I'd rather drink and ride

[Finn]

Fuck me... Painfully went to and ex, ex, ex, ex's girlfriends birthday party tonight. Bla, bla, bla, drink, drink, drink and a good luck with all that. See a taxi with my name on it and hop in. Stinky half cast skinny guy in fucken shorts. Oh great. Told me his fucken life story like I gave a shit. Half way over the bridge I couldn't take it any more so bluntly told him to shut the fuck up. Get to my house and I hand him my visa but he doesn't take visa. I did ask him this before I hopped in and he said it's okay. I remind him of this but to no avail. He said he'd take me to a cashflow so off we go. I get the money and he's going on about girls malesting young guys like me? WTF. Okay, I gotta nutter here. Stop at a red light and he puts his fucken hand on my leg. No shit, game on. Elbow into half casts face, reach and grab the keys, walk home.

Cheap ride home but I'd rather pay without the confrontation.

[Grahameeboy]

Fuck me... Painfully went to and ex, ex, ex, ex's girlfriends birthday party tonight. Bla, bla, bla, drink, drink, drink and a good luck with all that. See a taxi with my name on it and hop in. Stinky half cast skinny guy in fucken shorts. Oh great. Told me his fucken life story like I gave a shit. Half way over the bridge I couldn't take it any more so bluntly told him to shut the fuck up. Get to my house and I hand him my visa but he doesn't take visa. I did ask him this before I hopped in and he said it's okay. I remind him of this but to no avail. He said he'd take me to a cashflow so off we go. I get the money and he's going on about girls malesting young guys like me? WTF. Okay, I gotta nutter here. Stop at a red light and he puts his fucken hand on my leg. No shit, game on. Elbow into half casts face, reach and grab the keys, walk home.

Cheap ride home but I'd rather pay without the confrontation.

I could have given you some handling tips Finn.

I guess the worrying thing is that he thought you looked like the kinda guy who may be up for a bit of alternative:shit:

[Finn]

I could have given you some handling tips Finn.

I guess the worrying thing is that he thought you looked like the kinda guy who may be up for a bit of alternative:shit:

I bet you could. Even if I looked like a fag, he should have asked nicely first.

Not sure if I should file a complaint with the Police as I'm sure he will tell a differant story. I was pretty pissed at the time but I don't believe the elbow was that hard. More so to push him out the way so I could grab his keys.

[Swoop]

Taxi drivers wonder why they get a bad name?:scratch:

Quite disturbing for the females who feel safer using a taxi service, rater than walk home and risk being attacked by some stranger.
At least there is less work for the police when tracking down a taxi driver:bash:

[Grahameeboy]

I bet you could. Even if I looked like a fag, he should have asked nicely first.

Not sure if I should file a complaint with the Police as I'm sure he will tell a differant story. I was pretty pissed at the time but I don't believe the elbow was that hard. More so to push him out the way so I could grab his keys.

So he only had to ask nicely then!!!

I would report to Police. He could do it to female passengers and obviously has a problem.

In the UK they have bogus taxis.......picking up females from outside nite clubs...........a dodgy taxi driver has to be stopped mate.

I don't know Finn, first it was a run in with the Council and now Taxis....mind you it has just been a full moon..

[Swoop]

Finn. You have raised a valid issue with the safety of the public when being transported by taxi drivers. Some people have had a bit too much to drink, and are not fully "with it" and able to defend themselves to the best of their ability.

I do hope you report this incident to the police. The taxi driver needs to be dealt with.

This thread is a valid topic of discussion.

[riffer]

This thread is a valid topic of discussion.

Agreed. I've moved it to Rant and Rave.

[jrandom]

Which taxi company was he driving for?

