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    #32
    Big C
    Registered Users Posts: 943 ✭✭✭Big C


    I got a taxi once


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    #33
    the boss of me
    Registered Users Posts: 706 ✭✭✭the boss of me


    First piece of equipment a taxi driver should buy is an up to date street atlas.. back it up with a satnav if necessary. When the taxidriver couldn't find the address he should have apologised to the pax and stopped the meter. Then he could have contacted his controller and gotten directions to the address. OP should complain to the taxi directorate and to the cab company.


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    #34
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    Osborne wrote: »
    Are you serious?
    Yes. He should have paid partially.


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    #35
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Dispatch gave the OPs booking to this driver, it is up to him at that stage to establish how to get there prior to even going to pick up the OP. Its called professionalism. SatNav, roadmap, ask dispatch, ask another driver etc. The OP provided the taxi company with the exact address, bringing the customer to the general vicinity and then driving around aimlessly is bullsh1t.


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    #36
    leitmotiv
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭leitmotiv


    Femme_Fatale wrote: »
    Yes. He should have paid partially.


    For what?


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    #37
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    I wouldn't pay. If the driver is licensed for working in Dublin he should know his way around it.


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    #38
    KyussBishop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,797 ✭✭✭KyussBishop


    Locking you in the car like that probably qualifies as false imprisonment, and the guy had no right to touch your stuff either; he was pretty far in the wrong there.


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    #39
    Alter-Ego
    Registered Users Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭Alter-Ego


    Femme_Fatale wrote: »
    Yes. He should have paid partially.
    How much?

    How much of the initial €4.10 and the €2 booking fee should the OP pay for the uncompleted trip?


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    #40
    dmc17
    Registered Users Posts: 3,743 ✭✭✭dmc17


    leitmotiv wrote: »
    I am a bit worried about my safety as I think that this driver is very angry, threatening and aggressive. And he knows where I live!

    It's ok. He won't be able to find you anyway! :pac:


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    #41
    leitmotiv
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭leitmotiv


    dmc17 wrote: »
    It's ok. He won't be able to find you anyway! :pac:

    you may be right there!


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    #42
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    leitmotiv wrote: »
    For what?
    For driving you most of the way.


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    #43
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    KyussBishop wrote: »
    Locking you in the car like that probably qualifies as false imprisonment, and the guy had no right to touch your stuff either; he was pretty far in the wrong there.
    Indeed, quite worrying behaviour for someone is a relative position of trust. Presumably completely illegal. I would lose the ****ing plot if a taxi driver did that to me.


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    #44
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,402 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Femme_Fatale wrote: »
    For driving you most of the way.

    And then when asked to actually drive him/her the whole way(one of the fundamental ideas of a taxi) by using a map, sat nav or calling his company - racially abusing the customer???


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    #45
    MANUTD99
    Registered Users Posts: 1,162 ✭✭✭MANUTD99


    Turtyturd wrote: »
    Did he attack you before you finished typing?

    In this country taxi driving is a job for those incapable of doing anything else OP..it attracts the dregs of society, and it's a shame you had to experience it.

    Are you serious? Although I agree with the OP in this instance.

    Taxi drivers out there are working to pay mortgages, electricity, send their kids to school, put food on the table.

    Call them the dregs of society is a disgusting remark. We can't all be working the 100k jobs per year.

    Tosser


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    #46
    leitmotiv
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭leitmotiv


    Femme_Fatale wrote: »
    For driving you most of the way.


    He didn't give me that option. He provided a sightseeing tour of Mount Merrion and demanded payment with menaces!


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    #47
    Femme_Fatale
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,628 ✭✭✭Femme_Fatale


    In my opinion, a partial service should receive partial payment - put yourself in his situation. I don't understand the all-or-nothing view - smacks of entitlement, something that's a huge issue in society IMO.


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    #48
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Femme_Fatale wrote: »
    For driving you most of the way.

    The contract which the OP entered into with the taxi company was to be brought to a specific address which was agreed to by the taxi company and by proxy, the driver.
    The driver was unable to fulfil this.
    If i bought a fridge/freezer from Harvey Norman and they delivered a fridge, would i be expected to pay half and go off on my merry way?


