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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2014 1:18:52 GMT -1
What happened the other day was that Ms Rolo had been working out in East Renfrewshire and on the way back to Glasgow Central on the train got increasingly unwell.
(Very probably the same pesky virus that's laid low more than half my team, including self, in recent days...it's not pleasant)
Anyway, she got to Central, just, had to pay £2 to get into the public toilet, feeling really ill and just needed to get home-- so she got into a cab with £8 in her purse, which would normally be enough to get her home here to G12.
Except the driver 1) *forgot* to set the meter and 2) went the long way around. Even in the state she was, she realised this and was worried about paying the fare so she said to him, half a mile from the house, your meter's not on.
He then stopped short and demanded £10.40. She said she only had £8.
This charming specimen of humanity then told her to get out. So she had to walk half a mile home with stomach cramps and nausea, need I say any more?
To that cab driver, thank you SO much for being such a decent human being, NOT.
Maybe one day you or yours will need the help of others. Goes around, comes around.
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Post by ozneil on Aug 7, 2014 2:56:22 GMT -1
These amoeba are everywhere! but luckily decent human beings are in the majority.
Prob to ill to get his number and report him which is a pity. These guys deserve being chastised
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Post by notanimby on Aug 7, 2014 5:31:37 GMT -1
What happened the other day was that Ms Rolo had been working out in East Renfrewshire and on the way back to Glasgow Central on the train got increasingly unwell. (Very probably the same pesky virus that's laid low more than half my team, including self, in recent days...it's not pleasant) Anyway, she got to Central, just, had to pay £2 to get into the public toilet, feeling really ill and just needed to get home-- so she got into a cab with £8 in her purse, which would normally be enough to get her home here to G12. Except the driver 1) *forgot* to set the meter and 2) went the long way around. Even in the state she was, she realised this and was worried about paying the fare so she said to him, half a mile from the house, your meter's not on. He then stopped short and demanded £10.40. She said she only had £8. This charming specimen of humanity then told her to get out. So she had to walk half a mile home with stomach cramps and nausea, need I say any more? To that cab driver, thank you SO much for being such a decent human being, NOT. Maybe one day you or yours will need the help of others. Goes around, comes around. I hope she didn't give him the £8 she had was it a black cab? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2014 18:18:54 GMT -1
She gave him the £8, Nota. Yes, it was a black hack, I've always told her to use them, not private hires. She's a young woman, not a particularly in-your-face one, very mild mannered and pleasant. So unlike her ma, she didn't think to get his number. I'd have reported him right away. She also didn't know that most black hacks now take debit or credit cards, this is new to Glasgow. But ultimately I just think this guy's a creep. It's odd with taxi drivers, seems to be two extremes, the dead decent ones and well......the opposite. Wonder how he'd have felt if someone treated HIS child, wife etc like that...  First world problems, I realise. But still a pretty cruel way to behave, in my book... |
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Post by celyn on Aug 10, 2014 23:48:10 GMT -1
What a vile excuse for a human. May the fleas of a thousand camels ...
Apart from the sheer nastiness, had Ms Rolo got home, she could probably then have quickly fetched more money to pay his horrible excessive fare. Bastard.
The one good thing is that Ms Rolo will always be taking a note of the number from now on.
I hope you are all recovering from your evil lergy. (Heh, and I hope he caught it and will fell ill miles from anywhere)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 0:46:52 GMT -1
What a vile excuse for a human. May the fleas of a thousand camels ... Apart from the sheer nastiness, had Ms Rolo got home, she could probably then have quickly fetched more money to pay his horrible excessive fare. Bastard. The one good thing is that Ms Rolo will always be taking a note of the number from now on. I hope you are all recovering from your evil lergy. (Heh, and I hope he caught it and will fell ill miles from anywhere) Yeah, well maybe the bstrd thought she was feigning illness to try to get away with paying her fare...that's me being charitable, not that he was. No real harm done, to be honest, the wean just got a lesson in how bloody bastarding some people can get. I am reminded, horribly, of the young student in Stirlingshire who didn't have enough cash on him to get all the way home. Cab driver was seemingly happy to take what money he had and drop him in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of winter, far from home. The kid died in a ditch, having got lost trying to find his way home. For the sake of a couple of quid. Some people are just utter bastards. That is all. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2014 19:26:27 GMT -1
Haud the front page! Un-nasty cab driver report!  So off on an expedition this evening after work to get Ms Rolo's boyfriend's birthday present. He's just moved in to a fairly, shall we say, basic student flat on Byres. The boy's completely self-sufficient, works silly hours at Nando's to put himself through Glasgow Uni. So I went and got him some things to make the flat a wee bit more comfortable. He's inherited some really not-great furniture: a couple of old worn couches in varying hues of awful and some lumpy stained cushions. So I bought a couple of fleecy throws and some nice big fat cushions. Except once packed in two humungous bags, I could barely carry them. Hailed a cab on the street. Guy went *Nah, I'm just going off duty but wait a minute*. Called in to his control and presto, two seconds later, another cab arrived. Driver helped me in with the big bulky bags, shut the godforsaken slidey door, and played good music all the way home. On arrival, offered to help me up the path with the bags. (NB, fare from two blocks from Central Station=£7.80. NOT £10.40 as demanded of Ms R by evil cab-driver....) |
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Post by ozneil on Aug 14, 2014 20:40:11 GMT -1
Glad your faith in taxi drivers was restored
Talking of Taxis but completely different
In Sydney a single passenger sits in front with driver. usually chats.
