I have been driving a taxi here for a few months now. What gives? It’s hard to take in $12 per hour then take out gas and office rent. They’re making more then me sitting here 12 to 14 hours a day. I thought people in Nova Scotia get minimum wage. Can someone tell me, has this been this way for long? I know many here look at drivers as lowlifes. I just need a job to feed my kids. Now I don’t even get to see them. A WORD TO ANYONE THINKING ABOUT THIS JOB: DON’T, YOU’LL BE THE ONE HUNGRY —Wasting my time
This article appears in Aug 21-27, 2014.
Yes. Yes, it has been that way for a long time. Yes.
If you are sitting and waiting in your cab in Timberlea, you’re going to make $12/hour. Other than that, get to where the fares are and hustle. Hover around the grocery stores, indentured cabbies (i.e. the old farts) don’t like doing them … too much work if they have to actually assist a little old lady and her kitty litter.
Bitch by a taxi driver; that’s a first.
Really? You mean driving a taxi doesn’t pay like being the CEO of NSP? Who knew?
You’re doing it wrong then.
I guess you forgot to go to Klyde’s school of taxi driving to learn all the tricks, hotspots, etc. One only learns all these items after driving one since ’76.
ya i did this job too, i started a couple yrs ago and wasnt too bad, however in those 2 yrs the number of cabs added to the fleet was about 100 i mean wow how can you make anything when your competing with 380 other drivers, oh thats right get another and forget that crap dude workin at wendy’s will pay more.
The HRM had a group on its way to bringing the industry into the real world but the powers to be at city hall and the license dept had all the answers so look what we have just try and see if half them can speak english or no where there going without a gps just a joke thanks HRM BTW WHATS WITH THE EXTRA CHARGE TO USE MY CARD THATS NOT IN THE BYLAW FARES WHAT NEXT WILL THEY BE CHARGING COAT CHECK