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    #49
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Yep, takes months of training to be confident of passing.

    We should have it here!

    We do.


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    #50
    Jimmy Garlic
    Registered Users Posts: 4,349 ✭✭✭Jimmy Garlic


    Nimrod 7 wrote: »
    And then when asked to actually drive him/her the whole way(one of the fundamental ideas of a taxi) by using a map, sat nav or calling his company - racially abusing the customer???


    Calling someone a foreigner is racial abuse now is it? It is irrelevant, yes, but not racial abuse.


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    #51
    mattjack
    Registered Users Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    Where's "Where to" , when you need him ?


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    #52
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,402 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Jimmy Garlic wrote: »
    Calling someone a foreigner is racial abuse now is it? It is irrelevant, yes, but not racial abuse.
    ..insulted me along the lines of how dare I as a foreigner tell Irish people how to do their job

    Calling someone a foreigner isn't. Calling someone inferior because they're a foreigner is.


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    #53
    Osborne
    Registered Users Posts: 310 ✭✭Osborne


    Femme_Fatale wrote: »
    In my opinion, a partial service should receive partial payment - put yourself in his situation. I don't understand the all-or-nothing view - smacks of entitlement, something that's a huge issue in society IMO.

    I disagree in this instance but I know what you're saying and respect your opinion.

    It would be good to get a taxi drivers stance in this.


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    #54
    leitmotiv
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭leitmotiv


    Nimrod 7 wrote: »
    Calling someone a foreigner isn't. Calling someone inferior because they're a foreigner is.

    The irony is that I have spent most of my adult life in Dublin (27 years) and made my home here...


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    #55
    Jimmy Garlic
    Registered Users Posts: 4,349 ✭✭✭Jimmy Garlic


    Nimrod 7 wrote: »
    Calling someone a foreigner isn't. Calling someone inferior because they're a foreigner is.

    Ignorance yes, racial abuse, no. You diminish the meaning of racial abuse when you call stuff like this racial abuse. How do you know what race the OP is anyway? He/she could be as white as the taxi driver.


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    #56
    leitmotiv
    Registered Users Posts: 37 ✭leitmotiv


    Jimmy Garlic wrote: »
    Ignorance yes, racial abuse, no. You diminish the meaning of racial abuse when you call stuff like this racial abuse. How do you know what race the OP is anyway? He/she could be as white as the taxi driver.


    I am whiter than him :D


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    #57
    Pawwed Rig
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 22,379 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    OP should make a complaint

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/public_transport/making_a_complaint_about_spsv_in_ireland.html

    If you booked the service through a dispatch operator, you should first make a complaint to the dispatch operator. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can then make your complaint to the National Transport Authority.


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    #58
    jack presley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    Femme_Fatale wrote: »
    In my opinion, a partial service should receive partial payment - put yourself in his situation. I don't understand the all-or-nothing view - smacks of entitlement, something that's a huge issue in society IMO.

    If a hairdresser cut half your hair, would you pay half the bill?


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    #59
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    jack presley wrote: »
    If a hairdresser cut half your hair, would you pay half the bill?

    Bit different to be fair


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    #60
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Femme_Fatale wrote: »
    In my opinion, a partial service should receive partial payment - put yourself in his situation. I don't understand the all-or-nothing view - smacks of entitlement, something that's a huge issue in society IMO.

    For some things yes, but being left in the middle of nowhere out of pocket and then having to pay to get into another taxi isn't really on. I'd probably rather be drivin back to my starting point than be dropped half way if I didn't know the area.


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    #61
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,882 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    Its not really different to the hairdresser analogy.. The OP paid a premium to be driven to the address he did not know himself, which is as wrong as a hairdresser half cutting your hair and expecting you to finish it off yourself. They're professionals expected to deliver a full service, he wasn't getting a lift off a friend he was paying a man to drive him to a location, the man didn't drive him there as he didn't know where it was and in the same way if a hairdresser doesn't know how to cut your hair then they shouldn't accept the job in the first place, or else ask for help and in this case that would be using a satnav or calling their dispatcher for directions.


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