local businesses a massive boost - But! "THEY" have missed a wonderful opportunity on that one there. Anyway! I am not sure what part of the woods you are from................but do not let me see you hanging around outside of "The Hilton" OR parked up in "Penarth Road" by the railway station under the pretext of a booked fare not that anyone will do anything about it

_________________
if you cannot be yourself, then who can you be.

Rest assured I'm not from the cardiff area, though do venture there on long jobs at least once a week. Was meant to pick up from Great Western bar on friday night, however couldn't get near it due to a line of about 50 cabs, this was at 1am so must have been a poor night in your neck of the woods too.

Last night was decent though, around here anyway.

Yea sat was good here in the north east aswell

I wasnt going to be driving till monday night but got offered to drive weekend so i did
Friday:
Started at 5pm went to the station rank qued up behind 15cabs 5:30pm got my first fare then 6-12 did 9 fares all from station then after 12-4am did 12 fares totaled £143.20

Saturday:
It was our shift so all radio fares where given to the A shifts did 26 fares 4pm-3am.

Was an ok weekend and even so im workin in my home town

Thats ok
But giving you some advice i dont know how much you used to earn when you had your own cab but nowdays in nights youll be taking home on average about 300 week as thats how much my driver is making.
And just to let you know if your intrested in buying a cab mines up for sale Pm me for more details.

That didn't take long.

_________________
Grandad,

I cant do both taxi and run takeaway have to stick to one so selling up on the cab is a good idea.

Why not rent the cab out to more than one driver?

_________________
Grandad,

I cant do both taxi and run takeaway have to stick to one so selling up on the cab is a good idea.[/quote]
Why not rent the cab out to more than one driver?[/quote]


I got a night driver who drivers 5 to 12-1am and to 3-4am weekends
But having a day driver aswell not worth it as theres not much work during the day and its another insurance to pay.
But what i can do is give the cab to my night driver day and night so he can drive few hours during the day as well as doing his night shift but still thinking to sell or not.
I know if i sell itll be a loss to what i paid for it but im still thinking on what to do.

That is a strange one???

_________________
Grandad,