last taxi top tip for today.
never mind appearing rude or ignorant.
women will pish your back seat without warning…women will vomit without warning because they will be too embarrassed to ask you to stop…i had several exited the cab with a handbag full of vomit…guys tend not to pish or spew as they will usually ask you to stop and let them upchuck.whereas women wont.
if they ask you to turn the heater down…they are about to vomit
if they ask you to open a window…they are about to vomit
if they ask you to slow down…they are about to vomit
if they chuck the money at you and scurry off…they have pished your seat.
theres no legal obligation for them to pay for the cleaning of your cab,plus you may end up off the road till you clean it.(it wont smell till the next morn if you scrape it and wipe it so you can end the shift)itl only be more ■■■■■■■■■ who will never know till they smell themselfs the next morn.
you can bluff your case and get them to empty their pockets and see what you can get out of them,but apart from that,itl be a waste of time.
if you are in any doubt,give them 1 of 2 options…
1 get out and walk.
2 hang your head out of the window and keep it out till you get where your going to…
failure to comply with rule 2 means rule 1 applies with no option.
If the O.P. OR Any one else is still thinking about taxiing ,well we have done our best.
My Brother did it for a few years mate. Terrible occupation and ■■■■ poor money. And you will never ever rid the smell once someone vomit’s in the motor.
Stick to 2atting cyclists Honked. It’s funny to watch 
eagerbeaver:
My Brother did it for a few years mate. Terrible occupation and ■■■■ poor money. And you will never ever rid the smell once someone vomit’s in the motor.Stick to 2atting cyclists Honked. It’s funny to watch
Hmmm, although there is good money to be made from teaching cyclists the rules of engagement, I have yet to be convinced that folk want to watch an overweight gobby trucker, putting the world to right, every week.
But looking at some youtube stars in the trucking world, I might be in with a chance [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY]
dieseldog999:
last taxi top tip for today.
never mind appearing rude or ignorant.
women will pish your back seat without warning…women will vomit without warning because they will be too embarrassed to ask you to stop…i had several exited the cab with a handbag full of vomit…guys tend not to pish or spew as they will usually ask you to stop and let them upchuck.whereas women wont.
if they ask you to turn the heater down…they are about to vomit
if they ask you to open a window…they are about to vomit
if they ask you to slow down…they are about to vomit
if they chuck the money at you and scurry off…they have pished your seat.
theres no legal obligation for them to pay for the cleaning of your cab,plus you may end up off the road till you clean it.(it wont smell till the next morn if you scrape it and wipe it so you can end the shift)itl only be more ■■■■■■■■■ who will never know till they smell themselfs the next morn.
you can bluff your case and get them to empty their pockets and see what you can get out of them,but apart from that,itl be a waste of time.
if you are in any doubt,give them 1 of 2 options…
1 get out and walk.
2 hang your head out of the window and keep it out till you get where your going to…
failure to comply with rule 2 means rule 1 applies with no option.
Yep, after a year driving a cab on the evening shift, you could go on Mastermind with your specialist subject being “vomit”.
id only appear if i could sit back to back with magnus and answer the questions over my left shoulder… 
dieseldog999:
id only appear if i could sit back to back with magnus and answer the questions over my left shoulder…
First question… “Are you busy tonight?”
Second question… “Is this your own car?”
what time did you start
what time do you finish
don’t it bother you to be working the weekend
I couldn’t work weekends,i like my weekends off
do you make much money doing this
I had a sheet of A4 paper laminated with the 20 questions and answers and handed it over to the cretins that started asking that pish.
just told them I was a terrible driver and needed to concentrate or id crash…the soon shut up.
I did progress to wearing small headphones unplugged and ignoring everything they said until they said it 3 times…
busy tonight driver?..silence
busy tonight driver?..silence
busy tonight driver?..silence
let them tap me on the shouldner and…WHAT??
r u busy tonight driver?..no…this would be after they have waited over an hour to get picked up etc.
if they couldn’t take a hint and started gobbing off,id have entoned that the only reason for me to be sharing the same air space was because they were paying for it,
I was taking them from A to B and if they needed to talk to someone so desperately best call the samaratins…I could survive quite happily on living without big tips… 
Honked:
I guess at least some of you will have been on the cabs. I am toying with the idea of private hire (Manchester area) and looking for any words of wisdom - good or bad.Getting itchy feet.
How strong are Uber in Manchester? I have a friend in London whose husband was a black cabbie but had to stop because Uber took too much of his trade. He’s now driving a minibus for the local council. If you’re going to do Uber then make sure they pay decently or it might not be worth switching, and you’ll have the responsibility of maintaining the car, unlike when you’re a company lorry driver.
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Uber are pretty strong around here now, I also have a contact in the council but a different dept. May tap him to see if he knows anyone worth talking to.
Cheers folks.
