[QUOTE=Exon123]Why don't you e-mail her on her website posted below and not clutter up out board with "Bull Shit".
Exon[/QUOTE]"Cocksucker!"
Lest you forget Exon.
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[QUOTE=Exon123]Why don't you e-mail her on her website posted below and not clutter up out board with "Bull Shit".
Exon[/QUOTE]"Cocksucker!"
Lest you forget Exon.
Goodman; it is easier to e-mail her than to subject yourself to the OLD MAN RAGE of 123 and 127. Happy hunting.
I was driving home from the gym tonight, saw a taxi driving erratically, didn't understand what was going on, until we hit a red light. This 60+ year old taxi driver with a gray fro jumps out runs over to another taxi, starts yelling " LA CONCHA DE TU MADRE ", then proceeds to kick in the door of the other taxi, all this while the 60+ year old taxi drivers passengers are sitting in the taxi watching. He then runs back to his taxi, and tries to take off before the other taxi can get his plates. Classic shit. I only wish I had the sense to videotape that shit. So next time you get in a taxi in Buenos Aires, remember your 3.10 peso fare just might buy you more than you bargained for.
I FUCKING LOOOOOVVVEEE ARGENTINA:D.
[QUOTE=Sidney]I have witnessed 5 taxis operating with ''fast meters''. Watch these fukers! Please no long, naive diatribes on how honest and wonderful these men are![/QUOTE][url]http://argentinaprivate.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3823[/url]
Not again......... Geez! :eek:
For those of you who frequently complain about taxi's in BA, I suggest you spend some time in Mexico City. Surly, don't know where they are going and / or taking you "for a ride". And, from the reports I get, that is the "good". The "bad" involves the notorious "taxi beetles" with robberies, etc. After having essentially no bad experiences in BA over a period of nearly two years, in less than a week here, I have already stiffed a guy for being a clueless idiot and engaged in a public tirade with another. Count your taxi blessings in BA. Sorry El Sid, but them's the facts.:)
[QUOTE=Doggboy]For those of you who frequently complain about taxi's in BA, I suggest you spend some time in Mexico City. Surly, don't know where they are going and / or taking you "for a ride". And, from the reports I get, that is the "good". The "bad" involves the notorious "taxi beetles" with robberies, etc. After having essentially no bad experiences in BA over a period of nearly two years, in less than a week here, I have already stiffed a guy for being a clueless idiot and engaged in a public tirade with another. Count your taxi blessings in BA. Sorry El Sid, but them's the facts.:)[/QUOTE]I just spent a week in BA and only traveled by taxi. Not once did anything unusual, illegal, or even weird happen with the dozens of taxis I took. No games, no fake change, no breaking down of taxis. Now sure maybe the meter might have run fast, but I always did round trips so the return was always the same within a peso or 2, and that I chalked up to traffic. Nada.
Hey Sid.
Would you work on Christmas eve without making some extra money to make it worth the bother?
Dishonesty and offering a special service on a very special evening are two very different things.
Merry Xmas
I think employees who work Holidays in the US usually charge DOUBLE, as in double time. This means if the person makes $30 an hour, they will make $60 working on Christmas. I don't find this behavior dishonest, I find it fair. The employer doesn't have to close his business down and stop making money over the holidays and the employee has an added incentive to work during a holiday. Please correct me if I am wrong.
I find many taxi drivers honest and some that are not, but I don't think this is a very good example of either case.
[QUOTE=Sidney]They were in ''fine form'' tonight. All refused to ''pull the handle'' and all demanded 15 to 50 pesos irregardless of the length or the ride. Golly, I'm sorry to reveal the dishonesty of these fukers. They seem like really nice men needing Christmas money. As we all know, there are no dishonest businessmen in AR![/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Sidney]To my trusted believers in honest taxis--God of Mongers, Punter, Doggboy.
They were in ''fine form'' tonight. All refused to ''pull the handle'' and all demanded 15 to 50 pesos irregardless of the length or the ride. Golly, I'm sorry to reveal the dishonesty of these fukers. They seem like really nice men needing Christmas money. As we all know, there are no dishonest businessmen in AR![/QUOTE]Well at least you put me in good company! :p
[QUOTE=Badboy13]I think employees who work Holidays in the US usually charge DOUBLE, as in double time. This means if the person makes $30 an hour, they will make $60 working on Christmas. I don't find this behavior dishonest, I find it fair. The employer doesn't have to close his business down and stop making money over the holidays and the employee has an added incentive to work during a holiday. Please correct me if I am wrong.
I find many taxi drivers honest and some that are not, but I don't think this is a very good example of either case.[/QUOTE]I think it’s obvious you have never had a job in the USA, and haven’t got a clue how people get paid.
BTW I’m off to work now, so I think I have a pretty good feel for how things work here in the USA!
[QUOTE=Sidney]I doubt that they are forced to work. And some wanted 15 pesos and others as much as 50 pesos for the same short route. Obviously, they knew that they had you, and intended to charge all the traffic would bear! Triple the normal rate=borderline. Ten times the normal rate = dishonest![/QUOTE]El Sid! I repeat-come to Mexico City! After a week you will kiss the ground the Argie cabbies walk on. As an extranjero without car in any big city, having reliable, honest mass transportation (I am including cabs) is a major plus for quality of life. In my limited experience bouncing around Europe a bit and South America, so far BA wins hands down. Sure, there will be issues from time to time anywhere you live, but for me BA is as good as it gets!
As your unpaid shrink I advise you institute a sea change in your thinking and tell yourself-"I will love the BA cabbies, I will love the BA cabbies!". And yes, many will love you in return.:)