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To pay the taxi driver half the fare?

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Dordeydoo · 07/10/2012 18:32

Booked a taxi at 7:30pm on friday night for 8:10pm. The taxi hadn't turned up by 8:20pm so rang and was told it was at the end of my road. Still hadnt arrived at 8:30pm so rang again to be told the same, which clearly wasn't the case as my road is a culdesac with 28houses so not long! Taxi finally turned up at 8:45pm then the driver drove like a prick the whole way to destination. When I got out I only paid half the fare was I being unreasonable to do so?

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QuintessentialShadows · 08/10/2012 11:39

Yabu.

Because you dont know what time HE got the booking! They may have sent him to yours at 8.30 for all that you know.

FredFredGeorge · 08/10/2012 13:19

I don't get the argument about about the driver and booker being seperate. Yes they almost certainly are, but that's purely down to them, it's nothing to do with you exactly how they choose to provide the service you request.

You contract a taxi service, it fails to deliver to the level you contract, you offer a fair value payment for the part of the service you got.

Sure the driver, as they are the one who actually collects the money, is the one who now has less cash, but if that's as a result of the booker, then it's his responisibility to recover it from the booker. It's not your problem they chose to work that way.

As I said, in the above example, for a shit fare that the driver really doesn't want pissing about over such a small amount is just rude, but in principle I have nothing against it.

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Dordeydoo · 08/10/2012 17:56

Yes I really wanted to carry round a soaking wet coat and umbrella with me on a night out - NOT!

The person on the phone agreed to us paying what we felt appropriate so the driver can sort with them if he wants.

You lot saying about shit food in a restaurant - I wouldnt pay full price then and doubt many people would

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LadyClariceCannockMonty · 08/10/2012 18:04

Perhaps I'm imagining it, but I could have sworn I'd seen areas for hanging coats and other outdoor stuff, in both other people's houses and bars/clubs/restaurants ...

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Dordeydoo · 08/10/2012 18:05

Erm not the ones round here, the pubs etc dont want to take responsibility for it

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LadyClariceCannockMonty · 08/10/2012 18:07

You seem to live in a weird world. Taxi firms quiet on a Friday night, bars/clubs etc with nary a coatpeg between them ...

MrsKeithRichards · 08/10/2012 18:08

It's a wet coat love, not a Ming vase.

LadyClariceCannockMonty · 08/10/2012 18:09
Grin
JennaMoroney · 08/10/2012 18:09

an hour and a quarter late? i don't think op is BU.

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Dordeydoo · 08/10/2012 18:10

Taxi company was quiet as confirmed by manager.
Pubs with no where to store coats etc - none around here have that. The club use to then they shut it as it wasnt worthwhile.

It might only be a wet coat but I didn't want to have a night out with a dripping wet coat on me

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GoldShip · 08/10/2012 18:12

jenna you're missing the point others have made. The hour and a half wait is ridiculous yes, but

  1. Might not have been drivers fault
  2. Don't accept the ride if you're not going to pay in full. That's theft by not paying.
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Dordeydoo · 08/10/2012 18:13

The bloody company agreed with what I paid!!

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AmberLeaf · 08/10/2012 18:15

It was 35 mins wait though, the cab was booked for 8:10 and turned up 35 mins later.

kotinka · 08/10/2012 18:15

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GoldShip · 08/10/2012 18:17

dordey the company will, they won't lose out. It's the driver that loses money.

JennaMoroney · 08/10/2012 18:19

the service she paid for was a taxi at 7.30

I don't know if I'd have the nerve but I don't think she was being unreasonable.

LadyClariceCannockMonty · 08/10/2012 18:20

I didn't really mean a full-on cloakroom with a bored but glamorous hat-check girl; I just meant some hooks. Or, failing that, the back of a chair ...

And I agree with those saying that punishing an individual driver isn't fair and you ought to have paid in full but then complained to the company

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Dordeydoo · 08/10/2012 18:20

Well that's for him to take up with the company then! And maybe if he hadn't drove like a dick then i'd have paid more

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Dordeydoo · 08/10/2012 18:21

And lovely leaning on a soggy coat! & in a club there are no chairs!

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GoldShip · 08/10/2012 18:23

the service she paid for was a taxi at 7.30
She shouldn't have accepted the service then if she wasn't going to pay the full fare. End of. She didn't make the driver aware beforehand. Just shoved the money down and left

Look at the end of the day OP you went about this the wrong way. My first post in this thread mentioned how the exact same happened to me, except I paid the full fare then took it up with the company. I got a full apology and re-fund. You're an adult, act like one. Instead of retaliating by committing a crime.

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Dordeydoo · 08/10/2012 18:25

I did take it up with company once he was late and before he arrived which they agreed to!

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JennaMoroney · 08/10/2012 18:25

The driver will now complain about that to the control office and things might improve.

JennaMoroney · 08/10/2012 18:26

i disagree that she shouldn't have accepted the service. how was she supposed to get where she was going? the service was sub standard as they got her there but late. the 'commiting a crime' stuff is so anal. I'dsay 'call the police then'.

LadyClariceCannockMonty · 08/10/2012 18:28

Again, I admit I don't frequent many clubs but am fairly sure that they don't, without exception, eschew chairs/seating.

What a fuss about a coat. Might not think you were being so U if it weren't for that but I am also a person who doesn't know when to stop

AmberLeaf · 08/10/2012 18:29

The service was not for a taxi at 7:30pm!

she rang for the cab at 7:30 she wanted it for 8:10