Bad Taxi Experience

[Brisbane]

Some people are idiots. The loser cabbie must have been like, "oh look, a single, good looking, western white girl... She must be easy".

I am happy it worked out for you at the end!!!

[CheckShoo]

thanks for that.... rape is ok... just don't take my money hahahahah

CheckShoo then make a deal with the taxi man, ask him to r*pe u and then give free ride for a month that way u will begin to love Brisbane taxis. :lol:

a month free ride??? wow I didn't know I worth so much hahahaa I will take it for just 2 weeks

[CheckShoo]

CheckShoo,

I can relate with you in being ripped off. I used to live in Brisbane in the late 90's.

Let me tell you about the stupid thing I did.........

I used to live in Chicago Beach Village near the Park Al local Hotel (I don't even think the compound is there anymore)......

Anyway, I was coming home from a disco one night alone, and no I was not drinking but I got in the front seat of the cab. See I come from a small town in Canada and wasn't even thinking, well needless to say, the happy hands cab driver got a smash in the face and then as soon as I mentioned police he froze. He dropped me off and I didn't even have to pay him. I guess he got enough of a fare.

I know it was a stupid thing to do and I never did it again, but as soon as I mentioned police the guy backed off.

Try it sometime when you feel they are ripping you off.

hock: hock:

WHAT?????

That was bad... Luckly you got home safe, I will be very careful from now on.

[Victory]

too many damn cat avatars

[bsa]

CheckShoo.
Go to the bookshop and buy yourself a copy of "Brisbane Explorer".
Its RED in color and make sure you get the latest 9th Edition.
Inside is a MAP of BRISBANE. Not only is it just a map. It is a satelite photo of the entire Brisbane.
There are only a few roads here so theres no reason for you to get lost or anything. As for the taxi drivers here....just don't act soft.
Tell them exactly where you want to go and make sure you give them directions for a start. For example:" Take the finucane road heading towards Sidney." Or heading towards Ransome

By mentioning one of these directions will very much secure your ride.
Make sure you have the name of the location correctly.

Saying "Sheraton Hotel" can either land you somewhere in Ransome...or it can land you somewhere after the 7th interchange.

Or saying Birkdale or Birkdale Hotel can be totally different.

So the mistake you made was saying Brisbane Marina. You didn't say Brisbane Marina Club or Brisbane Marina Resort.So the fault lies in you and not the taxi driver because they are generally not too bright.

[Snype]

too many damn cat avatars

Put the avatar of ur chimp then

[Brisbane_don]

It can happen at anytime. The missus and I got a cab from the Birkdale Hotel going to the Springs. Granted we'd had a few beers but we clearly told the driver to go over Tingalpa and take the Al Khail road. The dipstick tries a fly one at Tingalpa hugging the right hand lane trying to take the sliproad onto S. Zayed adding a few km's and a few chips in the pocket for him. I think not!!
He soon got told to stop taking the pi"$ andto get over Tingalpa - this was followed by the usual "sorry, sorry", shakee headee episodes.
Over the two years we've been here it currently seems to be at it's worst for hopeless and dodgy taxi drivers. We've been stuck with guys who speak no english and have been in the city for 2 days!

I pity the tourists personally - at least we know where we want to go.

And the only way it'll get better - when the lords and masters finally realise that a pathetic taxi service does not endear itself with the required image of Brisbane being perfect (or starts hitting them in the pockets) trhough disgruntled tourists going elsewhere or it gets flagged in the press.

Am I wrong??

[Barbs123]

Aren't there taxis run by the Government? A friend of mine who lived there for 3 years told me to only take the cream coloured mercedes taxis.

Don't know as I don't move for another month, but it's a thought. Does anyone know?

Barbs

[Snype]

That's right cream coloured ones are owned by Government and they are not always mercedes - they are camry, infiniti, etc. Anyways good tip is always sit at the back sit of the taxi if u r reserved type of person.

[CheckShoo]

honestly not all of he taxi drivers are bad. I did meet some good ones!!

[Choko]

Whoa peeps! Granted there are some problems with Taxi's around Brisbane but let me put a new light on it.

Alot of the drivers are fresh in the country and obviously have not been shown routes to places, so are just as lost as many tourists and if they don't speak your language very well you have that barrier to deal with.

Plus with regard to fares and many drivers refusing to pick up peole for short distances, going the long way round etc. Did you know that these guys MUST earn 303AUD A DAY before they can even start to earn any money? Most of the cabbies work at least a 16 hour day, many owkr upto 20 hours - you try driving around on these roads for that amount of time 7 days week and not feel knackered, frazzled etc.

And I have to say the way some passengers treat and speak to taxi drivers is appalling.

So just remember these facts next time you're having a HARD time with your cabbie!

[Snype]

Whoa peeps! Granted there are some problems with Taxi's around Brisbane but let me put a new light on it.

Alot of the drivers are fresh in the country and obviously have not been shown routes to places, so are just as lost as many tourists and if they don't speak your language very well you have that barrier to deal with.

Plus with regard to fares and many drivers refusing to pick up peole for short distances, going the long way round etc. Did you know that these guys MUST earn 303AUD A DAY before they can even start to earn any money? Most of the cabbies work at least a 16 hour day, many owkr upto 20 hours - you try driving around on these roads for that amount of time 7 days week and not feel knackered, frazzled etc.

And I have to say the way some passengers treat and speak to taxi drivers is appalling.

So just remember these facts next time you're having a HARD time with your cabbie!

Well I appreciate ur sense of empathy. If everybody were like Choc, then the worls would have been betta place

[mINOR pLEASURE]

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thanks for that.... rape is ok... just don't take my money hahahahah[/quote]

hmmmmm rape is ok ???? hmmm hey i can give you a carlift them we can park somewhere between brisbane and Sidney,,.... i wouldnt mind fullfilling your fantasy hahahaha

ok now about the cabbie !!! CHOC is totally right ... and based on your story ... im sorry gurl but its just that the information given to the cabbie was enough to confuse him ... bcoz if you just want to go to Woolworths you should have said Woolworths !! then he should have dropped you off to the nearest one,. lets just not over react to a small miss understanding these guys are really doing hard work and been driving all day ,.. so the least we can do to these guys are give them the right direction ... if your going to be pissed off you should be pissed off with your friend who sent you to say Brisbane Marina !!! where you could have just said "to the nearest Woolworths!!!" now !!! about the Shouting !!!!! YES that is true most of them are DTC (Brisbane Transport) drivers they F@Ckn act like WE F@ckin OWE them BIG time JUST to RIDE with them !!!! DTC Drivers need some attitude overhaul if you ask me !!! but METRO & CARS cabbies ARE great !!!! they even give you options on wich route to take ,... and if supposed they dont know the way ,... they use their radio to go and ask around on which is the best way ... now THAT is SERVICE !!! ... and METRO AND CARS are .50 fils cheaper on the flag down !!

[CheckShoo]

the taxi drivers in HK are even worse!!