[Skyryder]

Fuck me... Painfully went to and ex, ex, ex, ex's girlfriends birthday party tonight. Bla, bla, bla, drink, drink, drink and a good luck with all that. See a taxi with my name on it and hop in. Stinky half cast skinny guy in fucken shorts. Oh great. Told me his fucken life story like I gave a shit. Half way over the bridge I couldn't take it any more so bluntly told him to shut the fuck up. Get to my house and I hand him my visa but he doesn't take visa. I did ask him this before I hopped in and he said it's okay. I remind him of this but to no avail. He said he'd take me to a cashflow so off we go. I get the money and he's going on about girls malesting young guys like me? WTF. Okay, I gotta nutter here. Stop at a red light and he puts his fucken hand on my leg. No shit, game on. Elbow into half casts face, reach and grab the keys, walk home.

Cheap ride home but I'd rather pay without the confrontation.


Hatchett found. Have couried it to you for future taxi rides. Just make sure it's not an undercover cop if you need to use it, other wise you might end up like the fucker down here the other day.:beer:

Skyryder

[kerfufflez]

What does being 'half-caste' have to do with anything?

[Little Miss Trouble]

Wonder if yours was one of these ones?
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/070930/2/1vce.html

[caesius]

I couldn't take it any more so bluntly told him to shut the fuck
up.

This happens to me all the time, not the leg touch part just the guy who won't shut up about himself.

That's creepy.

[Disco Dan]

Wonder if yours was one of these ones?
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/070930/2/1vce.html

NZ Police CommCens Alert 09:00 30-09-2007 Auckland City

Location of incident: Auckland City District

Incident Type: Drink Drive Message Still Ignored!

MEDIA RELEASE 30 September 2007
Drink Drive Message Still Ignored

Auckland Police are still amazed that some drivers continue to ignore the drink drive message and the consequences that come from drinking and driving or allowing friends and family to drink and drive. This weekend many major exits to the Auckland CBD were targeted by alcohol checkpoints staffed by Auckland City, Waitemata, Traffic Alcohol Group and assisted by LTNZ Taxi Enforcement Inspectors. Of the 7729 drivers stopped in the anti drink-drive campaign 104 were detected driving with excess breath alcohol with 25 of those electing to have blood tests taken to determine whether or not they too will face court proceedings. Operation 'Safer Auckland 4' ran from 3am on both Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th September specifically to target morning drivers of a high risk due to fatigue and overnight drinking. 21 of those testing positive for excess breath alcohol were under 20 (that's 20%) and many of them still on the graduated driver's license scheme. The permitted level of b!
reath alcohol is 400 microgram's per liter of breath.
One person who was bail with a condition of not drinking was stopped and blew 1300, over 3 times the allowable limit. One officer didn't have to travel far to catch a drunk as while he was traveling to the first checkpoint on the first night a driver nearly collided with him head on. That driver 'fell' from his car and blew nearly 1100. Nine people were arrested on a variety of charges, 7 cars were impounded and 18 drivers had their licenses suspended.
Approximately a third of the vehicles stopped were commercial vehicles largely consisting of taxis. While Auckland police applaud those members of the public doing the right thing by being driven home by taxis, dial-a-driver or using a sober driver, LTNZ Taxi Enforcement Inspectors conducting minor visual examinations of 573 taxicabs uncovered 289 that were non compliant with minor defects but alarmingly 52 were written off the road for serious safety defects. Police will continue to have checkpoints and want to put those ignoring the message on notice that police will be out there, any time, any place, any weather and you will get caught.
ENDS
Issued by Senior Sergeant Pete Kaveney
Acting Road Policing Manager: Auckland City

Issued By: Inspector William Taylor

[Deviant]

Don't forget that he knows where you live now.

[Mom]

What does being 'half-caste' have to do with anything?

No apologies mate, he is not white/not black/not asian/ he is a mix......this is what he (alledgedly) looks like!


Taxi drivers wonder why they get a bad name?:scratch:

Quite disturbing for the females who feel safer using a taxi service, rater than walk home and risk being attacked by some stranger.
At least there is less work for the police when tracking down a taxi driver:bash:

At least this bloke got Finn home before having issues about payment.......I have had the "i dont understand where you want me to take you" ones, much more worrying I can assure you :yes:

[Swoop]

Agreed. I've moved it to Rant and Rave.
Thank you.