One day I got a Polish driver still during Cold War. We were going along a road passing the Eveleigh rail works. On the other side of the rail lines is Redfern which has a large Aboriginal community, they tend to stick together no other reason.
The driver told me this story.
He had been back in Poland on a visit and saw a docu on TV on Australia It stated that Aborigines were kept in special guarded camps in the city and it showed shots of Aboriginal kids running along a track beside a high chain wire fence topped with barbed wire keeping pace with the camera car on the road. The taxi driver didnt believe and wondered how it had been done.
He told me to look left. The railway fence on our side was down a slope from the road and on the other side level with the track. He said as soon as he had driven along that road he realised the camera crew had been using a telephoto lense to film the kids on the other side of the railway and make it appear like a compound.
Who says camera doesnt lie
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Post by notanimby on Aug 15, 2014 5:40:24 GMT -1
Glad your faith in taxi drivers was restored Talking of Taxis but completely different In Sydney a single passenger sits in front with driver. usually chats.One day I got a Polish driver still during Cold War. We were going along a road passing the Eveleigh rail works. On the other side of the rail lines is Redfern which has a large Aboriginal community, they tend to stick together no other reason. The driver told me this story. He had been back in Poland on a visit and saw a docu on TV on Australia It stated that Aborigines were kept in special guarded camps in the city and it showed shots of Aboriginal kids running along a track beside a high chain wire fence topped with barbed wire keeping pace with the camera car on the road. The taxi driver didnt believe and wondered how it had been done. He told me to look left. The railway fence on our side was down a slope from the road and on the other side level with the track. He said as soon as he had driven along that road he realised the camera crew had been using a telephoto lense to film the kids on the other side of the railway and make it appear like a compound. Who says camera doesnt lie same here when its a normal saloon car type taxi - when on my own I always do that - so some years ago I was in New York on works trip ( jolly) the group were going for dinner in a place in little italy and as I was running late I told them to go on ahead as I knew were the place was - left the posh hotel in Times Square doorman hailed me a yellow taxi, up it rolls and I jumped in teh front beside the driver - he nearly died wae shock - some new immigrant guy was the driver, I talked the hind legs aff him whilst I showed him how to get t o the diner - whilst he drove and scoffed 2 big macs, 2 fries an d2 cokes - all extra large - all balanced on his thighs Best taxt driver I ever had was Fred Housego - he won mastermind in 198? - we got in his taxi one night after a scotland v england match at Wembley to get back to hotel - what a guy, never shutup all the way to the westend, his jokes and patter were brilliant |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2014 22:08:55 GMT -1
Good stories, Nota! I had another great driver only this evening! (Phew, none for ages then two come along at once... ) I'd been at the Teenage Fanclub gig at the Kelvingrove Bandstand and my pal Robbie and I walked through to Gibson St to hail a cab. Guy who stopped was mega-interested in the gig as he'd have gone if he'd not been working. So all the way home, he engages us in conversation about music: his faves Alex Chilton and Big Star/Gram Parsons/The Byrds, a very knowledgeable and engaging guy. Makes up for the odd bsdrt.  |
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Post by bormes on Aug 16, 2014 7:20:04 GMT -1
Very disapointed in Mr Abbot from Oz and his comments about Scottish Independence.
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