[mikeyewz]

Originally Posted by madetomeasure

Claire did didn't she

I meant the one that Lloyd has poached

[Eagle9a]

I reckon the producers/script writers are reading this thread and wondering how far they can push it....

Eileen having a spare room

Llloyd getting shafted in Jamaica but still being able to set up a business within 24 hours yeah right

[mourinhosmissus]

Originally Posted by mikeyewz

When did we ever see a female driver working for Streetcars??

I don't remember seeing a female driver working for Streetcars (not since Claire, anyway) but Steve had a go at Lloyd after Lloyd told him that Steve's female driver was now working for him.

[ofni]

Originally Posted by mourinhosmissus

I don't remember seeing a female driver working for Streetcars (not since Claire, anyway) but Steve had a go at Lloyd after Lloyd told him that Steve's female driver was now working for him.

It's Auntie Phyllis.

[k9fan]

There is no way that Lloyd would have been fooled by Tracey.

[amysmum]

Why did Kirsty need a taxi when she has her own car?

Eileen sent 3 drivers for a pick up "at the airport" without telling them who they were picking up or how many people.

As a matter of interest - I don't know Manchester Airport - does it only have one terminal and one pick up point?

[ewoodie]

[quote]

Originally Posted by amysmum

Why did Kirsty need a taxi when she has her own car?

Eileen sent 3 drivers for a pick up "at the airport" without telling them who they were picking up or how many people.

As a matter of interest - I don't know Manchester Airport - does it only have one terminal and one pick up point?[/QUOTE]

I flew from there a couple of weeks ago . No it doesn't have one terminal. It has two and they are not close together.

Whenever I fly into an airport and want a cab, I just get in one already at the airport. I don't ring a cab firm and get them to send one out!

[amysmum]

[quote=ewoodie;59334178]

I flew from there a couple of weeks ago . No it doesn't have one terminal. It has two and they are not close together.

Whenever I fly into an airport and want a cab, I just get in one already at the airport. I don't ring a cab firm and get them to send one out!

That's what I would have thought and that makes it even more ridiculous when Eillen says "pick up from the airport"

When I return home I also get a taxi from the airport taxi rank. The other option would be to book the return pick up before you actually leave with the firm that took you to the airport.

In either case, you are not going to call for a taxi on arrival and wait for it to get there. You could be well on the way home by then!!!

[tinkie]

Originally Posted by k9fan

There is no way that Lloyd would have been fooled by Tracey.

I agree

[dingdongwitch]

[quote=ewoodie;59334178][quote]I flew from there a couple of weeks ago . No it doesn't have one terminal. It has two and they are not close together.

Manchester has three terminals (sorry to be pedantic)

[valtimmy]

[quote=dingdongwitch;59335659][quote=ewoodie;59334178]

I flew from there a couple of weeks ago . No it doesn't have one terminal. It has two and they are not close together.

Manchester has three terminals (sorry to be pedantic)

Well that makes the storyline even more silly. How would they know which ones to pick up when they got to the airport?

[ewoodie]

[quote=dingdongwitch;59335659][quote=ewoodie;59334178]

I flew from there a couple of weeks ago . No it doesn't have one terminal. It has two and they are not close together.

Manchester has three terminals (sorry to be pedantic)

Sorry. I just knew it had more than one as we went from T2! I have flown from there a few times!

[riverside 57]

Originally Posted by amysmum

There was a door behind Steve in th cab office that I had never noticed before. I presume it leads to the upstairs flat?

I noticed that! It was where Amy's picture of the taxi used to hang! Now it's gone!

Originally Posted by mourinhosmissus

I don't remember seeing a female driver working for Streetcars (not since Claire, anyway) but Steve had a go at Lloyd after Lloyd told him that Steve's female driver was now working for him.

What has happened to Fat Brenda? Does she still work there or has Lloyd stolen her too? Is there any need for her now Eileen is back?

Originally Posted by k9fan

There is no way that Lloyd would have been fooled by Tracey.

Absolutely! Biggest SOR of the evening!

