Comments on: Jump In A Cab, Man http://dublinopinion.com/2007/09/26/jump-in-a-cab-man/ It's a group blog. What more do you need to know? Thu, 17 May 2012 09:55:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Donagh http://dublinopinion.com/2007/09/26/jump-in-a-cab-man/#comment-37043 Donagh Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:09:10 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2007/09/26/jump-in-a-cab-man/#comment-37043 It is extraordinary. If I get a taxi during the day - rare enough - the taxi driver will often be one of those who earns enough doing day runs to avoid working at night. They'll tell you that working at night is not worth the hassle. On a couple of occasions taxi drivers have explained to me that they're only starting out and that they rent the car and license from another driver, often from one of those drivers who only do day runs. Still I think if you're going to be a taxi-driver who continues to work at night, you'd have to be a bit of a hard-nut. Great story. It is extraordinary.

If I get a taxi during the day - rare enough - the taxi driver will often be one of those who earns enough doing day runs to avoid working at night. They’ll tell you that working at night is not worth the hassle. On a couple of occasions taxi drivers have explained to me that they’re only starting out and that they rent the car and license from another driver, often from one of those drivers who only do day runs.

Still I think if you’re going to be a taxi-driver who continues to work at night, you’d have to be a bit of a hard-nut.

Great story.

]]> By: Tomaltach http://dublinopinion.com/2007/09/26/jump-in-a-cab-man/#comment-37028 Tomaltach Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:22:30 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2007/09/26/jump-in-a-cab-man/#comment-37028 The seems no limit to the extraordinary gift of taxi drivers for telling tales. Last night I got a cab in Dublin. He was a likeable enough guy. Working class background. Talked about his passion for betting. Loved a certain boozer where he knew all the lads. Would go there to watch a match. Spent a good while as a barman himself before taking to the taxi trade. So he talked about how he makes a decent living from it. But he said there's a down side : picking up drunks or worse still thugs, late at night. He said that two weeks ago he picked up a guy at 4am who was going to Finglas. Right away he knew it was a thug: the passenger was drunk and or doped off his face, and was visibly a hard nut, agressive and threatening. The taximan said he knew he was in for trouble. As he pulled into some street in the Finglas area the guy in the pack said he was going to take the car. "give me your keys, I'm taking your car". He threatened the taximan that he would get his buddies to shoot him if we wouldn't hand over the car. The taxi said he slowed up and stopped quickly. He leaped from the car as quick as he could grabbing the claw hammer from the pocket in the door. (He pulled out the hammer and showed me). He swung the back door open and pulled his passenger out. he admitted the passenger hadn't the fastest reaction in the world. And then he literally hammered him. He pasted him with blows of the hammer to the arms and legs. As he said this he was still shaking the hammer in his right hand. The taximan hadn't raised his tone, he was merely recounting the story - just to clarify, in case you think he was giving me a little message! He could have been bullshiting. This might have been macho crap. But he did seem genuine and said he went home shaking afterwards and that he didn't go out for a couple of nights. I do feel sorry for drivers who have to put up with drunkeness and worse still personal threats to their safety. Still, this I thought was extraordinary. The seems no limit to the extraordinary gift of taxi drivers for telling tales. Last night I got a cab in Dublin. He was a likeable enough guy. Working class background. Talked about his passion for betting. Loved a certain boozer where he knew all the lads. Would go there to watch a match. Spent a good while as a barman himself before taking to the taxi trade. So he talked about how he makes a decent living from it. But he said there’s a down side : picking up drunks or worse still thugs, late at night. He said that two weeks ago he picked up a guy at 4am who was going to Finglas. Right away he knew it was a thug: the passenger was drunk and or doped off his face, and was visibly a hard nut, agressive and threatening. The taximan said he knew he was in for trouble. As he pulled into some street in the Finglas area the guy in the pack said he was going to take the car. “give me your keys, I’m taking your car”. He threatened the taximan that he would get his buddies to shoot him if we wouldn’t hand over the car. The taxi said he slowed up and stopped quickly. He leaped from the car as quick as he could grabbing the claw hammer from the pocket in the door. (He pulled out the hammer and showed me). He swung the back door open and pulled his passenger out. he admitted the passenger hadn’t the fastest reaction in the world. And then he literally hammered him. He pasted him with blows of the hammer to the arms and legs.

As he said this he was still shaking the hammer in his right hand. The taximan hadn’t raised his tone, he was merely recounting the story - just to clarify, in case you think he was giving me a little message!

He could have been bullshiting. This might have been macho crap. But he did seem genuine and said he went home shaking afterwards and that he didn’t go out for a couple of nights.

I do feel sorry for drivers who have to put up with drunkeness and worse still personal threats to their safety. Still, this I thought was extraordinary.

]]> By: Donagh http://dublinopinion.com/2007/09/26/jump-in-a-cab-man/#comment-36992 Donagh Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:21:33 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2007/09/26/jump-in-a-cab-man/#comment-36992 Yea, I thought about deleting it on the grounds of it being Rugby spam, but then its spam that's at least relevent to Ireland, and not penis enlargement or viagra (although I know those two spam topics might be of interest to those who follow Rugby ;) ) Yea, I thought about deleting it on the grounds of it being Rugby spam, but then its spam that’s at least relevent to Ireland, and not penis enlargement or viagra (although I know those two spam topics might be of interest to those who follow Rugby ;) )

]]> By: Conor McCabe http://dublinopinion.com/2007/09/26/jump-in-a-cab-man/#comment-36910 Conor McCabe Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:36:02 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2007/09/26/jump-in-a-cab-man/#comment-36910 Jesus Christ. Not only spam, but rugby spam. Fuck's sake. Jesus Christ. Not only spam, but rugby spam. Fuck’s sake.

]]> By: John http://dublinopinion.com/2007/09/26/jump-in-a-cab-man/#comment-36798 John Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:31:18 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2007/09/26/jump-in-a-cab-man/#comment-36798 Check out this article on my blog. It’s a preview on the upcoming match between Argentina and Ireland. And don’t forget to leave your comments as well. http://mundoalbiceleste.blogspot.com/2007/09/pumasireland-rivalry-resume.html Check out this article on my blog. It’s a preview on the upcoming match between Argentina and Ireland. And don’t forget to leave your comments as well.

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