IndigoJo:
If you’re going to do Uber then make sure they pay decently or it might not be worth switching
In the past, Uber have followed a fairly traditional model of operating private hire drivers, namely by providing them with work in return for a cut, the only real difference is that in the internet age the punter pays Uber when he books the cab, and Uber forward the payment, minus their commission to the driver, rather than cash payments by the passenger to the driver being involved. There has been a recent tribunal ruling that Uber drivers must be classified as employees, rather than self-employed, and must be paid the National Minimum Wage, and be given paid holidays. It remains to be seen how this would pan out, but the fact that Uber are appealing this decision suggests that paying drivers the National Minimum Wage would involve an increase in Uber’s costs. Also, logic suggests that the drivers would not have initiated a claim for the National Minimum Wage had they been earning it already.
I do think Uber’s appeal will succeed, all private hire owner-drivers would seem to me to fall firmly into the self-employed category in that firstly they supply the primary tool required to do the job (i.e. the vehicle) and secondly that they are capable of making a loss in any given period (e.g. the clutch needs replacing) as well as making a profit.
Friday’s ruling by a London employment tribunal involves a case taken by two drivers, James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam, on behalf of a group 19 Uber workers who argued that they were employed by the San Francisco-based firm, rather than working for themselves.
At a hearing in July, Farrar told how he was put under “tremendous pressure” to work long hours and accept jobs and said that there were “repercussions” from the company if he cancelled a pickup. He said some months he earned as little as £5 an hour – far below the £7.20 that employers are obliged to pay workers aged over 25.
Uber aren’t doing so well, they have recently had lawsuits filled against them for data breaches. They can follow you up to 5 minutes after you’ve finished your ride via the app.
alamcculloch:
I cant understand some of the posts on here. Lorry drivers who as we all know earn upwards of £40,000 want to drive taxisW.T.F.
Not been on this forum long pal but one thing I have noticed is you tend to talk some zb.
How many lorry drivers earn more than 40 grand a year?
My guess is a very low percentage and the ones that do will be working a lot of hours so it sounds a lot better than it is.
Just to add to that I know a black cab driver that does earn more than 40G a year so yeah you talk zb.
Look pal,I was being sarcastic.The driving schools tell potential lorry drivers that the big bucks are there for the taking.When I had a taxi I handled quite a lot of money ,but I didnt get to keep very much of it.If that is talking zb then I am guilty.
Harry Monk:
dieseldog999:
id only appear if i could sit back to back with magnus and answer the questions over my left shoulder…First question… “Are you busy tonight?”
Second question… “Is this your own car?”
When you get asked the 2 questions get ready for your passenger(s) try to make quick exit and run without paying,commonly called bilking.
Mugs game long term, can be alright for a short time in between proper jobs if you already have a badge, experience plus flexibility in your hours as long as you already own a suitable car, dealing with the public is a nightmare cos most of them are ■■■■■■ otherwise they would just drive their own cars.
Long term an absolute waste of time, especially if you have to buy a car to do the job, fuel, insurance, repairs, accidents, fines all add up, unsocible hours, no holiday/sick pay/pension, competition from every direction especially at weekends, rows with the public/other drivers, not worth it, work out your hours/expenses over a year and you will find yourself earning about £3 an hour…
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A true story from my days as a Margate hackney carriage driver many years ago.
One of the other drivers on the rank was pointed out to me as being called “■■■■ Devon”. He had a hare-lip.
So I used to say “All right ■■■■?”, all friendly like, whenever I saw him. For some reason I couldn’t work out, he just used to glare at me.
I didn’t find out for months that his name wasn’t ■■■■ Devon but his radio call sign was Six-Seven. 
I did have some fun and a few laughs with the punters, but I just didnt earn enough to make a sustainable business out of it. I hoped that I would be the main earner but my wife had to continue working because we needed her salary.I once took a pair of shoes from the feet of a fare who couldnt pay.It does get that desperate.
dieseldog999:
what time did you start
what time do you finish
don’t it bother you to be working the weekend
I couldn’t work weekends,i like my weekends off
do you make much money doing this
I had a sheet of A4 paper laminated with the 20 questions and answers and handed it over to the cretins that started asking that pish.
just told them I was a terrible driver and needed to concentrate or id crash…the soon shut up.
I did progress to wearing small headphones unplugged and ignoring everything they said until they said it 3 times…busy tonight driver?..silence
busy tonight driver?..silence
busy tonight driver?..silencelet them tap me on the shouldner and…WHAT??
r u busy tonight driver?..no…this would be after they have waited over an hour to get picked up etc.
if they couldn’t take a hint and started gobbing off,id have entoned that the only reason for me to be sharing the same air space was because they were paying for it,
I was taking them from A to B and if they needed to talk to someone so desperately best call the samaratins…I could survive quite happily on living without big tips…
Next we’ll all be pondering the unfairness of how truckers have a public reputation for poor social skills.
Number of people with a car licence = virtually every working age adult with a hole in their arse.
Number of people class 1 HGV = much, much less working age adults.
It’s not going to take a rocket surgeon to work out which vehicle you’re gonna earn more driving.