tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post871133639322852643..comments2024-02-13T12:56:46.050-08:00Comments on The Phantom Cab Driver Phites Back: Personal AttacksCrocker Amazonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14344354862430937003noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-11947827614773926192011-05-23T22:48:39.862-07:002011-05-23T22:48:39.862-07:00Why you holding anyone comments and then
put them ...Why you holding anyone comments and then<br />put them under personal attacks. Why you<br />don't publish them as they are sent to you.<br />You got no ethics. You are the biggest<br />fool attacking others. Shut down this<br />website.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-55289261487677349562011-05-19T20:33:08.205-07:002011-05-19T20:33:08.205-07:00Ed, Tariq must be scaring you during your sleeps.Ed, Tariq must be scaring you during your sleeps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-87587360714524653862011-05-17T19:31:29.043-07:002011-05-17T19:31:29.043-07:00I had a chance to talk with Tariq Mehmood few time...I had a chance to talk with Tariq Mehmood few times and when I tried to talk about your (Ed)<br />blog, comments or other things about Christiane<br />Hayashi, his answer was neither I read them nor<br />I have time to waste on such things. I got lot of work to do for drivers issues. He said to<br />me; don't waste time. So Ed, your blaming him<br />for various things and writing too much bad words<br />reflect about yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-41637835438502870602011-05-17T13:04:18.239-07:002011-05-17T13:04:18.239-07:00Ed,
You have no principles..................and...Ed, <br /><br /> You have no principles..................and are a schmuckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-67415541138391043242011-05-17T11:09:59.424-07:002011-05-17T11:09:59.424-07:00Joh,
It's also hard to deny that the powerful...Joh,<br /><br />It's also hard to deny that the powerful and great Tariq spends much more time attacking Hayashi then he does dealing with the issues.<br /><br />EdCrocker Amazonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14344354862430937003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-15782753209981475502011-05-17T05:02:47.970-07:002011-05-17T05:02:47.970-07:00Ed,
Alright, I reread the 'bitchin' arti...Ed, <br /><br />Alright, I reread the 'bitchin' article. You call it an "ambush" but don't necessarily say that it was to get even with the deputy director for the other things. My apologies. <br /><br />But it's hard to deny that the reason why we're having these town hall meetings is because of the first protest of 50-60 drivers, and then the massive protest that followed more recently.SF Taxi Mediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01107589955139216571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-83553871628184143362011-05-17T00:46:35.850-07:002011-05-17T00:46:35.850-07:00Hi John,
You're getting really ridiculous - e...Hi John,<br /><br />You're getting really ridiculous - especially after listening to Tariq browbeat Hayashi for two hours with his endless variety of unprovable conspiracy theories. <br /><br />You can hardly help but listen to Mehmood the malignant since he shouts in your face but what is there to respect? Every other word that comes out of his mouth is an insult or slander.<br /><br />He may also be one of the stupidest persons I've ever met in my life. He's against OTA for god's sake and he doesn't even understand what it is. All he know is that Hayashi is in favor of the plan and that enough for him to attack it.<br /><br />What I said about Tariq is that he hates Hayashi because she didn't let jump over several hundred people on the Waiting List. This is merely true - something I observed. If you want to compare that to Beck's statement, that would be you're problem.<br /><br />Disrespectfully Yours,<br /><br />EdCrocker Amazonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14344354862430937003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-24125956740732458492011-05-16T17:55:18.564-07:002011-05-16T17:55:18.564-07:00Ed, with all due respect, I feel you've made s...Ed, with all due respect, I feel you've made some personal attacks. <br /><br />When you did the essay that referred to Tariq's protest weeks ago with the 50-60 taxi drivers at the MTA Board meeting a "bitch in"... that was wrong, and a little bit rude, in my opinion. It was a personal attack.<br /><br />Because although, in that essay, you stated your opinion opposing that protest, and that's fine, and though it was fair for you to say that you felt those drivers were misinformed, you nevertheless went further and assert that Tariq organized that protest just to "ambush" deputy director Hayashi, and serve his own vendetta against her. <br /><br />That's the part that is not fair, because your asserting more of an anecdote that plays with peoples' perceptions of someone, more so than stating a fact. <br /><br />We all know they don't like each other. <br /><br />But when you say that Tariq organized that protest in order to get even with Hayashi, in my opinion, it is unfair, and not far from someone like Glenn Beck telling his viewers that President Obama supports certain policies because the President "hates white people". It is the type of sensationalism that triggers peoples' emotions and reactions whether the claim is true or not. <br /><br />Christiane Hayashi has done a good job listening to the diverse taxi industry and she deserves great credit for that. But Tariq also deserves to be listened to with respect. <br /><br />No one has pointed out yet that the reason why we're having these latest round of town hall meetings over electronic waybills, credit card fees and PIMs, is because of the 50-60 taxi drivers organized in a protest that day.SF Taxi Mediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01107589955139216571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-34936415005939201232011-05-16T10:14:44.569-07:002011-05-16T10:14:44.569-07:00Hi Dean,
