Hey Mister Taxi Driver, I Thought You Were Meant To be a Businessman!
May 9, 2008 – 12:39 amWe all love to hate taxi drivers, but at some point in our lives we all have to unfortunately use their quality service! Maybe quality isn’t quite the right word to use.
I will personally do anything I can to avoid them, when I have a night out which involves alcohol, I will try my best to persuade my wife that drinking too much alcohol isn’t very good for her latest dieting regime, and the result is I have the driving situation sorted out.
I suppose I just find them the most annoying, obnoxious, dumb, arrogant drivers out there. I would like to know when they were given their own version of the Highway Code. Also I can’t quite understand why so many of them haven’t figured out how to use a shower and what a bar of soap is used for.
Oh why do their employers allow them to drive in such a disgusting state, and the self employed ones, what sort of business are you trying to run.
I thought I had seen it all as far as taxi drivers were concerned, but alas even I was amazed this week. I had just left visiting my dad, when I watched an 80-year-old woman get wheeled to the taxi by her equally old friend. Her friend opens the door of the lazy Bstards taxi and politely askes the driver if he can put the wheelchair in the boot for her friend.
A simple enough request you would think, he was a self employed taxi driver so you would think, he would do his best to endear himself to his customers, the words, repeat business springs to mind and recommendations, about 100 old people stay in the complex he was at. Not this great businessman, he arrogantly tells her she will have to do it herself, its too heavy for him. Now this taxi driver was no athlete, but he was 40 years younger and she was paying for his taxi service.
I did what any half decent person would do I lifted the wheelchair into the boot of his vehicle. I thought about denting the Kia People carrier, I bet that would have made the dimwit move fast. (I know he wishes it were a Chrysler, hey learn some manners, decency and get some brains and you never know). I then quietly told him what he was, a dumb, lazy, asshole.
Lets see the proper way to do it. I would have woke up in the morning and then had a shower, used some shower gel, brushed my teeth, put on some clean clothes. I would have started my day, with some positivity, if you are reading this Mr taxi drivers, the following article it will help you start your working day
Taxi drivers here is a simple lesson in how to run a quality service! I would have been out the car waiting on the old dears, I would have smiled, helped them both into the car, gladly put the wheelchair in the car. When I had taken them to the hospital, I would have asked them if they required me to come back for them. If yes great more business, If not I would given them some business cards and then politely asked them if they could recommend me to their friends. Now I would imagine, from the old folks complex where he picked her up and driven her to the hospital, the fare would be about £15 one way, not bad for 10 mins or so driving.
I suppose the problem is that most taxi drivers are just plain old dumb and haven’t got a much of a clue about providing a quality service or how to run a business properly! Taxi drivers quit cussing your customers, drive with manners and learn some basic personal hygiene. You will be more successful and life will treat you better!
Here are some nice places you can recommend for your tourist customers , remember be nice to them, they are paying you, they are doing you the favour by getting in your cab, not the other way around! A Must visit Scottish City, Town, village, Beach and Castle.
Or what about some Caribbean travel tips that you could impress your customers with as you drive them to the airport for their trip 7 Caribbean Travel Tips