Also, I noticed that the sign for Fare Ladies which was hanging in Lloyd's new premises looked old and tatty! Is the company name an old one just taken over by Lloyd or is it a new one completely? If it's the latter it's a bit of a SOR not to have new flyers!

[DJGM]

To be honest, Corrie has never actually got it right about how minicab firms are run. They do not directly employ
drivers for a start. Minicab drivers are classed as self employed, they use their own cars, licensed as taxis by
the local council, and pay the cab firm every week for the rental of the in car radio communicator. The only
members of staff usually employed directly by a mincab firm are the base operators.

I was a part time base operator at a local minicab firm for 6 years, and my dad was a driver with the same firm
for 8 years. He always used his own personal car as the taxi, and paid £45 per week "track" to rent the radio.

[Bill Clinton]

I'd have to wade through the entire thread but you must have been talking a lot about Lloyd's taxi firm that he seemed to create in 5 minutes.

My observations, I'm sure some will have been pointed out already!

He'd developed the logos, those things whatever you call them for the top of the cars and got an office overnight, how did he do that? I thought the storyline was that he'd arrived back from Jamaica practically broke. Wouldn't he have needed access to a computer to create the new firms logo or paid someone to do the graphic design for him?

Good point, Kirsty drives anyway! I just got my licence and I'd sure rather spend £10 on fuel than on a taxi that only goes a few miles for the same!

Wouldn't it take time to set up a new phone line (unless he operated from a mobile), and set up all the bureaucracy such as getting the radios licensed, and making sure that all the drivers were insured and held the right licenses to operate as a taxi.

If you can set up your own taxi firm in less than 24 hours I'd like to do it because I've always been into maps and would like this as a job, but I suspect you can't!

Coronation Street is supposed to be quite realistic isn't it?

[Bill Clinton]

Originally Posted by amysmum

In 24 hours Lloyd had bought a business, moved into the premises, had the signage done and business cards printed. He had also negotiated new contracts and word had already got around the area that he was a new business employing lady drivers. That has got to be quick even by Corrie standards.

He did all that faster than even most Apprentice tasks!

[s15859]

How did Lloyd set up a business in what seemed like less than a day

[Mystery Man]

Where did Anna get the money to buy Faye a swanky new laptop? I thought she was broke 5 minutes ago, and had to get an extra job at the shop just to make ends meet.

[riverside 57]

Originally Posted by Mystery Man

Where did Anna get the money to buy Faye a swanky new laptop? I thought she was broke 5 minutes ago, and had to get an extra job at the shop just to make ends meet.

And new trainers as well!

[amysmum]

Originally Posted by Bill Clinton

Coronation Street is supposed to be quite realistic isn't it?

*splutters* *chokes* "coughs* coffee now all over laptop screen.

[tinkie]

Originally Posted by amysmum

*splutters* *chokes* "coughs* coffee now all over laptop screen.

Tea in my case

[dancingdemelza]

[quote=ewoodie;59339824][quote=dingdongwitch;59335659]

Originally Posted by ewoodie

Sorry. I just knew it had more than one as we went from T2! I have flown from there a few times!

I don't think they actually said it was Manchester airport, just the airport. Obviously some field with a runway and a control tower.

[MagentaMoons]

How did the group at the airport even know Fare Ladies existed to phone them in the first place? And I have to agree with previous posters I've never rang for a taxi from the airport as there are always loads available to hop into.

[tinkie]

Originally Posted by MagentaMoons;59355657[B

]How did the group at the airport even know Fare Ladies existed to phone them in the first place?:[/b]confused: And I have to agree with previous posters I've never rang for a taxi from the airport as there are always loads available to hop into.

BIB Good point and Lloyd isn't that thick surely, 2 days of Tracy Barlow yesterday's disasters and now cabs breaking down. That's a bit fancy for a school sports day isn't it?

[davelovesleeds]

Originally Posted by MagentaMoons

I have to agree with previous posters I've never rang for a taxi from the airport as there are always loads available to hop into.

Unless you arrive at Leeds Airport when there is only one company who have the whole operation sewn up.