9:34 PM
I don't think I've ever received a receipt from a taxi driver since it became the responsibility of taxi drivers to provide a printed receipt upon payment for a taxi journey. Nor have I asked for one either.Have you ever been given one automatically? Have you ever asked for one? What was the response - was it given or was the machine "not working at the moment"?
Just so you know, if you have a complaint against a taxi driver, you'd be much better off providing a copy of your receipt - it's the best way to identify the taxi in question, and confirm that you actually used it on the time/date in question.
This taxi spotted yesterday obviously doesn't hand out receipts. (Apologies again for the crappy N95 pictures).
I'm surprised at the number of drivers who offer the old ticket-style handwritten receipt, rather than the official receipt printed by the meter.
I've reported two drivers to the Regulator recently. One couldn't give me a receipt from the meter, and didn't have a book of blank receipts. He didn't even have a pen! He eventually scrawled a figure on a business card, using my pen.
The second guy (in Cork) didn't run the meter, gave me a handwritten receipt from a book, and was quite keen to give me a €10 receipt for an €8 fare, presumably to make me complicit in his scamming by making me fiddle my expenses.
The Regulator guy followed up on both complaints. I got a call with the outcome of the first investigation, and the driver in Cork is due to be interviewed this week.