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To think this man is a possible contender for worst taxi driver?

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ItsAllMehMehMeh · 12/12/2016 13:57

I booked with a local firm to take us to the airport and collect us on our return and paid in advance. I gave all the flight details in case we were delayed etc.

Our outbound journey was quite early (6am). As soon as we were loaded up etc. he began hacking his guts up every few minutes, at times opening the window to spit out if it. I also caught him checking his hand to see if he'd 'caught' anything. He tail-gated on the motorway at speeds up to 90 mph. The most upsetting thing happened when he ran over two cats in a residential area. The DC were in the car and DP began arguing with him whilst he denied that he'd hit them but we felt them go under the wheel and he swerved too late Sad. He was saying 'let's go back and check then' but we would have missed our flight. When we arrived (with minutes to spare for check in) he demanded to take the receipt the firm had provided so he could get paid by them even though it was my only proof that I'd already paid for both journeys Hmm

Our return flight was significantly delayed but he'd not bothered checking and complained that he'd been waiting. He then sped up the motorway, again at 90 mph, tailgating so close I had to shut my eyes. There is a stretch of road that is very windy and borders a reservoir with a steep drop. There have been so many accidents on this stretch yet he continued to drive too fast and close to other vehicles. DP had to tell him to get off his mobile too as we were so scared on this particular stretch.

I know I should probably complain but I don't like to make a fuss. Not the best start or finish to our holiday!

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HeadElf · 14/12/2016 00:37

Those poor imaginary cats Shock

HelenaDove · 14/12/2016 01:13

Those poor poor cats.

Some taxi drivers are really good but some others.........some of them will quite happily watch elderly ppl struggle all the way up to the taxi door with shopping while they just sit on their arses on the rank. Some are very helpful but i can count them on one hand.
They have an aversion to having lights in the back of their cabs too and want it pitch black in the back even when the car is stationary. (i had a thread on here about it over the weekend and most ppl disagreed. No wonder customer service is so bad if its just accepted that ppl should have to struggle even when its a service they are paying for.

We have one really surly bastard who just does caveman grunts in reply. And just throws shopping around.

To top it all off some of these blokes were in the paper a while ago complaining that taxi drivers from another town were poaching their customers I wonder why drivers from another town would accomplish that so easily.

kali110 · 14/12/2016 03:03

DeepanKrispanEven i would have made him pull over. I couldn't leave something like that.
Having actually been on the receiving end of this i can tell you it's absolutely heartbreaking!
I certainly wouldn't have trusted him to drive me anywhere after that!
Would you really trust someone like that with your safety?
Sounds deranged. I wouldn't have gotten into the car with him on the way back! He'd already shown he diidn't care about safety so why get in the taxi again Confused

HelenaDove · 14/12/2016 03:06

kali i agree Its awful Those poor little cats. Sad

HelenaDove · 14/12/2016 03:08

And im so sorry to hear you have experienced this from the other side Thanks

potbellyroast · 14/12/2016 05:43

When people have problems with Traxi drivers they should phone their local authority licensing department who are the ones who issue - and take away - licences. They are likely to call the driver in for interview. It might not lead to anything but taxi drivers are usually a little bit frightened of the licensing manager!

kali110 · 14/12/2016 18:25

helena thankyou. Finding your pet run over is heartbreaking Sad even worse that nobody has even stopped Angry

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