Victorian taxi organisation YourTaxis is currently in social media triage, after their Twitter hashtag #YourTaxi – which earnestly encouraged people to “tell your taxi story” – backfired spectacularly.
Like this one, from a dude who got an absolute toerag of a driver:
@yourtaxis That time I got home & the driver told me eftpos was unavailable. Drove me back to an ATM, which he charged me for. #TaxiNoWay
— Aidan Hathaway (@AidanHathaway) November 9, 2015
Or this one, from a guy who had a sick animal, you monsters:
.@yourtaxis Left standing on footpath by 2 booked taxis in a row, trying to take my sick cat to vet; because it was a short fare. #YourTaxis
— Tim Richards (@Aerohaveno) November 9, 2015
Or this one, where the driver must have moved to Melbourne, like, yesterday:
@yourtaxis Driver said he didn’t know where Flinders Street Station was and had me direct him there. Flinders. Street. Station.
— HerpDerp HerpDerp (@HerpDerpx2) November 9, 2015
Or this one, told by a dude who made us want to simultaneously throw up in our mouths and also applaud him for accurately describing the stench unique to rancid cabs:
@yourtaxis It smelled like a wookiee’s armpit. I was preached at about how Somali immigrants are destroying Australia for 25 min. #YourTaxis
— Leigh Stillard (@LeighStillard) November 9, 2015
Or this terrifying tale of a BRUSH WITH DEATH:
@yourtaxis driver fell asleep on freeway and almost wiped out car in next lane because he’d pulled an all-nighter #yourtaxis #taxiyourway
— Cameron Rogers (@cameron_rogers) November 9, 2015
And finally, this one, which pretty much summed up the whole lot of it:
@yourtaxis reckless driving, refusal of service, hidden fees, taking needless routes, sexual innappropriateness, I could go on. #neveragain
— Ebony Smart (@ebstar131) November 9, 2015
In the history of colossal social media fuck-ups, this one’s up there with the hijacking of E.L. James‘ Twitter Q&A and that #Susanalbumparty monster of a cock-up.
Not a failure from our point of view @HolyMudderOfGod YourTaxis proving a great opportunity for us to talk about our service with customers
— yourtaxis (@yourtaxis) November 10, 2015
Not a failure from our point of view @StuRap YourTaxis proving a great opportunity for us to talk about our service with customers
— yourtaxis (@yourtaxis) November 10, 2015
Images: YourTaxis’ Twitter.
