With private hire taxi drivers, the jobs are given to the car via an official booking office. This would provide details of the arranged booking, such as pick-up and drop-off places, etc.
There was a sad period of time when a purge against picking people up at certain areas around the city became evident.
For most customers, the sudden change wouldn’t matter that much, as to be told over the phone to get to another pickup area would just be a minor inconvenience. The sad bit is that it created an atmosphere of inconsideration towards people, such as the elderly and those with mobility limitations.
A number of these people come to the city to shop, meet the gang for tea and cake, or just perhaps have a yearning for company of sorts. For them to have a trusted exit strategy from their adventures in town, had a high value…
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An excerpt from one more of the stories… coming soon in a published ebook collection.
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