1. I didn't list you as one of the p...Hi Dean,<br /><br />1. I didn't list you as one of the people attacking Hayashi, one of her attackers included you as being part of group that was tying to get her removed.<br />2. There were a lot of hostile people at the meeting you attended that kept interrupting the Deputy Director. Under the circumstances, I thought she was cool.<br />3. The A-card problem has been solved and will never be repeated. <br />4. You're entitled to your opinion but you haven't been involved in what goes on for very long. The Deputy Director does lose her temper from time to time but she is very concerned about what happens to the drivers and has done many thing to help us.<br /><br />Hi Hybels,<br /><br />Thanks for the language lesson and the spelling correction. I'm an Irish kid from St. Paul but I love those yiddish words. "Schmuck" is definitely the word I had in mind.<br /><br />ThanksCrocker Amazonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14344354862430937003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-65201368550931880262011-05-16T09:08:33.168-07:002011-05-16T09:08:33.168-07:00Ed the word to befitting many in my life is spelle...Ed the word to befitting many in my life is spelled schmuck<br /><br />defined:<br />"contemptible person," 1892, from E.Yiddish shmok, lit. "penis," from Old Pol. smok "grass snake, dragon." Not the same word as Ger. schmuck "jewelry, adornments," which is related to Low Ger. smuck "supple, tidy, trim, elegant," and related to O.N. smjuga "slip, step through" (see smock). In Jewish homes, the word was "regarded as so vulgar as to be taboo" [Leo Rosten, "The Joys of Yiddish," 1968] and Lenny Bruce wrote that saying it on stage got him arrested on the West Coast "by a Yiddish undercover agent who had been placed in the club several nights running to determine if my use of Yiddish terms was a cover for profanity." Euphemized as schmoe , which was the source of Al Capp's cartoon strip creature the schmoo .Richard Hybelsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-77382840364590801552011-05-16T04:42:02.266-07:002011-05-16T04:42:02.266-07:00Ed, I am not sure what I have done that has attack...Ed, I am not sure what I have done that has attacked Chris Hyashi. I think she has come up with some good ideas. I would like to see some of them implemented. I have tried to give suggestions and some I think Chris has heard (ensuring we have air bags, uninsured motorist coverage, safety checks, etc...) However I was a little disturbed in the town hall meetings where Chris seemed to get frustrated with some of the drivers and raised her voice at them.<br /><br />I did not raise my voice at Chris one time in the meeting and simply wanted to get some clarification on the data transfer from account to account with credit cards. I felt offended when her voice was raised. <br /><br />I have been noticing a trend here with the SFMTA where it really does seem as though the drivers voice does not matter and do feel as though all they want is money from the taxi drivers.<br /><br />When we all had to register for A Cards, and the drivers were herded into one Van Ness and most had to stand for a couple of hours.<br /><br />When my attorneys were asking questions at the SFMTA about requirements of cab companies after my accident, they too felt bothered by the responses and how it was handled.<br /><br />The statement that Chris placed on John Hans website that is supposedly public perception.<br /><br />I would like to see the SFMTA work with the drivers to provide regulations to ensure our safety when we drive also for our passengers and possible safety nets in case of a terrible accident like mine. I dont find my input to be any of those things you mention (low, cowardly, nasty, brutish, evil and petty. But, I do believe the MTA Board and the ones in charge of the taxi division do not give a rats ass about the drivers and only care about working with the cab companies on how they can make more money off the driver. I would like to be proven wrong, but from what I have been watching, it doesn't look like it is going to happen.Dean Clarkhttp://www.facebook.com/deanclarkstorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-31577594991912073852011-05-16T04:15:04.029-07:002011-05-16T04:15:04.029-07:00Crocker, the money taken from the drivers is still...Crocker, the money taken from the drivers is still all drivers money and it is totally wrong<br />to use that money for OTA. You should give your<br />medallion income or your income to pay. If not<br />then don't bother about drivers fund. Secondly<br />I found your blogs full of personal attacks<br />on others. In fact it is you who is targeting<br />others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-64521654817693862162011-05-16T02:30:53.042-07:002011-05-16T02:30:53.042-07:00Excellent -- and brave -- comments, Ed, regarding ...Excellent -- and brave -- comments, Ed, regarding OTA and the level of discourse in the taxi industry. Needless to say, when we have a good issue and plenty of support, we lose both by acting like a mob. While I'm still unclear about all the details of OTA, Cabulous has been a lifesaver. It's effectively the centralized dispatch idea drivers have been demanding for years. It's boosted my income significantly, simply by putting people in my otherwise empty back seat. It has problems that will take time to sort out but so what? It could even increase ridership enough that we could put more cabs out on the street, which would in turn increase ridership.BudCabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01626440486672289998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-85917666534806050432011-05-15T21:08:19.097-07:002011-05-15T21:08:19.097-07:00Dear anonymous - you miss the point. The money wou...Dear anonymous - you miss the point. The money would come from funds that the MTA has already taken from cab drivers. No driver or company would have to pay for it. No driver or company would have to use it. <br /><br />I estimate that it would make the drivers who would use it at least a thousand dollars a year and radically improve service to the neighborhoods. <br /><br />Once again, dear genius, OTA is not a company. It's a network. None of the money will go to it.<br /><br />Indeed I am a fool to think that you could ever understand the concept.Crocker Amazonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14344354862430937003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-60285672820517700312011-05-15T19:46:46.481-07:002011-05-15T19:46:46.481-07:00OTA---------
Definately there is no reason to giv...OTA---------<br /><br />Definately there is no reason to give drivers<br />money (public funds) to OTA. If any cab company wants to enhance its business and image vs the<br />existing Yellow, Luxor they should sign up with<br />OTA and pay their part per cab rate. You are fool to ask money. When some companies are not<br />interested to take service for their companies,<br />why should their share be given for OTA. It is<br />not a communist country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708859863717325805.post-27391445600646136762011-05-15T14:11:55.584-07:002011-05-15T14:11:55.584-07:00Ed,
If you cannot take the critisism, then shut ...Ed,<br /><br /> If you cannot take the critisism, then shut down your blog, you have your opinion<br /><br />And we have ours, so trying to take the moral high road is not going to work.<br /><br /> Your articles have a pro sfmta slant which is ok, as long as you do not snivel<br /> <br />At anyone who does not toe the party line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com