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I had use a taxi last week, the firm concerned charges £4.50 for the first mile and a half, then fifty pence each extra half mile.
The distance was 10 miles dead.
I asked him how much when we got there, he said did you have quote? I said no, he said £15.
I handed him £15, and thought yes and that includes your tip you robbing barsteward.
The distance was 10 miles dead.
I asked him how much when we got there, he said did you have quote? I said no, he said £15.
I handed him £15, and thought yes and that includes your tip you robbing barsteward.
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so het got 50 p tip
thats cheap taxi , 10 mile for me on £20 on the button private hire |
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Always haggle with taxi drivers.They carry on a bit when you do ,but they enjoy it really.
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my local run is £3.50 i dont hang about for £1.50 change , when hes waited in me nashing on to tesco for a carry out
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hectoratoratora
05 Nov 14 17:51 Joined: 19 Oct 06 | Topic/replies: 339 | Blogger: hectoratoratora's blog Always haggle with taxi drivers.They carry on a bit when you do ,but they enjoy it really. a bit like car boot sellers , your talking eh eh let me think your talking 50pence , ill give you 45pence , call it 40 and we have a deal, 35pence , DONE shake hands and both happy |
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so het got 50 p tip
No £2. £4.5 for the first mile and a half. £8.5 for the remaining eight and a half miles. He should have charged me £13. |
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ah right thought you meant £4.50 sub charge thing
was it private hire or blackie |
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if he said £13 would you ave gave him the £15
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Yes
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but the coont took it anyway
 he will be away thinking what a tight barsteward , telling all the lads in the cabbie office that fecker doesnt tip you im not going for him next timeyoul walk in boozer , all youl here is people muttering " here comes that tight @rse " its the way it goes im afriad |
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No hard and fast rule, imo. Always depends on the individual circumstance as it does in, say, a restaurant .... if the taxi driver / waiter/waitress goes a bit further than strictly demanded by duty, then nothing wrong with say 10% as a gesture of appreciation. If the taxi driver is like the majority of those I have encountered, ie doesn't say a word to me, got a face like thunder etc etc, then why should I pay over and above the fare? This culture of having to tip taxi drivers is reminiscent of the USA culture, where you seem to be expected to tip all and sundry just because they say good morning. I don't understand why so many people get uptight over this issue. Where next, tip the doctor because he has to inject you in the backside and successfully lands the needle squarely in your right buttock?
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Never tipped a cabbie in years. If the fare is £15 that is what the cabbie gets.
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In business they tip the customer for giving them the work.
It's all brown envelopes and presents. Yet it's the other way around with taxis and small stuff like that |
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You're hard man Manoleeds.
I like your style. |
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bonnie you sound like someone i wouldnt want to sit next to on a train or bus , yap yap yap
cabbie can be as quiet as he likes it best for me all round and i bet he hates you asking " You been busy today " , " What time you on Till " |
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Chatty taxi drivers and chatty barbers are a pain in the neck.
Why don't they shut the f'ck up and just do their jobs. |
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You sussed me in one, Chaser. Mrs Bonnie would be the first to agree with you that I never say in 6 words what I can say in 600 :-).
I take your point but I think there is a world of difference between a silent cabbie concentrating on his/her work and the miserable sullen g1t I seem to encounter. |
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Dr Crippen 05 Nov 14 18:40 Joined: 16 Apr 02 | Topic/replies: 16,696 | Blogger: Dr Crippen's blog Chatty taxi drivers and chatty barbers are a pain in the neck. Why don't they shut the f'ck up and just do their jobs. always you not working today on the barber chair |
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i know what you mean , ive had some that moan if they need to stop to pick someone else up even though its getting added to the fare.
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i always tip taxi drivers , delivery drivers etc .
probably more so because when i delivered pizzas years back i hardly ever got tipped - so decided i didn't want to be like that - it's not great standing on the doorstep when its damp and 8c in January while the customer decides to stand and wait while you're fishing around for loose coppers when it's only something like 7 pence  |
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always remember one generous lady though ,lived on one of the many council estates in town who insisted on a £3- 4 tip every time - lovely smiley lady whose pizza was only around £7 most times - most wouldn't give you 4 pence like i say
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''Never give a sucker an even break.''
W.C.Fields. |
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coach i always tip delivery drivers for a different reason , the reason being when you order again if hes happy with your tip hes less likely yo tamper with your food
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you get some right mean feckers though , i worked as a kitchen porter and there was 2-3 of us and about 7-8 waiters , all tips got put in a jug ( ones that waiters never pocketed ) and we got a split , one day the waiters went to the manager and said they should get all tips , leaving the kps out,
i can look at this both ways fair enough the waiter is giving the service , but kp is cleaning the person they served dishes , also if the rule to start was waiter keeps tip then no complaint but they tried back stabbing us the feckers , my mate was head chef so so they got told to do one |
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I used to leave a tip when I picked up a takeaway at the local Indian.
They always made a fuss of me and gave me a drink while I waited. |
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waiters @re all w@nkers anyway think they are in a great job , we organised a game of football on a sunday with them , but kitchen staff went out and got hammered on satrday night , so waiters where all hanging about the 5-a sides on a sunday morning , whilst we where all sleeping or still on
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That's nice, Dr Crippen. That sort of service deserves a tip.
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i always give tenner for haircut and its never more than £8
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Mr Makybe usually leaves the waiters/waitressess
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he offered me a can of juice the other day , just a new one opened so hes obviously trying to keep everyone sweet
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Bloody iPad
 ..... A nice big tip if we have had good service. |
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never had anything against those who didn't tip other than sometimes it's plain annoying wasting time fiddling about with plastic money bags for such a daft amount of change - customer has every right to their money of course - but i think if you can make someone a little happier in their job its always good . of course some will say ,well you don't tip bus drivers etc -which is true - i think tipping in most cases (unless service is exceptional) is just a case of keep the change , it makes life that bit easier  btw - when are we gonna do away with 1 and 2 pence coins ? when half pennies were abolished in 1984 the coin was worth around 2 pence in todays money |
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i bet bus drivers wish they got to get tipped , as there must be a load of extra ones in some boxes , not everyone has change
in england do you get change in buses? on first bus you do but not other ones |
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not that i'm aware - buses have been exact change since i was a wee lad
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first buses in scotland give change
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how much is a bus day ticket in england
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no idea chaser - all i know it costs me £1 for me to travel into the centre of town on a Saturday evening - 3 miles .
good value ,although it might be to keep the drunks off the road |
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i think they keep the pennies as most them go in charity boxes anyway like if its 99p , you hand over a golden nugget aka £1 coin , then they say your penny and you want a receipt, you then proceed so everyone heres no recipt required and PUT THE CHANGE IN THE BOX and walk the store like a boss
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which country are you chaser ?
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£1.50 edinburgh and lothians whether its 10 mile or 100 yards
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