How to order a taxi in London

Posted by Md Khann on March 15th, 2020

Recall that earlier we invited everyone to talk about what annoys them abroad, in social networks, in supermarkets, in medicine, on a picnic and in public transport. Now let's talk about a taxi.

Content:

•  Lack of security
  Cheating
  Air conditioning problems
  Talkativeness of the driver
  "How are we going to?"
  What to do?

Obviously, the main problem with a taxi is its driver. It would seem, what can a taxi driver annoy us for some 20-30 minutes, and even then not every day? Maybe, yes how!
Lack of security
The main thing that we expect from any transport is safety, which is understandable. It is important for each of us to get to the place alive and healthy, but judging by the behavior of taxi drivers, they have a completely different opinion on this matter.
"Taxi drivers constantly violate traffic rules - they don’t let pedestrians pass, they overtake on the right lane and even ride on red. I always leave complaints to the operator, but, in my opinion, no sense."
"The absence of seat belts, loud music, but the presence of a phone or tablet on which taxi drivers watch videos, programs, etc. are very annoying."
“On the way to Boryspil, the driver literally hung in Viber. When he“ tapped ”the first message, she said nothing - it’s not enough, maybe something important. But then - the second, third ... I made a remark - he didn’t look at the road at all! And I heard that he is talking in Vibera about the following orders and is not going to lose customers because of me. I didn’t leave any tips and complained. "

Cheating

It is clear that in a taxi - this is not in the store. And if the operator calls the amount, for example, in 85-90 UAH., The majority will leave the driver 100. But this is voluntary, but when the client is initially trying to spin up a larger amount, it is annoying.
"I called, ordered, agreed to the price, I’m waiting. I’m not calling. I’m calling again: what’s the matter? They answer: there’s no car in your area, but if you add 20-30 hryvnias, the car can be found. It’s annoying: why don’t they put the right one After all, taxi operators send a bunch of SMS messages about the "cheapest taxi" to the phone, but in fact it’s a hoax! "
"I somehow ordered a car through uber, so they took money from my card, and the driver also demanded money. Then they returned the money to the card, but the deposit remained ..."
"Enrage odds during rush hour." Stansted Airport Taxi Service

Air conditioning problems
An option that becomes especially important and relevant in the summer heat is air conditioning. And well, if it weren’t in the car, this can still be explained. But how can you stand in a traffic jam in a 30-degree heat - and not turn it on ?! This taxi passengers categorically refuse to understand!

"Some taxi drivers in their redneckness reach the dumbest absurdity. They will sweat, stink, creak sand on their teeth, and cough it out of the lungs at night, but they will not turn on the air conditioner. Not turning on the air conditioner will save 1 liter of gasoline per 100 kilometers. And even if don’t ask anything about the Conder, they’ll certainly insert in passing: and you know, I’m allergic to air conditioning ... "
Talkativeness of the driver

Empty talk is what annoys us everywhere: in line, at work, in the family, and, of course, in a taxi. After all, here we are in a confined space and cannot escape the conversation, either literally or figuratively.  "Enrages when the driver begins to talk obsessively with you, even if you clearly do not want to do this."

“There’s an unwritten rule: if a person doesn’t want to keep up the conversation, he sits in the back seat! But lately it’s practically not working: not only does the driver continue these conversations about nothing, he’s also going halfway or constantly checking the back mirror kind - I listen to him or not! "

"You get into a" normal "car (not old, not rusty, it smells normal), and it already seems that a trip of 20 km will go quietly, but it turns out that in this" normal "car I drove not quite normal ... And on the first pedestrian he begins to tell the pedestrians idiots that they walk slowly, saying that they walk at all, but don’t fly, while he is silent and he moves from pedestrians to the police. Then he remembers that he’s been behind the steering wheel for 20 years and starts "that infuriated him all these years. And I sit, listen and understand: 20 km is a very long time!"
"How are we going?"

Sitting in a taxi, we hope that the driver knows the address - he will deliver in the best possible way. And we don’t expect at all that we will have to show the road and, all the more, argue over which road is better to go. But it was not there!

"The most important thing that infuriates the driver is ignorance of the road. Or he asks where to drive, or which road is better. A real taxi driver should navigate without a navigator!"
"He goes through the stump of the deck, and then he begins to express his opinion about the client’s area: far, dark, a lot of cars, bad rides, a lot of policemen lying ..."
"When you order a taxi through an application such as" bias "or uber - there is immediately laid out on the map a route according to which the price of the trip is already set ... But the driver arrives, who is a hundred years behind the wheel and" knows the city better ", and starts driving his" best " the route and then goes 20-30 hryvnias more than the initial amount.You say to him, they say, what the hell, sir! And he was just as fast ... But it was more expensive, and they drove in some kind of vegetable garden and could stay without a wheel at 12 at night ! In general, it’s annoying when they don’t follow the route and after that they still need to thank awk for the fact that he drove 30 UAH more. "

“You don’t have to ask me - will we go this way or that? You drove it up to you!”
"I live on the Peter and Paul Borshchagovka. We have a central road under repair, and check-in is only across the highway in the Chaika area. I warn the driver that the race is closed there, and he: I know better! He’s lucky with his potholes, he shakes you like in a mixer, but he knows better! "
What to do?
It's simple: complain to the operator about the inconvenience, rate the driver, leave feedback on taxi call services. Practice shows that although it is slow, it still works. And in any case, it is much more effective than uselessly resenting the smoking room.

And our respondents infuriates ...
“When he called the car, for example, at 16.30, and he arrived at 16.15 and starts calling, I’m already here. Well, what’s there. Sit, wait, be silent!”
"When there is no change, and they still wrinkle their lips. They say that you weren’t prepared ?! I had cases when I sent taxi drivers to change money. Once he couldn’t exchange money, he proudly returned the money to me and said: consider that We drove for free. I took the money and calmly left. "

"When the car is dirty inside."
"For a short distance of 1-3 km, if, for example, a person has health problems, calling a taxi is generally unrealistic!"
"To order a taxi per day, if you have a train or plane ticket, it makes no sense - only in an hour."
"In our country, the taxi driver is always right. He was late, but he doesn’t pay. You have been late for more than 5 minutes - pay easy!"
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