GBC wrote:
Tom Thumb wrote:
I want to know if you would like to change your LTi dustbin for a bright yellow Mercedes.
Assuming Uncle Ken said that was ok of course.
Why would I want to swap my easy life, to one where I had to work as hard as you?
How can it be so easy - others disagree with you:-
The drivers of London's iconic black cabs are apparently the holders of the toughest job in Britain.
According to research for the Discovery Channel's new Hard Labour show, the capital's cabbies top a list of the ten most arduous professions in the UK.
This means that the owners of the Knowledge have a tougher lot in life than Scottish trawlerman braving the elements in the North Sea, Yorkshire lumberjacks and oil rig workers off the coast of the Shetlands.
Researchers for the Hard Labour show spent eight months experiencing a variety of jobs before giving them a rating in a number of categories based on how difficult they were.
They cited the nightmarish state of London's road network and the stress of dealing with abusive and frequently drunk passengers as among the reasons for black cab drivers scooping the dubious accolade.
A spokesperson for the show, which debuts on Tuesday, said: "Being a London cabbie was the only job we couldn't get anyone to stick at for longer than a day. It's hard to believe, but when you think about it cabbies have it pretty tough. London is a stressful city and navigating dangerous roads all day is seriously underestimated."
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