Comments on: The night we found William and his Whistle – Black Cab friendly doorman

By: David Kershaw

David Kershaw — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:24:05 +0000

As a previous poster says, all it will take is a change of doorman, which seems to happen every few weeks and Bobs your uncle, the scabs will be back with cars being ‘booked’ at the table.

Quaglinos has been bent for years, I can’t see it changing with this, be nice if it did.
It’s the same at Hotels, the job goes to those who pay the most.

The other guys also correct about this tweet / twitter thing, the majority of cabbies aren’t exactly technicaly minded, the majority seem to be over 70.

By: steve

steve — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:34:38 +0000

Adam it’s not exactly rocket science to work out which clubs and restaurants need servicing, you say you work nights so why don’t you already know where to go ?

We wearn’t hiding any information from anyone and besides you seemed to have worked it out already and it’s not me who’s missing the point.You don’t have to have a phone or be on Twitter, I was just making a point that it would be easier if you did.

All our clubs and restaurants need servicing, you might not be able to use Twitter but you have access to the internet, why not log on to the LTDF ( London taxi drivers forum ) from there you can be better informed and baybe tell them about clubs that are not getting a good service.
It’s not just about drivers on Twitter it’s about every London taxi driver, i’m not accusing you but there are a lot of drivers who drive around aimlessly night after night.

Myself and all the drivers on Twitter rank up outside these venues and watch drivers passing and not joining in. We wan’t drivers like yourself to join in.Then spread the word. If you already log into the LTDF then you would already know whats going on.

If you want a piece of the action rank up, not just outside Quaglinos but any of our clubs and restaurants.

To log on to the LTDF click on the link on the left hand side of this blog.

By: Adam G

Adam G — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:33:26 +0000

I work nights 5 nights a week, what else would you like me to do FFS? Its more than the majority do, and when the doorman at Quaglinos changes like they did a few years ago, will you grease the hand like the scabs will? No, but thats how the doors work, twittering won’t change that mate.

Do you seriously think every driver, has the ability to start up twitter applications or download platforms for their phones? Lol, get real, the majority of drivers including me just about know how to make a phone call or send a text, you’re missing the point, if you have a venue which needs servicing, and you want taxis to serve it, tell everyone on the blog, stop this bollox and secrecy, otherwise the scabs will just move back when your 70 drivers are spearheading some other ’cause’.

I’ll once again point out Jalouse and Little Argyle St, look at them, forgotten and infested once more.

By: steve

steve — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:15:39 +0000

Hi Adam this restaurant is being serviced, yes by drivers from twitter. If you want a piece of the action join Twitter its a simple as that. We don’t pretend that we can always be where we are needed, in a perfect world that might be the case. One thing I can tell you is that we are doing our best to give these restaurants and clubs a service they so desire. We have let them down over the past years granted, but thats no reason why we shouldn’t do something about it now.
When the time comes when there is more work on the streets, we won’t be able to service these places, neither will the minicabs.
It is not possible to give a service to everyone at an instant when we are busy.
One thing I will tell you is that we are doing our best, we won’t forget these restaurants when it gets busy, they will understand that.

At least we are doing something what are you doing ?

By: Adam G

Adam G — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:45:39 +0000

So if this restaurant needs a Taxi service, tell us all where it is so that we can provide one.

Or is this yet another LTDF / RMT / LTDA / TWITTER secret?

And what happens when the 70 tweet drivers can’t cover it at 2am on a busy weekend night?

The Minicabs return, just like the disused rank at Jalouse has gone back to them after the initial interest.

By: steve

steve — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:58:54 +0000

What a great storey Dawn, it just goes to show what can be done when drivers put their heads together, we are really taking back all our work.

By: Cabbydavid

Cabbydavid — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:39:46 +0000

Well done lee and dawn. (in no particar order) once you get Q established I have found a restaurent C that needs work 