To expect a taxi driver to speak English, understand English and no we're they're going ??

[BoppitChamp]

Not to spend an 20 minutes driving round in circles because he couldnt understand my directions, he didnt have a clue where he was going. Seriously.

He then (by pointing at the meter) tried to charge me extra for the privelige.

I told him where to stick it and knocked £1 off what I usually pay for my wasted time.

Me Too.

You could have just written the address down, if he seemed not to understand you, no? It works on holiday.

I'd been to the pub after work, didn't have pen, paper etc.

Even in my drunkeness I realised we were way out, not his fault really but annoying still, I didn't ask for the scenic route

You were slurring your words, weren't you?

YABU.

That's not a mis-spelling, it's a serious misunderstanding of how words work.

But one which hasn't been repeated.

I'm sure I'll recover from it

Hi BoF :)

I suppose you could have gone for 'no we're their going' just to complete the set

And I may or may not have been ever so slightly intoxicated.

Even more annoying because it's the taxi drivers job to deliver me sensibly when i'm incapable

Not nowadays I'm afraid. Nothing works

'But one which hasn't been repeated'.

Nuff said.

oh my word - I haven't slept a wink tonight due to insomnia and a restless DS

But this thread has had me crying with laughter

I loved

"driving round in circles because he couldnt understand my directions,"

"places blame firmly on alcohol consumption"

do you recon the two are connected? "

PMSL

My God, is it acceptable these days to make fun of someone who hasn't been well educated these days? Should be ashamed of yourselves.

OP yes, he should have known where he was going or he should have told you he didn't

no, he shouldn't have charged you for his fault in not knowing where he was going

people are taking the piss because they think your comment about not understanding English makes you look racist

We've had this before, someone who was trying to help a child with their reading, and said she wanted to help "learn her to read better". She had the piss royally ripped out of her.

WTF are you on about Appletrees??

The OP was pissed (she said so herself).

People are taking the piss because the OP was pissed and make a pretty awful typo (or 3) in her title

ehem, BoppitChamp, that's 'deliver me capably when I'm insensible', surely?

YANBU. :( I caught a taxi in Brussels two years ago - the driver had no sat-nav and didn't speak French or Dutch (the cities two languages). I had to give directions to Gare de nord and as he'd spent so fucking long finding me in the first place I caught the last train of the night (90 minute journey) by an arse=hair. :(

AHEM - I declare Boppitchamp the most gracious receiver of so many, well grounded YABUs.

I have had drink myself, and read the OP's name as Bobbitchamp, so thought she was a bit of a knobchopper.

English teachers, eh? They can't fecking read.

To Appletrees:

a) It's absolutely fair enough to pick up on bad grammar and spelling (esp in the context of this OP as it was hilarious) because spelling and grammar does and bloody well should matter

b) I cannot stand OPs about foreigners not being able to speak English properly. Yes it does tickle my racist radar. Not because it's racist to feel frustrated when someone cannot understand you or communciate with you, but because when you post about it, it seems to be inviting certain responses and imo is inflammatory.

c) You have now insulted OP by stating she is not well educated...!

d) The OP was pissed

e) I really hope I haven't made any grammatical or spelling mistakes in this reply

nope piss-taking started well before pissedness admission

"Yes it does tickle my racist radar. ..imo is inflammatory."

proud -- why not come out and say it then

I felt picking up on the grammar was fair game because the OP made such a thing about the taxi-drivers lack of English. I wouldn't normally take the piss out of someone for that kind of thing.

Very funny thread.

Although I did think the OP may actually have been North American re: "meter"

And I agree, grammar and spelling matter. I'm a right pedant. Poor grammar and spelling don't make someone a "twat x 10" however.