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Its an interesting incident. Aot of black cab drivers live on my road. They see alot of people run off. Personally I would support some sort of deposit. But 50% of approx fare would be right : not 250%!!Originally posted by NickFitz View PostI witnessed a peculiar incident tonight. A taxi (a real one, not a minicab) had stopped over the road from the pub and two coppers were engaged in conversation with the people therein
Eventually, the passenger disembarked and the coppers appeared to tell the driver to get lost. They then seemed to tell the passenger to remain where he was, and ran (literally) off up the street after the cab
After waiting around for a minute or so, the erstwhile passenger came wandering over the road and greeted myself and another regular who had been observing matters from a spot adjacent to the front door.
Apparently he'd hailed the cab and the driver, after pulling off, had suddenly announced that he required him to hand over £10 up front. The passenger had replied that he wouldn't pay until he arrived at his destination, and pointed out that that the fare would only be £3 to £4 anyway - he told us where he lived, and he was right.
The cabby then pulled up next to the two coppers on foot patrol and appealed to them for assistance
Naturally they had better things to do, so the culmination was that they told the passenger to get out of the cab and "Wait here". Then they told the cabby to drive off, which he did... and then they ran away!
We directed him to the minicab firm down the road and wished him a safe journey home
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Morning all
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Nearly time to take the kids to church.Comment
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Morning all...
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I had a nightmare last night...
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It seemed neverending....
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It went on and on and on and on and on and on...
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For some reason or other, I was programming in
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Morning all
Where are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?Comment
Many thanks kind Sir 
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