Au Revoir! Sucky Motor Club!

[dalesys]

... you spent that time looking for their customer ...

Steal Borrow a shit clock from the biscuit crawl game?

[Deserted]

"Gone On Arrival"

A token payout if the call cancels while you're en route, or, you get to where they say the customer will be, but, for a number of reasons (Got it going themselves, gave wrong address, PD came by and had it removed by another company) they aren't.

Big Green Cab Co calls that "No contact with pax". We get paid nothing for those, which amounts to a net loss for the driver. (Time spent in transit, gas wasted, etc.)

[Racket_Man]

Big Green Cab Co calls that "No contact with pax". We get paid nothing for those, which amounts to a net loss for the driver. (Time spent in transit, gas wasted, etc.)

Sounds vaguely familiar and I do pizza delivery. IE prank orders, fell asleep orders, past our drunk in their hotel room orders, competing food orders, big bill orders, wrong address orders, no one home orders, wrong phone number and no one home orders, oooopppssssss went to the grocery store/video store, babysitters/neighbor's house/ in back yard and did not hear the doorbell/cop knocking orders, etc.

I get some gas money but loose time (tipped wage way lower than minimum) and the possibility of a tip.

[Deserted]

I get some gas money but loose time (tipped wage way lower than minimum) and the possibility of a tip.

I feel for you. Unfortunately, I don't get a wage of any kind.[*] My income comes entirely from what passengers pay me, and whatever the vouchers are worth. From that stack of money, I have to pay the lease on the cab, gas, wash, and fees, and only get paid whatever's left after that. (Normally decent enough to live on but not get rich.)

(But to be honest, I expect that I have an easier time of things than most kinds of delivery driver.)

[*] Not entirely accurate; I get $10/hour if the van breaks down, starting from when I phone it in until either it's fixed or I'm in a replacement.

[JarethsPet]

We constantly lose money to these things. Sorry I didn't answer sooner about GOA's. Been in the business so long that it's hard to remember that I didn't at one time know about these things too

We used to have many motor clubs and now are down to just 3 because of these practices.

[Argabarga]

For those of you who had "one month" as the over-under bet, and took "under" you may now collect your fabulous* prize.

They called last night and tried to give us a tire change..... 40 miles away.

And I KNOW they had to eat a loss on that one eventually, because the only reason they called us is the only other provider they have in that particular area is A-1 Towing (or rather WAS, until the State Police raided them for selling meth out a side-door.) so I know THEY didn't/couldn't take it either.

*prize is not fabulous.

[Tama]

So that area mix a no fly zone for them, huh? Looks like this may be the beginning of the end for them

[Antares]

Were they told to get stuffed?

[mathnerd]

Oh, man! I was hoping for a more detailed recount. *goes off and pouts in a corner*

[eltf177]

I'm sure their customer is THRILLED with the level of service he received...or to be more precise didn't receive. I wonder what he's going to demand in the way of compensation, and in this case he totally deserves it!

I hope your boss told sucky motor club: "HEY, WE DON'T WORK FOR YOUR CHEAP NON-PAYING ASSES ANYMORE! STOP CALLING US AND GO DIE IN A FIRE!" <cue slamming of phone>

[Argabarga]

I'm sure their customer is THRILLED with the level of service he received...or to be more precise didn't receive. I wonder what he's going to demand in the way of compensation, and in this case he totally deserves it!

I hope your boss told sucky motor club: "HEY, WE DON'T WORK FOR YOUR CHEAP NON-PAYING ASSES ANYMORE! STOP CALLING US AND GO DIE IN A FIRE!" <cue slamming of phone>

We were much more diplomatic about it on the phone, but, if the guy on the motorclub end could detect the overly-cheerful inflection in our voice, then he probably got the unsaid "F*CK YOU" loud and clear.

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

We were much more diplomatic about it on the phone, but, if the guy on the motorclub end could detect the overly-cheerful inflection in our voice, then he probably got the unsaid "F*CK YOU" loud and clear.

Man, I wish I could have heard that.