Too Broke To Retire
Roy November 7th, 2012
RTE aired a documentary recently about people at or nearing retirement age who cannot afford to do so, Taxi driver Chris Jones was featured on the program, this edited version of the program shows just his bits, he did an excellent job of explaining the difficulties facing older Taxi drivers:
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- Comments(13)
Saw it I am still shellshocked
We will all be still working when we are 80
Ben. we wont see 80. Stress will have us all in an early grave. beggers make more.
whats he talkin about 240 for petrol aweek and hes only makin 200 hes makin more than that
Ger i might try busking this weekend, will prob make more dosh
John,
If you take in, let’s say 600 a week, deduct petrol money, cost of printer rolls (mine last nearly 3 times longer than a few years ago !), maintenance, nct and licence renewal, a small reserve pot for the unexpected, mobile phone, I bet there is barely 100 left at the end. We are “eating” our vehicle because I am trying to put something aside for the inevitable replacement. Then one of my kids needs something for school or something else happens, could be replacement glasses, sports clothes (I cannot deny them everything!) and guess where I take that from ? Last year I forgot to take the roof sign off the cab when I got home at 5 am and I was lucky I could salvage the frame. The yellow plastic bits with the licence no. were in bits. Another time two tyres were slashed. That was the first time I ever put used ones on the car, could not afford new ones. Busking sounds good. I notice that there are less tappers working the rank. Not that there are less of them, they just are giving us up as lost causes, they might as well tap at the hostels or the methadone clinic (or the Dail !).
I am also lucky that my wife is getting the dole, she used to work for a company cleaning offices but got laid off. Believe me, it is necessary to take more than 750 a week otherwise there will not be much left for running the taxi. Without my wife’s income it would be a very bleak winter !
the two,or three drivers who have gone ahead and got the decals on their doors have wasted their time,and money . they have not gone to a authorised supplier, so their efforts will not be reconised by the nta
I ordered the leopard as well as hot light red headphones regarding my kids birthday. It was normally the one she chosen and should the headphones arrived we were looking at not the methods she needed or I just ordered. I did not have enough time to give them backside and order a new pair. She said we were looking at ok as well as she makes use of them regularly. I had been disappointed that this wrong object was mailed.
whaaaaaaaat ?
some loada crap !!
what she talkin bout willard ?
She has a LH/MH/D licence ,works the Kesh AFAIK.
ah that explaines it