[Disco Dan]

Last taxi I used, was an idian fella. Seemed a nice bloke. As soon as my friend and I closed the doors he switched on his little DVD player screen thing to some indian music video/movie thing... started singing... "chia chia chia chia cha! jooop jooop chia chia chia" over and over... ...I could have killed. :laugh:

[riffer]

I moved this thread back from PD as people said they wanted to actually talk about a serious issue, being issues with taxi drivers.

If you just want to call Finn a homo, I might as well move it back...

I've thrown out the homo and htfu posts - now, does anyone actually want to discuss the topic?

[Little Miss Trouble]

Simple solution, next time you actually come accross a good taxi driver ask for their card, then you can request them again next time.
I'd rather taxi with a friend back to their house and crash on the couch than take a taxi by myself, although carrying a nice pointy knife makes me feel much better about it :innocent::whistle:

[Swoop]

What was the topic again?
Personal safety in a public-transport vehicle.

[Ixion]

I moved this thread back from PD as people said they wanted to actually talk about a serious issue, being issues with taxi drivers.

If you just want to call Finn a homo, I might as well move it back...

I've thrown out the homo and htfu posts - now, does anyone actually want to discuss the topic?

Remember what I said about Lord Acton ?

Why should a thread in Rant and Rave have to be serious? The very notion of Mr Finn being groped by a taxi driver reduces anything to the absurd.

[Finn]

What does being 'half-caste' have to do with anything?

If it makes you feel any better, he was more honky than spook.

Go sell PC to North Korea, we're all stocked up here.

[Steam]

What was the taxi company?

[riffer]

Remember what I said about Lord Acton ?

Why should a thread in Rant and Rave have to be serious? The very notion of Mr Finn being groped by a taxi driver reduces anything to the absurd.


Methinks you haven't followed this thread ...

The thread started fine. Except everyone decided to fill it with crap.

So, when the thread contained 1 original post and 5 answers which either questioned Finn's sexuality or talked about something completely separate it was destined to end up in PD.

Then people complained that they had something valid to say. Some do, some don't. I'd like to respect that. Would you?

Did you follow the recent results on the survey of taxi drivers undertaken by the TV3 target programme? Shocking, to say the least.

You're going to have to do better than that Ixion.

Absolute power indeed. What drivel. Next you'll be invoking Godwin's Law.

[Finn]

It's an interesting subject really. Haven't given it much thought over the weekend, in fact, taking his keys away and walking home left me laughing. However, given this is becoming quite common, I probably should file a complaint.

Yes, I remember the taxi company, his name, number, rego etc.

[Finn]

The thread started fine. Except everyone decided to fill it with crap.


Really riffer, relax, I don't mind.

[riffer]

Taxis in Auckland seem to be a lot different to those in Welly, although I must admit I don't take a lot at night.

Is this a common occurrence with one particular company? Perhaps a name and shame campaign is in order...

[oldrider]

What actually are you miffed about Finn, the lack of professional Taxi service or the over abundance of personal service on offer? :confused: Curious, John.

[riffer]

Really riffer, relax, I don't mind.

S'allright mate. I'm just interested in the subject.

I'm kinda bored of the subject of your sexuality.

:lol:

Dodgy taxi drivers are MUCH more interesting.

[boomer]

If it makes you feel any better, he was more honky than spook.

Go sell PC to North Korea, we're all stocked up here.

he probably mistook you for Gary Glitter!

Harden up Finn.. you could at least given him a Rodney King'in

[Finn]

What actually are you miffed about Finn, the lack of professional Taxi service or the over abundance of personal service on offer? :confused: Curious, John.

That it wasn't a 20 year old blonde John. I always get the creepy guys.

[98tls]

It's an interesting subject really. Haven't given it much thought over the weekend, in fact, taking his keys away and walking home left me laughing. However, given this is becoming quite common, I probably should file a complaint.

Yes, I remember the taxi company, his name, number, rego etc. You should do it mate,who knows what the shithead will get up to in the future,best get him off the road.May well save some young person a world of grief.

