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Old 13-12-2007, 07:32   #16
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Re: What will you pay this Christmas?

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not just the asian firms that do it though is it ??

if you worked on christmas eve would you work for a normal rate or would you want more pay .....i know id want more...
I always used to work Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve and we never got extra pay.
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Old 13-12-2007, 08:15   #17
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Or stagger. I remember that Thwaites used to put out a Christmas brew called Old Tom (I think) after a few of those I was tossed out of the Black Dog for falling into the Christmas tree and I staggered all the way to Clayton. I was almost sober when I arrived
Thwaites did Old Dan which was theBarley wine. They also did Danny Brown and Big Ben (Which was lovely, I wish they still did this!) There as also Hammer which came out at xmas time. Now they tend to do a few different ones. Theyd a Christmas ale one year that was just like Xmas pudding, lovely and at 5% was nicely warming as well.

I rememember walking home from Gt Harwood one NYE with my mate (Marc , Rougue on here). We were proper leathered and got chips peas and gravy from the chippy. I think most of it ended up on our clothes we were that piddled

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Old 13-12-2007, 19:19   #18
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I always used to work Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve and we never got extra pay.
times have a changed, most jobs nowadays pay time and half for bank hols xmas eve new yrs eve etc etc...the missus does the bar on said nights and gets double pay, why should that differ from an asian taxi driver upping his hire fare ?
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Old 13-12-2007, 20:08   #19
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Re: What will you pay this Christmas?

The fare rate for Kingston taxis is fixed by the Taxi Commission and it is the same rate for every day of the year. Most cab owners, however, will give their drivers a free day around Christmas time. The driver gets to keep all he makes with no portion going to the owner. Most cabbies will take home at least $400 for that day, which is a nice little bonus for the holliday.
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Old 13-12-2007, 20:12   #20
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Re: What will you pay this Christmas?

When did Christmas Eve and New Years Eve become Bank Holidays ?
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Old 13-12-2007, 20:16   #21
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The fare rate for Kingston taxis is fixed by the Taxi Commission and it is the same rate for every day of the year. Most cab owners, however, will give their drivers a free day around Christmas time. The driver gets to keep all he makes with no portion going to the owner. Most cabbies will take home at least $400 for that day, which is a nice little bonus for the holliday.
cabbies in San Francisco pay a gate fee of $91.50 for a 10 hour shift
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Old 13-12-2007, 20:18   #22
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When did Christmas Eve and New Years Eve become Bank Holidays ?
they are not
xmas day and new years day is

who says they are?
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Old 13-12-2007, 20:24   #23
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Something that really irritates me, and is quite a heated topic.. but here goes..

WHY do taxi firms/drivers who do not celebrate Christmas (IE: Muslim taxi firms) bump their taxi fares up by double if not more on and around the Christmas period?! Its absolutely ridiculous, and something that irritates me every year.

When usually paying £8 from Blackburn to Oswaldtwistle with Adams Taxi's on a normal night.. Find yourself paying £20! on a busy Christmas night! (Based on last years fare).

So WHY I ask, do these people rob us blind whilst out celebrating a festive period?! Scandalous. Taxi firms do not bump their prices up on celebrations such as Eid, so why are we taken the p*ss out of during Christmas?

Any firm who changes their prices during Christmas should be taken off the roads. New Years fair enough.. because everyone celebrates that (except taxi drivers obv).

*Rant over*
please remind us all of your job .and would you work for single time xmas day and new year i think not! i expect to pay more on theses two days of the year they are providing a service the other choice is walk!
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Old 13-12-2007, 20:27   #24
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I know that bash taxis dont charge any extra over christmas. It makes them very busy as they are a select few of taxi companies that dont charge any extra over christmas and new year. Got to be prepared to wait a while!!!! Or get another beer in!!! :-)
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Old 13-12-2007, 20:31   #25
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Re: What will you pay this Christmas?

as well as paying more over christmas you now have to pay before you set off....

having worked in a taxi office i am pretty sure that sometimes if you get a taxi to take you somewhere and wait, the taxi will not be there when you come back!
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Old 14-12-2007, 17:02   #26
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please remind us all of your job .and would you work for single time xmas day and new year i think not! i expect to pay more on theses two days of the year they are providing a service the other choice is walk!
The point I was making is that (most) asian cab drivers arent celebrating this festive time, so why is it any different from a normal every day shift? Fair enough if they put their fares up on Eid, that is understandable.

And my idea of walking from Blackburn center to t'other end of Oswaldtwistle in the freezing cold isnt a perfect end to a good night out.

But ah well.. at least some cabbies dont alter their fares.
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Old 15-12-2007, 01:16   #27
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would anybody get accy taxis or bettys cabs this time of year tho they will be charging double stick to locals patels........singhs........guptas.......
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Old 15-12-2007, 01:26   #28
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would anybody get accy taxis or bettys cabs this time of year tho they will be charging double stick to locals patels........singhs........guptas.......
Yeah me!! Oh but then again, I don't pay
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Old 15-12-2007, 01:38   #29
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would anybody get accy taxis or bettys cabs this time of year tho they will be charging double stick to locals patels........singhs........guptas.......
At the end of the day you should use the firm you always use if your happy with the service. If you pay a bit extra for the privelege so be it!!!
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Old 15-12-2007, 04:25   #30
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Re: What will you pay this Christmas?

Firstly, you have to define the difference between "taxi" and "private hire" !!!

All taxi's fares are regulated by the local council. Three days per year, Christmas day, Boxing day and New Years Day, they are instructed by the council to charge at "rate 3." (which is "double" normal day-time rates.)

Other times, it goes to "rate 2" after midnight or 11pm depending on the area and standard "rate 1" during a normal day! Taxi's are overseen completely by the councils to ensure that the vehicles are legal and are charging the correct price for that time of day or night.

"Private hire" are NOT responsible to the council and can put just about any vehicle on the road providing it is legal. THEY decide how much they charge, and generally undercut "official" taxi's ..........but as a customer, you must bear in mind that the cost of running a "private hire" is so much cheaper as they only have to conform with yearly MoT as opposed to a Taxi that would be taken off the road if it had a dent in a door panel!

If any private hire company over-charges during the Christmas period, they are simply profiting from the excessive charges that official "taxi's" are forced to make during this period.

I have been involved with heated discussions down south between the council and taxi companies where the taxi companies have been very much against raising rates for Christmas.........but the councils have insisted that these prices will be adhered to.

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ce but to charge as instructed, Private- hire companies just want to rip you off!!!
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