Taxi Driver Online

Sorry to here about that mate,it has happened to us all.it really makes you sick that they could do such a thing.Thankfully it's a very small minority.I now tend to ask for money up front on a sizeable job.Don't beat yourself up about it,look upon it as another part of your experience.

It happened to a driver here on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. The job was about £15 and when they were in the village the punter got out and did a runner............................unfortunately for him he had already given his phone to the driver as security. The driver used the phone to ring the lads mum and tell here what he had done. Mum was not impressed as it was 3.00 in the morning.

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Grandad,

trouble is how not to offend when you ask for a MUF

I find that if you ask politely it doesn't offend.

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Grandad,

Correct, I find that if I'm polite in asking for MUF they pay without questioning you. Those who argue obviously have something to hide. I give them 2 options which are as follows.

1. Give me your card and I'll take a payment.
2. MUF or we are going nowhere.

None of the above = no ride home simples.

Say its company policy and the boss will sack me if I don't ask.

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IDFIMH

Those who have a problem with MUF are usually the same one's who weren't going to pay anyway.

FFS Do they eat the McDonalds before they pay for it?

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By installing the Pay-and-go-taxis payment deposit unit you are taking away the confrontation that could be caused by asking for money up front. Even though you are effectively doing that the difference is that you are not physically sticking out your hand for money and implying that you don't trust the passenger. By saying put your deposit into the payment system, its like getting on a bus or the tube and "paying for your journey" before you travel. The unit clearly displays how much has been paid in and signage on the taxi tells passengers IN ADVANCE that you use the Pay and Go system so if they don't want to pay up front then use another cab!
http://www.pay-and-go-taxis.co.uk/ - the "fare" way to travel!

Plenty of knackered mobile phones on ebay....

cheaper than paying a taxi fare

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

Save yer money..make yer own MUF receptacle:

And how much do you charge for this?

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I seen this at the taxi show in Manchester, can't remember how much they said it was but it was between £300 - £500 I think. I quite liked the idea to be honest.

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

GOOD NEWS! officer from police station phoned today and told me they had got my guy into the station and got my money, second she phoned i was straight over there (about a 15 mile drive south on the m74) and then forgot where the station was to had to peep at a south lanarkshire PH and he told me to follow him and i did and he escorted me to the station, he got out and told him what had happned and he said he got bumped the other week too, i got into the station and signed saying that i had recived my £25 and he has been done for Taxi fraud, im happy anyways, and then went back home done 3 hours of taxiing and oh boy was it busy done 15 hires

Yeah right in my experience they are the ones trying to dump punters with no money on them into taxis to get rid of them !!!!

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

i know, all the hospitals are like that, can't wait to get you bloody out! but he was taken in as he had fallen down a flight of stares and burst his head open and had to go in for stitches, but maybe he won't be so smart again when he gets in a taxi and thinks about not paying, and the police told me he was well known to them anyways, doesn't that tell you something! one thing i like about the vectras, when you press the door lock button on the drivers door, it locks the doors on the outside AND THE INSIDE, very few cars have that feature