[Finn]

Harden up Finn.. you could at least given him a Rodney King'in

Yeah. I figured that with his body in the boot, I'd have 4 days to get to Mexico.

[Little Miss Trouble]

Dodgy taxi drivers are MUCH more interesting.

Depends whether your talking dodgy or DODGY got a taxi back from
Auckland airport to a motel with a guy who wanted to play us the CD of a band he was representing, and kept going on about how he couldn't wait to get home and have a joint. He was strange but I didn't get the skin crawling feeling some others have made me feel:sick:

[oldrider]

That it wasn't a 20 year old blonde John. I always get the creepy guys.

Hey, twenty year old blondes have guys my age tabbed as the creepy guy's!

Are you trying to get me to take "his" side in this! :Playnice: John.

[shafty]

What did you do with his keys Finn?

[oldrider]

What did you do with his keys Finn?

Perhaps he unlocked his aching heart! :devil2: John.

[98tls]

Had a bad experiance with a taxi driver in little ol oamaru many years ago...i rang a cab it came and delivered me to were i wanted to go then the piece of shit went back home knocked on the door and told my missus he loved her etc.........:girlfight:one of the weirdest things ive ever heard of,she tells him to piss off and slams the door in his face.......as i said very weird.

[Swoop]

Had a bad experiance with a taxi driver...
Weird alright!
One would have thought that the amount of money these people/companies charge for their service, there would be a relatively decent staffing of the cabs.

I wonder what the job application process consists of?

Wasn't there a general cleaning up of the "profession" a little while ago?

[98tls]

Weird alright!
One would have thought that the amount of money these people/companies charge for their service, there would be a relatively decent staffing of the cabs.

I wonder what the job application process consists of?

Wasn't there a general cleaning up of the "profession" a little while ago? Many years ago myself and a mate were on the turps up in wellington...we get in a cab wanting to go to the Arena nightclub.....this towel head didnt have a clue,we get to an intersection were he needs to go left or right,sitting at the lights we tell im to go straight ahead..he does so and far-off in the distance the lights had changed and we end up going the wrong way down a 3 lane one way system......he starts ranting to the towel head god and we bail..........:lol:

[Little Miss Trouble]

Weird alright!
One would have thought that the amount of money these people/companies charge for their service, there would be a relatively decent staffing of the cabs.

I wonder what the job application process consists of?

Wasn't there a general cleaning up of the "profession" a little while ago?

Problem is most people don't want to work the night shifts (would you with drunks puking in your car?!) so your probably gonna be scraping the bottom of the barrel at that time of night.

[peasea]

Fuck me... Painfully went to and ex, ex, ex, ex's girlfriends birthday party tonight. Bla, bla, bla, drink, drink, drink and a good luck with all that. See a taxi with my name on it and hop in. Stinky half cast skinny guy in fucken shorts. Oh great. Told me his fucken life story like I gave a shit. Half way over the bridge I couldn't take it any more so bluntly told him to shut the fuck up. Get to my house and I hand him my visa but he doesn't take visa. I did ask him this before I hopped in and he said it's okay. I remind him of this but to no avail. He said he'd take me to a cashflow so off we go. I get the money and he's going on about girls malesting young guys like me? WTF. Okay, I gotta nutter here. Stop at a red light and he puts his fucken hand on my leg. No shit, game on. Elbow into half casts face, reach and grab the keys, walk home.

Cheap ride home but I'd rather pay without the confrontation.

Get a gun and shoot the fuck

[98tls]

Problem is most people don't want to work the night shifts (would you with drunks puking in your car?!) so your probably gonna be scraping the bottom of the barrel at that time of night. Hey a jobs a job...............there towel heads what do they expect,start at the bottom like the rest of us eh.That or fuck off back to the land of obey or off with ya head.

[riffer]

Hmmm. This has turned out to be a rather timely discussion, if the article in today's Harold is to be believed:

Big haul of defective taxis alarms police

Almost one in 10 taxis stopped during a weekend drink-drive blitz in Auckland had to be taken off the road because of serious defects. Senior Sergeant Pete Kaveney said police applauded drinkers who did the right thing by getting a ride home in a taxi or with someone who was sober. But he said some taxi operators were showing a complete disregard for the safety of the people they were carrying.

