How about this last night

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  1. Hom

    Homer Well-Known Member

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    Looked out at 8:00 pm covered with 4inch of snow and still piling it down.
    Locked up, battened down hatches and put a good film on with Netflix.
    Telephone goes 9:00 pm, my son on a bender in Barnsley cannot get home. Few taxis wanting £71 to get to Wombwell. Premier inn wants £123 for night. CAN I fetch him.
    Had to get Landrover out and pick him up in Barnsley and get back.
    Traffic mainly cars and Articulated lorries stuck all over. Cars abandoned causing difficulties. People walking home, poor sods.
    Best thing is I went Wombwell woods way nothing on road and trees had kept most of snow off road. Come back Birdwell and by pass way and complete chaos.
    Question?
    What would you say to your prodigal son next time?
    Got back 11:00 pm
     
    Homer, Dec 27, 2014
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    Ok son im on my way.....isnt that what us dads do .......lol....
     
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    i do despise some businesses in times like this. people are in trouble, so what do they do - see it as demand and hike their prices up. was reading an article about Uber, charging 4x + $100 minimum fare, during the sydney siege

    answer - of course you pick him up. then send an email to premier inn, telling them they can stick any future business up their ar$e
     
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    You make a mental note that next time tell him he is on his own and should be able to sort himself out......... course in reality you sigh grab your coit and tell him you are on your way :)
     
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    Tell him to move to tarn from Wombwell like l did three years ago, steady walk home with missus in her open toe shoes, think she got frost bite mind.
     
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    Question?
    What would you say to your prodigal son next time?

    I'd say......'get your scrawny ar5e outta Chennels, thar only 10 years old ya little fecker! can tha get me a mixed kebab ont way home?'
     
    Cunning Stunt, Dec 27, 2014
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    £71 to drive in snow. They should be named and shamed so that everyone can avoid these exploitative robbing gits in the future.
     
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    enjoy the walk
     
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    Had it been my taxi company, I'd have thought of a large number, trebled it, and added a few quid just for decoration.

    It's just business. Doesn't make it right, and I'd be peeved too in Homer's position, but from my hypothetical taxi-owning perspective, I'd be wanting to rob people's eyes out.
     
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