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PostPosted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 9:57 pm 
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 11:21 pm 
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What a wanker.


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 12:05 pm 
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just like the one who wanted money for cleaning up after mum gave birth sadly money is all that matters to some

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 12:34 pm 
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Nidge2 wrote:
What a wanker.


I am not so sure! Imo it is another one jerking off the trade on the back of a sob story. As others throughout other posts have said........we are not ambulances. Many a time I have had "You have got to take my mate to the hospital", either they have "I think a broken ankle" Or "I think that they might go into a coma" (drank too much)..........everytime............call an ambulance.

It is amazing with all of these stories - either they are short of money Or it was only a little,little bit of puke Or we should pay to clean up after baby has arrived. Never,never, is gratitude being offered for going beyond the call of duty. Personally I probably would not take an offer of money, however it would be nice to see some sincerity.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:35 pm 
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Does she think taxis are for free and drivers don't need the going rate to live off during a minor emergency, if she wanted free she should have used an ambulance, that's what they are for.

It was she who was being scrooge like...just throwing the driver chick feed for his efforts.


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:45 pm 
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you lot are getting there .....eventually, :lol:

i can say one thing, if my grandchild was having a "reaction" as she put it , the last thing i would do is phone a taxi, i would just call a ambulance immediately, she claims she said in the cab that he was "potentially dying" & she knew this & called a taxi? what if they had no cars available for 20 mins or so? but yet again, the bloke just going about his everyday job ends up out of pocket/spew in his cab, & made to look a right t**t, unreal the public, honestly


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:54 pm 
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edders23 wrote:
just like the one who wanted money for cleaning up after mum gave birth sadly money is all that matters to some

mate, the bloke was off the road after this incident ffs, he has bills to pay like everyone else , if it happened in my car it might not be so bad ( leather interior) he may have had a cloth interior which is now stained & knackered , so someone will now complain to the newspapers about the "filthy state " of the taxis in said area, " i got in to one cab the back seats were awfully stained " , why should a taxi driver be out of pocket because some selfish t**t decides to call a taxi rather than a ambulance ? we just cant win :roll:


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:56 pm 
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ven2112 wrote:
edders23 wrote:
just like the one who wanted money for cleaning up after mum gave birth sadly money is all that matters to some

mate, the bloke was off the road after this incident ffs, he has bills to pay like everyone else , if it happened in my car it might not be so bad ( leather interior) he may have had a cloth interior which is now stained & knackered , so someone will now complain to the newspapers about the "filthy state " of the taxis in said area, " i got in to one cab the back seats were awfully stained " , why should a taxi driver be out of pocket because some selfish t**t decides to call a taxi rather than a ambulance ? we just cant win :roll:


EDIT: i think i might read your post wrong after seeing the other thread :lol: :lol: :lol:


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 9:41 pm 
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As an ambulance technician can administer adrenaline and a paramedic can do so intravenously during cardiac arrest then treatment can start as soon as the ambulance arrives. In severe cases every second counts so I'd rather my kid be in an ambulance than in a taxi. What would have happened if they'd got stuck in traffic?

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 9:59 pm 
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We used to transport a kid to school who had a peanut allergy. The escort was shown how to use the kids epi-pen if there was an emergency. So if this kid had such an allergy did his mum have the same equipment?

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Another case of 'Always the victim'.

Methinks it's bred into them.

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Sussex wrote:
Another case of 'Always the victim'.

Methinks it's bred into them.


Possibly even inbred in some of em..


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PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 6:55 am 
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Cabby John 1 wrote:
Nidge2 wrote:
What a wanker.


I am not so sure! Imo it is another one jerking off the trade on the back of a sob story. As others throughout other posts have said........we are not ambulances. Many a time I have had "You have got to take my mate to the hospital", either they have "I think a broken ankle" Or "I think that they might go into a coma" (drank too much)..........everytime............call an ambulance.

It is amazing with all of these stories - either they are short of money Or it was only a little,little bit of puke Or we should pay to clean up after baby has arrived. Never,never, is gratitude being offered for going beyond the call of duty. Personally I probably would not take an offer of money, however it would be nice to see some sincerity.



Black cab = vinyl floor = easy to wipe up.


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PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 11:51 am 
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[/quote]


Black cab = vinyl floor = easy to wipe up.[/quote]

I do not think that should be the point.

You/I have a soiling tariff in order that the public know that it is not alright to turn a cab/car into a sewer. That woman was another on the make/another one denigrating the trade and trying to embarass the driver into 1. dropping his fare 2. dropping the soil charge! I would wager that if a tradesman was doing a job in her house and chucked up.........she would be screaming compo - Just remember " Give them an inch and they will take a mile".

You have to realise what is genuine and what is not.........she is most definitely not #-o

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 3:37 pm 
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[quote][Black cab = vinyl floor = easy to wipe up/quote]


Ive a black cab and its not a vinyl floor its a carpet! so is a lot of them :roll:


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