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PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:08 pm 
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After starting my shift today at 3.45 and, by 5.45 having done the grand sum of £3.70 from my only hire, i decided to have an early meal. Driving towards my favourite Take-away i passed a prime site for beggars which brung back an interesting encounter while i was plying for hire at the same site two weeks ago. Standing outside my cab catching the last of the sun a beggar approached and enquired.."Needing any pound coins driver ?".." No mate ! got no notes needing changed as i ain't had many hires " Says i..." Must be quiet for you boys tonight eh ? i just made £27.00 in forty minutes off guests about to attend a wedding at the nearby Hotel, see ya " he replied..
Ain't that just what you want to remember when you're about to be minus what you left for work with cause you got to break on your float in order to feed yourself ???

Only thought i was left with was when are the beggars going to demand that the Council cap numbers of them cause they can't make a living !!!!!

I'm away back out there........ :sad: :sad: :sad:


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:13 pm 
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tx_op wrote:
Must be quiet for you boys tonight eh ? i just made £27.00 in forty minutes off guests about to attend a wedding at the nearby Hotel, see ya " he replied..:

Can't remember which Grisham or King book it was, but part of the story is about the way a 'normal' person pretends to be a blind beggar and earns thousands a week. :sad:

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:29 pm 
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Bit like the Big Issue sellers who, having had a hard day, walk half a mile to thier parked range rover and drive to thier half a mill mansion...


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 8:47 pm 
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feel your pain fella, the privates weren't much better for us in glasgow today :(


i done 80 quid in 12 hours :( and thats before i take fuel off


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 10:15 pm 
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tx_op wrote:
Ain't that just what you want to remember when you're about to be minus what you left for work with cause you got to break on your float in order to feed yourself ???



Try taking a packed lunch next time. :wink:

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Foxtrot26 wrote:
feel your pain fella, the privates weren't much better for us in glasgow today :(


i done 80 quid in 12 hours :( and thats before i take fuel off


wow that would be a good day round here !


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Well tonight I brought a group of friends into town to go clubbing all graduates the one entrusted with working out the money was a Mathematics graduate but was completely bamboozled trying to divide £22 between 7 passengers :roll:


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edders23 wrote:
Foxtrot26 wrote:
feel your pain fella, the privates weren't much better for us in glasgow today :(


i done 80 quid in 12 hours :( and thats before i take fuel off


wow that would be a good day round here !


My shift wasn't looking to be much last night until a chinese couple had their car taken off them by the police. I had to take them home to Luton at 5.30 this morning :D

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edders23 wrote:
Well tonight I brought a group of friends into town to go clubbing all graduates the one entrusted with working out the money was a Mathematics graduate but was completely bamboozled trying to divide £22 between 7 passengers :roll:

£3.15 each, including a 5p tip for the driver??

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Nah I didn't get a tip !


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edders23 wrote:
Well tonight I brought a group of friends into town to go clubbing all graduates the one entrusted with working out the money was a Mathematics graduate but was completely bamboozled trying to divide £22 between 7 passengers :roll:



Exactly the same down here with the exception of them being friends .................£7.00 on the meter and seven passengers in the cab, a loan voice says how much is that each drive :shock: :shock: :shock:

Another night with four student geniuses in the back trying to fathom out..............What is the capital of Holland? followed by numerous wrong guesses.

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cabby john wrote:
What is the capital of Holland?


Is the answer H?

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cabby john wrote:
edders23 wrote:
Well tonight I brought a group of friends into town to go clubbing all graduates the one entrusted with working out the money was a Mathematics graduate but was completely bamboozled trying to divide £22 between 7 passengers :roll:

Exactly the same down here with the exception of them being friends .................£7.00 on the meter and seven passengers in the cab, a loan voice says how much is that each drive :shock: :shock: :shock:

Another night with four student geniuses in the back trying to fathom out..............What is the capital of Holland? followed by numerous wrong guesses.

That's why I hate doing students fares.

When they come up with that sh*t at the end of a journey my answer is always, "Can one of you pay me & leave the advanced level maths for later please."

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grandad wrote:
cabby john wrote:
What is the capital of Holland?

Is the answer H?

That's right it's Hamster Jam!!

:D :D :D

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grandad wrote:
cabby john wrote:
What is the capital of Holland?


Is the answer H?


You threw me with that one as I thought it was "A"..........Which it is.

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