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PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 9:24 am 
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it's only 08.00 and already I have had 3 requests from customers for either huge discounts or tick

request 1) 07.15 can I have an urgent taxi to get me home before partner realises didn't come home BUT can they pay when they have another taxi later :roll: :roll: :roll:
Unfortunately for this girl i know her a bit too well :wink: there will be no taxi booked later !!
request 2) will I go to shop and buy a bottle of vodka (this is kitkat an alcoholic ex cabbie) answer no but he agrees to have a taxi after my 07.45 wait and return to shop get him to shop they don't serve alcohol before 10.00 so then all the way back I'm getting can i have this one on tick so there's enough money later for another taxi to get the bottle of vodka which he needs to replace the one he's drunk to hide the fact from his girlfriend ! :roll: :roll: :roll:
request 3) Haycock hotel phones up can we book a taxi for this afternoon to Rutland water I ask her whereabouts at Rutland water are they going ( 20 miles around the perimeter) don't know but can they have a price gave them an approx price then was told they don't want it they were expecting us to give them a heavily discounted price to the nearest point then probably would have found out they were going to farthest side !!

this is going to be another bad day I can feel it

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 12:45 pm 
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Its easy

request 1) 07.15 can I have an urgent taxi to get me home before partner realises didn't come home BUT can they pay when they have another taxi later :roll: :roll: :roll:


request 2) will I go to shop and buy a bottle of vodka (this is kitkat an alcoholic ex cabbie) answer no but he agrees to have a taxi after my 07.45 wait and return to shop get him to shop they don't serve alcohol before 10.00 so then all the way back I'm getting can i have this one on tick so there's enough money later for another taxi to get the bottle of vodka which he needs to replace the one he's drunk to hide the fact from his girlfriend !

request 3) Haycock hotel phones up can we book a taxi for this afternoon to Rutland water I ask her whereabouts at Rutland water are they going ( 20 miles around the perimeter) don't know but can they have a price gave them an approx price then was told they don't want it they were expecting us to give them a heavily discounted price to the nearest point then probably would have found out they were going to farthest side !!

NO
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 5:26 pm 
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Half worked requestee 2 insisted on another wait and return to tesco's at 10.30 but had just £3.14 left in pocket so ended up doing a cheap fare :?

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 6:49 pm 
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So your punters include a skint tart, a skint pi**head ex-cabby, and a hotel with the staff on the cheat.

Oh the joys of this trade. :sad:

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 7:55 pm 
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Sussex wrote:
So your punters include a skint tart, a skint pi**head ex-cabby, and a hotel with the staff on the cheat.



and those are the good ones

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 1:57 pm 
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Hmmm, bit like the local pi$$head I took a couple of years ago: can we stop at spar to get some stuff...comes out with 2 6 packs and fags. get to his place, surprise, no money for the cab fare!

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 7:21 pm 
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I remember one who was well off his head, took 10 minutes to get his address out of him, 20 minutes to take him home and another 10 minutes while got out the car and counted out £12 in change

next day i found a twenty pound note on the car floor, passenger side...

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:33 am 
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One of the drivers just shouted me can I do one to Spalding I said OK as long as back within an hour how much well T1 meters £35-£40 so quoted £70 T3 driver didn't go passenger was expecting to get tarriff 1 at this time on new years eve the sad thing is that she'll go round the drivers and eventually get one at that price

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:56 am 
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Sent the same driver up for a little local job and when he dropped them off they just walked off without paying :roll:

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:36 pm 
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Sent the same driver up for a little local job and when he dropped them off they just walked off without paying :roll:

Do you know where they live?

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