Comments on: Seat Belts and Taxi Drivers http://www.thedeets.com/2009/05/04/seat-belts-and-taxi-drivers/ Consistently against torture. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:23:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Q Wizz http://www.thedeets.com/2009/05/04/seat-belts-and-taxi-drivers/#comment-10356 Q Wizz Thu, 07 May 2009 18:43:14 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=3341#comment-10356 Luke- Ralph Nader's campaign to make seat belts a law in Mogadishu never got off the ground for some reason; hence those who hail from there are unaccustomed to wearing them when they come to Mpls to be cabbies. Not to stereotype...I know there are native Minnesotans who are cabbies too. Have you noticed they always look like Jesus? Mark- I'd make the driver pay ME if he had any of those idiots from KTLK on. Luke-
Ralph Nader’s campaign to make seat belts a law in Mogadishu never got off the ground for some reason; hence those who hail from there are unaccustomed to wearing them when they come to Mpls to be cabbies.

Not to stereotype…I know there are native Minnesotans who are cabbies too. Have you noticed they always look like Jesus?

Mark-
I’d make the driver pay ME if he had any of those idiots from KTLK on.

]]> By: ray swan http://www.thedeets.com/2009/05/04/seat-belts-and-taxi-drivers/#comment-10354 ray swan Thu, 07 May 2009 14:16:29 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=3341#comment-10354 LUCAS!WTF? If you think taxi drivers are the worst drivers you should spend a day in my taxi and you'd see how the rest of the public drive I'malways amazed after each shift that i've come through unscathed! LUCAS!WTF? If you think taxi drivers are the worst drivers you should spend a day in my taxi and you’d see how the rest of the public drive I’malways amazed after each shift that i’ve come through unscathed!

]]> By: Mark Gisleson http://www.thedeets.com/2009/05/04/seat-belts-and-taxi-drivers/#comment-10348 Mark Gisleson Tue, 05 May 2009 18:59:57 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=3341#comment-10348 TAYLOR! WTF? Do you hate people in tipped industries or what? Most of that fare goes to the cab company. Without tips cabbies would be as broke as wait staff. I've halved my tip to let a driver know I didn't appreciate hearing RushfuckingLimbaugh on his radio, but it would take something really nasty to get me to not tip at all. TAYLOR! WTF? Do you hate people in tipped industries or what? Most of that fare goes to the cab company. Without tips cabbies would be as broke as wait staff.

I’ve halved my tip to let a driver know I didn’t appreciate hearing RushfuckingLimbaugh on his radio, but it would take something really nasty to get me to not tip at all.

]]> By: v.lucas.w http://www.thedeets.com/2009/05/04/seat-belts-and-taxi-drivers/#comment-10346 v.lucas.w Tue, 05 May 2009 18:01:31 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=3341#comment-10346 My favorite taxi ironies: 1. Most people I know (not including Luke Wilson in Old School) don't wear their seatbelts when riding in a cab. Why not? Cab drivers are among the worst drivers out there!!! Which leads to my second comment: 2. Taxi drivers are professional drivers, they get paid to drive, and yet they're terrible drivers! It's quite the profession, such ineptitude getting rewarded like that. Am I wrong? My favorite taxi ironies:

1. Most people I know (not including Luke Wilson in Old School) don’t wear their seatbelts when riding in a cab. Why not? Cab drivers are among the worst drivers out there!!! Which leads to my second comment:

2. Taxi drivers are professional drivers, they get paid to drive, and yet they’re terrible drivers! It’s quite the profession, such ineptitude getting rewarded like that.

Am I wrong?

]]> By: taylor http://www.thedeets.com/2009/05/04/seat-belts-and-taxi-drivers/#comment-10344 taylor Tue, 05 May 2009 15:57:20 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/?p=3341#comment-10344 I don't get why tipping is required for taxis. If I'm paying someone to drive me somewhere, I pay them to drive me somewhere, and that intrinsically means them doing a good job. If it were a better system, you'd be able to only pay them .75 of the total bill if that shit happened. If it's a great taxi ride -- the driver is nice, they drive safely, and it's not brutal to ride in their car -- sure, give them a tip. But the beeping is insane. I don’t get why tipping is required for taxis. If I’m paying someone to drive me somewhere, I pay them to drive me somewhere, and that intrinsically means them doing a good job. If it were a better system, you’d be able to only pay them .75 of the total bill if that shit happened. If it’s a great taxi ride — the driver is nice, they drive safely, and it’s not brutal to ride in their car — sure, give them a tip. But the beeping is insane.

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