The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Grumpmeister on September 18, 2008, 10:56:31 AM
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Note to self, next time I take a taxi, covertly check to see if anything has been left behind whistle:
Londoners are leaving 10,000 mobile phones in the back of black cabs every month - or almost three per taxi.
Capital dwellers have left an eye-watering 55,843 mobile phones in taxis over the last six months, according to a survey by Credant Technologies, along with 6,193 other handheld devices such as laptops, iPods and memory sticks. According to the Public Carriage Office, there are currently 21,729 black cabs in London.
But don't fret: 80 per cent of the London cabbies surveyed claimed these lost gadgets and their owners were eventually reunited. The chances of getting lost gadgetry back in New York are less good however: only 66 per cent of the taxi drivers said they hand gadgets back into the depots at the end of the day.
Forgetfulness is not the preserve of gadget-owners. Other belongings left in cabs include a sawn off shotgun, false teeth, 12 dead pheasants, a variety of pets, toilet seats, funeral ashes, £2,700 in cash and even a couple of kids.
The survey is based on interviews with 300 London licensed taxi drivers and 300 in Manhattan, New York.
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Another worthwhile survey then... ::)
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Worrabout folks who get a taxi home from an Ann Summers party?
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Worrabout folks who get a taxi home from an bakers/railway emporium...? whistle:
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cussing:
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Another worthwhile survey then... ::)
Oh I don't know, now I know to keep an eye out if I find something nice in the cab next time I take one I may think it was very worthwhile. eveilgrin:
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Another worthwhile survey then... ::)
Oh I don't know, now I know to keep an eye out if I find something nice in the cab next time I take one I may think it was very worthwhile. eveilgrin:
Did you need a survey to tell you that the mobile phone on the back seet had been left by the previous customer then...? ::)
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No, but beforehand it had never occured to me to actively check the back of the cab when I was in there.
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Or down the back of the seats whistle:
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I think you should check for a fire extiguisher first eeek:
Black cabs suspended after fire (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7622407.stm)
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsimg.bbc.co.uk%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F45026000%2Fjpg%2F_45026239_cab_grab_226.jpg&hash=51a8ee06dee84e6acc1ca7bf9c9a138064bded89)
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I usually carry my own
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I usually carry my own
Why does self-immolation spring to mind...? rubschin:
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Does it? confused2:
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Does it? confused2:
It did, yes... redface:
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At least I don't make homebrew whistle:
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At least I don't make homebrew whistle:
Well, you wouldn't be allowed to drink it would you??? point:
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sad24:
Then again, yours ended up in the stratosphere point:
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sad24:
Then again, yours ended up in the stratosphere point:
Not all of it... [hic] whistle:
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sad24:
Then again, yours ended up in the stratosphere point:
I wouldnt laugh too much Nick, NASA have paid him so much to produce fuel for the next shuttle launch that BM will soon be able to affort that hair transplant he's been dreaming of. whistle: