Sunday, August 6

Eastern Imports

The latest commodity to be exported from East to West is currently rolling off the production line in Prague and heading, literally, straight for our streets. Apparently a school over there is training potential taxi drivers; these taxi drivers come fully adapted to the British market, complete with knowledge of the Highway Code and a good grasp of English. So far around 200 Eastern European drivers from Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic have arrived in Britain having studied at the taxi school in the Czech capital. Most have been recruited for firms in Plymouth and Inverness but with promises of earning four or five times as much over here than back home I think maybe it won’t be too long before we see some locally. This is going to be even more likely when even poorer countries join the EU such as Bulgaria and Albania. Maybe some local cabbies should think about when and not if this happens and maybe smarten up a bit and to remember that we are a service industry and the only way to compete is to give a good service to the public.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

ok we havent got here in oz yet well in the country like the bush..but i can see it happening keep ya chin up and sevice is the anwser...

Anonymous said...

The influx of Eastern workers has hit Carlisle. I've never seen such a nice bunch of hard working, clean cut, polite kids (early 20's). I only wish my own offspring had the same work ethic.

Anonymous said...

Maybe they can teach the Asian fratenity to do the job properly?? In Bristol it's a joke right now,private hire flying is rife (99% Asians!), they are rude, lack knowledge and charge cowboy prices, a race war is looking quite likely if only from the single white male section of customers, they are sick of the trade. I welcome the Eastern Europeans!! (for the record, i am not racist, my wife is black!) but I somehow doubt this will get listed!)