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Angry man threw wine glass at taxi in tip furore

A passenger raged at a woman taxi driver and damaged her cab after becoming annoyed his companion said she could keep the change as a tip.

Raymond Connelly yelled at the 62-year-old driver and threw a wine glass at the taxi.

“He has shown genuine remorse”

Connelly, a 37-year-old painter and decorator, of North Church Street, Fleetwood, pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening manner and causing damage. He was fined £260 with £85 costs and ordered to pay £658 compensation by Blackpool magistrates.

Steven Townley, defending, said: “He has shown genuine remorse.”

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Very basic error you never let a customer in with a drink if it's me they either leave it drink it or I drive off.

I agree, if a punter tries to get in my car with an open can or glass of beer and wine, they automatically go into scumbag category.

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IDFIMH

i wont even let them in with a open can of pop, or a /coffee/tea tbh, they drop it its still a mess, no fluids in my car , full stop. always amazes me though when they roll up with a open kebab or something , i just tell them to eat it/bin it or walk, food & drink has been banned from taxis for ages ( although i know its not law), i mean they wouldn't light a ciggy up in a bar would they, but still try it on with the taxi lads & its always the same outcome fooking idiots the general public tbh, also , i honestly have no idea at all why a 62 year old woman is working as a taxi driver greed ??

Maybe she needs to earn that money to live, as ladies cant retire at 60 anymore.

Or she is earning money for other members of her family.

What im certain of is its not greed.

You really are a sad individual.

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IDFIMH

I know drivers in their 70s still driving a taxi. As long as they pass their medicals, what's the problem?

Some people might still need the money (I know one who does), some might like a bit of 'pocket money', some might just like the job and socialising with other drivers and/or customers. You can't force them to "retire" if they're doing nothing wrong.

I used to have a driver working for me up to 74 years old. he simply couldn't afford to live otherwise he had been married and divorced 3 times with hardly anything to his name living in bedsits. He needed the taxi earnings to afford to run a car and smoke. There did come a point at which I thought he was no longer coping and persuaded him to retire by which time the council had finally given him a pensioners sheltered accommodation flat so he could just about afford to live on his state pension

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

I honestly have no idea at all why you are working as a taxi driver greed ??

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

im not 62 mate , i wasn't being nasty about it either, i honestly have no idea why she would work as a taxi driver at that age, shes old/a woman in a job as dangerous as ours ? if she needs to work why not just work in another job is what i am saying, just me i suppose then, i simply just cant understand it at all tbh

Reading previous posts; It would seem that you have had your hits in life the same as many others i.e having to come into this trade through necessity! With that in mind - how do you see your retirement going? Trust me when I say - you will not being living the life on a State pension.

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