On Wednesday nite me and my mate went round Rochester for a few drinks and then a curry afterwards. My last train home to Abbey Wood was at 22.30 which i had to get because i had work the next day. So we're in the curry house and without realising i had missed my last train home. So i had to get a mini cab as i had to get up for work at 6am. So my mate calls for a cab. 2 mins later a cab pulls outside the curry house. The guy says it will be 75 quid to Thamesmead!!!!! I thought that can't be right so i said that it should only be about 30 or 40 quid and then he says yeah but its 11.30. I can't believe on a Wedsnesday nite they would still charge that amount of money. I can sort of understand on a fri or sat nite when they have to take home the drunks but it was wednesday and there was hardly anyone out. We was the only people in the curry house. I was totally sober! Last year i got an early morning cab (4am) to Gatwick and it only cost me 45 quid. Ive just looked on aa.com and its 23 miles from Rochester to Thamesmead and 43 miles from Thamesmead to Gatwick. Have i been knocked?
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Well obvs this one wanted to be Richard Branson and saw it as a get rich quick scheme. Instead of using the cab and walking home 2 miles to New Eltham, I decided to get the night bus and go on a 5 hour journey via Trafalgaq Sq at 4:30am, to finally get home at 7:30am, only would of taken me 2 hours to walk
Late night cabs are more expensive.
Why did it takes 5 hours? And surely you didnt have to go all the way to Trafalgar Square, you must be able to change at Lewisham or something to get from Orpington to New Eltham?!
The price shouldn't change according to the time. They have a milage rate and it should stay the same whatever the time. I done cabbing for 4 years and never charged more because it was late. I would phone up the office and ask for the owner. Say you think the bloke made a mistake and if he's decent enough he will sort it for you. No harm in trying.
Not true these days. Son left house keys at our house, we'd had a few drinks, so had to get a cab to deliver the keys. Accepted £60. He arrived at son's place and refused to hand over the keys unless he handed over an extra £40. Short and curlies job. It's illegal and was duly reported to Trading Standards. Not much use though, they either do nothing or accept a 'Sorry, it won't happen again' explanation. The drivers are self employed and basically seem to be allowed to do what they like.
I didnt fancy being stabbed in Lewisham
Just chuck a bottle at them .....You'll be fine
You are such a pratt, you know that right
I can't see it's racist to say Indians hardly know a word of English & they ask you the directions.
When I'm abroad a lot of foreigners can't speak English, that's a fact, not a matter of racism :-(
Nathan if you got on the bus at 4:30 and it took 5 hours, how did you manage to get home at 7:30? Do you live in a different time zone?
Surprised you need to ask Uncle ; )
Yeh good point, that would definitely have happened. Well worth adding 2hours onto your journey home in the middle of the night for peace of mind!
"All" cab firms are run by "Indians". All of them? Andy has done a survey no doubt. And are they Indians or are they Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans or even British Asians. But it's OK to just lump them all together.
And none of them can speak more than a few words of English? Andy has spoken to all of them has he? Of course not but if one or two do then that applies to all of "Them".
And they switch IDs and Cars. His evidence of this is what? Oh, yeah they are all "Indian" and they ask directions so it must be true. What more proof for a slur could you need?
Dont tar all cowboys with the same brush....I'm sure thats being a cowboyist ;-)
Just because they are wearing a stetson, spurs and a camp looking waistcoat doesn't mean you can tar them all with the same brush - regardless of whether they are carrying a six shooter and answer to the name of "Hank" or "Buddy".
I cant see how this is racist. I can not see anything that has been written which is abusive.
Something doesn't have to be abusive for it to be racist. A sweeping generalisation based upon a racial profile can easily qualify as racism.
If you feel you have been overcharged first speak to the cab office, ask for a quote first then tell them what happened,
if no luck there then go to the cabs licencing authority.
IMO you were overcharged and would def look into it (If you can be bothered)
I would say the top end fares at the moment are around the £2 a mile charge