They have Type 2 Daddy Issues.
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Freudian slip, dirty bastard he is.
Girls just wanna have fun. Relax ye psychos
If his name was Alan and not Akhmed no one would give a shit.
Standard rubby type behavious this
Was thinking that myself.
The screaming Marys out in force
Those girls should be ashamed of themselves.
Its usually the lads who say ‘If my daughter was up to this kind of stuff’ who have daughters who are doing exactly this kind of stuff.
I’d be just as bothered if it was some Dublin cabby.
What’s your issue with Nigerians?
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I feel vindicated after I called out a taxi driver last year for trying to rip me off.
Was that the lad in Spain?
No he nearly killed me and the family.
The taxi driver in Dublin who tried to do me on a fare and got angry when I pointed it out.
In hindsight the taxi driver in Spain who passed out at the wheel on a motorway was worse.
In fairness to the man, that was pretty bad alright.
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Please remind me of the Dublin fare incident and what the cad tried to get away with.
Here it is.
Taxi driver fined for calling passengers ‘scumbags’
Tom Tuite
BRIAN MARKHAM, OF GLEN ELLAN GROVE, SWORDS, CO DUBLIN, LEAVES THE FOUR COURTS YESTERDAY WHERE HE APPEARED IN THE DUBLIN DISTRICT COURT. THE TAXI DRIVER WAS FINED €200 FOR ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS PASSENGERS. PHOTOGRAPH: COLLINS COURTS
A taxi driver who called his passenger “scumbag” and “disgrace to the human race” has been fined €200 at Dublin District Court.
Brian Markham (50), of Glen Ellan Grove, Swords, Co. Dublin, was also ordered to pay €300 in prosecution costs following his hearing.
He had pleaded not guilty but was convicted of breaking taxi regulations by using abusive language to a passenger.
In evidence, Olan Callinan told Judge Anthony Halpin he complained to the National Transport Authority (NTA) after hiring Markham’s taxi on the morning of December 28th last year. The run was from Dublin Airport to his home in Ballsbridge.
Mr Callinan, a barrister, told the court he and his mother had arrived back from America that morning. He said the taxi driver told him “he would not help with the bags”. Mr Callinan said he had no difficulty with that and he put their luggage in the boot. Markham had been odd and abrupt, he said.
During the journey, Mr Callinan put down the rear window but it was put back up by Markham, who told him to keep it up. He said he told Markham there was no need to say it like that and he found it quite rude and aggressive. Mr Callinan said the drivers responded: “If I’m rude, that’s the way I am”.
There was no further conversation until they reached Ballsbridge where there was a dispute over the fare. He said he asked the fare and was told €29 but he alleged Markham wanted €30. Mr Callinan said he wanted to pay the exact fare and not give the driver “one cent more” of a tip because of his rudeness.
He described the driver as aggressive and said he was getting “very het up” at this stage. He went to get his luggage and opened the boot at which Markham “slammed” it shut.
Increasingly volatile
Mr Callinan said the driver became increasingly volatile and started to call him and his 73-year-old father, who had come out of the house, “scumbags”.
In evidence, Markham told the court Mr Callinan gave him an evil look when he got into the taxi. He said he had been recovering from pneumonia at the time and had not wanted the windows down because he was freezing. He had no intention of over-charging and denied he had been aggressive. He admitted he told the complainant’s father, “You and your son are a disgrace to the human race” before leaving the scene.
Judge Halpin convicted Markham of breaking the taxi regulations by using offensive language to the passenger, which he described as unacceptable. He said there was no excuse for the treatment of his passenger and it showed the level of his rudeness. It also fell short of what was expected of someone serving the public.
Markham, who had no prior convictions, told the court he was getting by and had no disposable income and he had also survived a heart attack and had his home repossessed
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Asked me to pay up front to take me home.
I declined.
We compromised on a deposit.
When I reached my destination the driver asked me for the full fare without taking account of the deposit already paid.
I pointed out I had paid a deposit so I owed a lesser amount.
The driver then became quite volatile.
I responded by taking my time getting out of the car which heightened the drivers volatility further.
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