tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post3025728716924265497..comments2024-02-13T12:56:46.050-08:00Comments on The Phantom Cab Driver Phites Back: Back Seat Terminals: DemonstratedCrocker Amazonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14344354862430937003noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-73037247375279358002011-04-03T23:23:06.905-07:002011-04-03T23:23:06.905-07:00Ed, there is too much bogous talk in this.
If you ...Ed, there is too much bogous talk in this.<br />If you look back city records of 2-3 years ago when cab companies were given huge gate increase;<br />every third line of legislative proposal says<br />that cab companies are spending enormous money<br />on credit cards and that is the reason to give<br />them gate increase (means to take away more money from the drivers income). Cab company expenses effect the medallion holder income so<br />if a medallion holder is getting a check of<br />2400 instead of 2500 or 2200 instead of 2300 <br />then cab company starts crying about burden of<br />expenses and transfer it to the drivers. Why ?<br />Why not let the medallion holder get $ 100 less<br />instead the driver loosing his little income.<br />As we all know that medallions were given for free to the person on the waiting list. In the past, the people just put their names on the waiting list and got medallion by driving only one year with a minimum shift of 4 hours a day, 156 days.<br />Then it was 1 out of 2 year and 2 out of 3 years<br />and so on untill very recently when it matured<br />to 5 out of 6 years. So nearly 60-70 % got these<br />medallion without driving 10-20 years but just<br />1 or 2 or 3 years. I fully respect the veterns<br />drivers who drove 15-20 years and got medallion<br />but they are not more than 30-40 % of 1500 medallions. The federal grant of 3.4 million dollars which was spent on new meters covering<br />paratransit and credit cards just a year ago then what was the need of this new verifone machine to install in the cabs and put yellow/luxor drivers which are 50 % of the industry under 5 % charge. The deputy director<br />of the taxis is now saying that the drivers<br />are free to have their own hand held devices<br />which are available for 1.48 to 1.75% for visa<br />and master card and 3 % for american express.<br />In such case, why we should have these new<br />verifone machines in the cabs. This is like <br />starting one thousand fights a day between<br />customer and the driver. Customer saying he<br />would like to use these machines and drivers<br />explaining them that it cost him too much money and he likes to use his system. Who is responsible for these fights. The deputy director of the taxis or the lobbyist. <br />Secondly why the drivers are forced to have<br />electronic waybills. They provide comfort to<br />one person in the taxis but the drivers are<br />totally angry on it. They do not want their<br />information stored electronically where it can<br />be seen by pressing one button for the whole year<br />or many years. What happens if outsider hack<br />this information. How many millions corner stores<br />in this country are hooked up with any central<br />system where the Tax Department can just go in and look into their information. If none, then<br />why the privacy of drivers is compromised. Looking at the past, the waybills written on the paper and stored in the companies and upon any dispute or complaint only one single sheet of<br />one particular day was taken out to show to the taxi detail and no one was looking into one or two full years paper at the touch of the button.<br />We all have seen that several time a single staff member have compromised client information in several companies in this country so drivers<br />are upset to be crushed in this unwanted system<br />imposed on them. Tariq (I am having difficulty to post this comment under my name so I am using Anonymous word to let it post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-1018242898744829232011-04-03T16:39:18.802-07:002011-04-03T16:39:18.802-07:00As a rider, I'm so glad I'll be able to tu...As a rider, I'm so glad I'll be able to turn off the sound. As a friend of drivers, I hope no riders turn the sound on. How annoying! Do the terminals have an earphone jack, at least?Kristinenoreply@blogger.com