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A company phoned for a car to take a parcel to a customer about 20 miles away, the base quoted £35 cash, which is near enough during the day.
So off i went, picked up the parcel and set off towards North wales, i'd gone about 4 miles when parked in a layby i spot a van belonging to the company i was delivering to.
So i stopped and asked his where abouts it was, and he said he was on his way back and he'd take it for me!!
£35 for 5mins and 4 miles!!

Wish i had one of those a day!

Not that far off the London night rate.

But I suppose jobs like that make up for the many many times it goes tits up.

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IDFIMH

could have swapped you for the cracker i got the other night

the fare was 3 passangers all about 19 going on a 400 yard special up the road and the meter only went one click (from £2.50 to £2.75) and the best bit is it was a CONTRACT

I remeber a few years ago doing one from a pub to another pub 2 doors away !!

the punters were on a pub crawl and thought that it would be a great laugh to get a taxi between the 2 and the meter didn't click over

it was a 3 car booking aswell

My best job along those lines was when I was sent to a pub called the Kings Head,the punter got in absolutely legless and asked to go to the Kings Head.
Ok I said here we are - He threw a tenner at me said cheers mate got out and went back in the pub.

My best job has to be a booking from a local hotel in the early hours of the morning - guy came out told me to put the meter on and gave me £20. As the chef was my OH a cuppa and bacon sarnie followed him out the door, the meter clicked £20 just as I finished brekkie and I drove off!

well my best job was tonight, out of towner

twas late, very late in the early hours and these RAF pilots wanted to go to so a so air base, RAF Stn
they asked how much, I said I don't know, they said just give us a price, so I thought sod it, didn't really want to go, around 80 quid I said, heard them say that 40 each, lets go

felt guilty when I got there but they was happy with the quote, 1 hours work

I got one a couple of weeks ago wanting to go about 15 miles just over the boundary. It was night shift and really foggy, didn't want to do it so I told them due to the weather I wouldn't be willing to do it for less than £40. Thay said ok, paid up and I set off, only to discover the fog cleared 3 miles up the road. They didn't even ask for a refund and the hire took about 15 mins.

I think the best jobs are those that start sh** i.e. a couple of ar** holes giving you grief, but when they leave they have left their £200 mobile in the car, or they have given you two £20 notes stuck together.

The jobs I also love is when you just about to go home, and the next job takes you there. Did one once and felt a tad guilty so drove back out of the road untill the mush went in.

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IDFIMH

Picked up a OAP from the pub and took him 2 miles to his house. I told him the price £4.10 and he gave me a £20 and said keep the change, I said no here have the change and then he started raising his voice shouting HAVE A F***ING DRINK ON ME !

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Leon, Ellesmere Port.

i had a job through to glasgow a while back the fare came to £80

punter gave me a £100 and said make it £90 as i was looking for her £10 change she gave me a further £20 i tried to tell her she had given me to much and here was her £10 change plus her £20 back but she insisted that i keep it and got out the car.

so it was in to first gear and got the hell out of there b4 she changed her mind

Picked up an old guy who'd been trying to cross a busy main road for 10 mins, he asked me to drop him the other side of the road!!!!

Bare fare 1.80 at the time but he was happy enough.

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Last week was parked on a rank and a lady came up to the window and asked if I could spin around and pick up an old guy from 50 yards up the road in the shop doorway, I spun around and stopped, jumped out to help him in with his shopping whilst he muttered could I help him up his stairs at the other end, to which I said certainly.

Anyway, the journey about 3 miles was coming to an end and typical, the heavens opened, and me with no coat

Fair showing just over a fiver so I jumps out grabbing my money and locking the cab (it was a rough area)

It's a block of flats, only 4 floors high but his flat is top floor, furthest flat along the landing, I make my way ahead of him or I'd have been there all day following, place his shopping and meet him coming up the stairs for payment, "how much" he says "£5.40" says me.

He pulls out and handful of shrapnell and a twenty, I about to give him the change of the twenty when he says "no that's for you" and he gives me £4.30 in change too.

I confirm with him that its a twenty and he say he's aware so I said it again and he says "I'm just so grateful for the help"

So I ends up with a £19 tip NICE.

So you've met Terry Flannagan then?

He would never have seen you from the 18th floor.

Had one saturday morning from the local Marks and Spencer get their member of staff comes out with a cake and they say its been sent to wrong store, it should have gone to york and their is one in york which should be in barnsley.

So they ask me price one way to York is about £50 so i think sod it and say £70 meaning return so the member of staff goes off and comes back with money. She hands me £140 saying thats for their and back can I have receipt I of course say no problem.

Anyway when I get to York funny thing ios both cakes are same just the names on the side of the boxes saying who they are for different.