tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post7458522886115090490..comments2023-10-17T16:44:08.588+03:00Comments on Fake Plastic Souks: MintedAlexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14141884153180374138noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-32006781958086095112008-01-29T21:18:00.000+03:002008-01-29T21:18:00.000+03:00OH! this made me forgive the grumpy taxi driver th...OH! this made me forgive the grumpy taxi driver that didn't want to take me Satwa till i threatened to call his company and complain! actually i feel bad now! very well done in shedding some light on this issue...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-36846692114287455052008-01-29T18:24:00.000+03:002008-01-29T18:24:00.000+03:00It is shocking - on more than one occasion in Duba...It is shocking - on more than one occasion in Dubai I have bailed out of taxis whose drivers were too tired to drive safely. I once had to visit the headquarters of one of the taxi firms to try to recover some lost property, and the reception area was aswarm with drivers complaining about deductions from their pay. The 'in-charge' was very nice to me, but treated the drivers like cattle. Sad, and criminally dangerous.Keefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04820411415545249138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-67345936412987434112008-01-29T17:21:00.000+03:002008-01-29T17:21:00.000+03:00I had a conversation with a cabbie recently along ...I had a conversation with a cabbie recently along similar lines. He was explaining the target/salary relationship as we were stuck in gridlock on Al Ittihad Road - he didn't have a chance of making it that day, or any other day given Dubai's traffic chaos.Seabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939892206726271433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-44970925863196531322008-01-29T10:12:00.000+03:002008-01-29T10:12:00.000+03:00Yes, this is sad."and being (illegally?) fined at ...Yes, this is sad.<BR/><BR/><I>"and being (illegally?) fined at every turn by the companies that employ them."</I><BR/><BR/>Whether it's illegal or not depends on the private contract signed by the employee...if they sign on the dotted line accepting all clauses, fines under certain circumstances being one of them, they ain't gonna be driving far, innit.<BR/><BR/>I also think their situation is abysmal, & that not enough attention is given to their plight.<BR/><BR/>Great job in bringing this up.i*maginatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11768590735811322295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655889105820772060.post-6925560203305309192008-01-29T10:10:00.000+03:002008-01-29T10:10:00.000+03:00The classic is the quality control fine. When the...The classic is the quality control fine. When the drivers ask why they are being fined, they aren't told why - it's just a quick deduction of 500Dhs. Let's say a cabbie persistently speeds and drives dangerously and is reported and is fined 500Dhs. If not told what the fine is for, he carries on driving as he did before, probably unaware that that's why he was fine, given that that way of driving, which is perfectly normal for them in his home country, is causing people to report them and hence the fine. The fine is just a mystery to them and as they are not told the reason, they carry on as before and get fined again. Tragic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com