Post by acnedriver on Dec 18, 2022 7:36:54 GMT
Most people have done it at some point in their lives - moaned about not being able to get a taxi the minute we needed one. Generally that means on the odd occasion when we need to get home after a big night out.
And big nights out don’t come any bigger than New Year's Eve. Whether we need to get home from the pub or a party with friends, that journey home suddenly feels like an epic expedition after a drunken rendition of Auld Lang Syne.
There's always the taxi talk: 'Who has remembered to book?'. 'We forgot to book, do you think yours would come back for us?'. 'We booked two weeks ago so why are they late?'. ' I don't feel well so I don't suppose you have someone free at 12.15am on January 1?'. On and on it goes. We all want our beds and we want them now.
Taxi-driver Andrew Hale knows this all too well because he has been the one waiting for us outside the pub or friend’s house while we say our goodbyes. He's the one who gets the begging phone calls and the rebuffs when he says he can't make it until 3am. And this year the Cinderford cabbie caused a stir when he announced publicly that he would not be working New Year's Eve and why.
He boldly told people in the Forest of Dean to plan ahead because he probably wouldn’t be alone in making that decision to stay at home this year. “New Year's Eve I will be doing the same as you and having a few beers and having a good evening,” he said.
Not everybody agreed with his decision but the one-man-band taxi man said it has nothing to do with him not wanting to do his job. His Vauxhall Insignia is busy ferrying people around the Forest right over the rest of the festive season.
www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/taxi-driver-working-christmas-day-7924447
And big nights out don’t come any bigger than New Year's Eve. Whether we need to get home from the pub or a party with friends, that journey home suddenly feels like an epic expedition after a drunken rendition of Auld Lang Syne.
There's always the taxi talk: 'Who has remembered to book?'. 'We forgot to book, do you think yours would come back for us?'. 'We booked two weeks ago so why are they late?'. ' I don't feel well so I don't suppose you have someone free at 12.15am on January 1?'. On and on it goes. We all want our beds and we want them now.
Taxi-driver Andrew Hale knows this all too well because he has been the one waiting for us outside the pub or friend’s house while we say our goodbyes. He's the one who gets the begging phone calls and the rebuffs when he says he can't make it until 3am. And this year the Cinderford cabbie caused a stir when he announced publicly that he would not be working New Year's Eve and why.
He boldly told people in the Forest of Dean to plan ahead because he probably wouldn’t be alone in making that decision to stay at home this year. “New Year's Eve I will be doing the same as you and having a few beers and having a good evening,” he said.
Not everybody agreed with his decision but the one-man-band taxi man said it has nothing to do with him not wanting to do his job. His Vauxhall Insignia is busy ferrying people around the Forest right over the rest of the festive season.
www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/taxi-driver-working-christmas-day-7924447