About a third of 7729 vehicles stopped during the anti-drink-drive campaign targeting major roads into central Auckland were commercial vehicles. Of those, Land Transport New Zealand inspectors conducted minor visual examinations of 573 taxis. A total of 289, or roughly half, failed to comply with regulations because of minor defects. "But alarmingly, 52 were written off the road for serious safety defects," Mr Kaveney said.

Passengers were entitled to know they were travelling in a safe vehicle. "When you get into a taxi, you enter into a contract to get somewhere, and get somewhere safely."

Meanwhile, the cost of setting up a taxi company and driving a cab has leaped after Land Transport implemented new rules and fees yesterday. The agency's national manager (commercial road transport), John Doesburg, said the changes would allow for more effective monitoring of operators. "It will create a fairer system which benefits responsible operators."

The changes, announced in July, affect licence holders in the passenger service, goods service, vehicle recovery and rental vehicle industries. The application fee for a new transport service licence (TSL) rises from $30 to $440, while the application fee to gain status as a new approved taxi organisation increases from $30 to $3678. The annual licensing fee for each vehicle operated under a TSL increases from $24 to $55.

- NZPA

[Sanx]

Meanwhile, the cost of setting up a taxi company and driving a cab has leaped after Land Transport implemented new rules and fees yesterday. The agency's national manager (commercial road transport), John Doesburg, said the changes would allow for more effective monitoring of operators. "It will create a fairer system which benefits responsible operators."

The changes, announced in July, affect licence holders in the passenger service, goods service, vehicle recovery and rental vehicle industries. The application fee for a new transport service licence (TSL) rises from $30 to $440, while the application fee to gain status as a new approved taxi organisation increases from $30 to $3678. The annual licensing fee for each vehicle operated under a TSL increases from $24 to $55.

The government's answer to absolutely everything - increase the tax.

[ManDownUnder]

A taxi giving me a lift, denying my payment on a credit card when they said they would and making a pass at me would get me kinda pissed off too.

I'd send his name rank and serial number to the taxi federation... and his keys. Good job man. There's a lot of good taxi drivers out there, I use 'em all the time and 99 out of 100 are ok but the one of two clowns really piss me off.

[sunhuntin]

mum and i nearly had a run in with a taxi once... literally. missed by inches. he pulled out of a driveway and into our lane... we had right of way, naturally. we went and bitched to their office with rego etc, and they turned around and tried to claim he wasnt one of theirs. there are only 2 companies in this town, ones blue, the others green. pretty hard to get the colors wrong... dumasses. i sent away a complain form online [the police one] and got a letter thanking me. thatd be the second time a taxi driver has nearly hit me coming out of that same driveway.

for those interested, its the pak n save drive that leads onto victoria ave... it should never have been put there, bloody dangerous.

[mynameis]

No shit, game on. Elbow into half casts face, reach and grab the keys, walk home.



You sure you didn't reach out to grab his nuts but his keys? What did the sexy half cast do after? Did he follow you or what? And what have you done to the keys?

Lolz..by the way if this is a pisstake it's quite funny. Funny how stinky half casts find you attractive aye? Lolz..bahaa

[puddy]

Even if I looked like a fag, he should have asked nicely first.



OK, quick opinion poll! Those that know what Finn looks like........Honestly................Does he look like a Fag?
But yeah, you're right, he should have asked nicely first. I always do!:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

[Deviant]

When I was learning to run on two wheels, I was reliant on public transport. Living in Remuera and working on the Shore, with occassional weekend shifts, I had to take a few taxis. To work it was a $40 ride, but one good driver who took me home after a night on the booze said he lived on the shore, so if I was going to need a ride in the mornings, call him the night before and tell him when to pick me up.

He still charged, but only $25, whereas anyone else was charging from $35-$45.

If you get a good one, get his card or number and they'll look after you in return.