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Old 28-07-2009, 11:04 PM   #1
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Default silver top taxis burn.

any who uses silver top taxis to get arround melbourne had better be ready for a long wait.

just on the news that their head office - call centre - depot had been burnt to the ground. half of melbourne`s taxis with no way of contacting them except catching one at a taxi rank.

familly bussiness for 5 generations .

going to be a lot of people late for work in the morning.

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Old 28-07-2009, 11:30 PM   #2
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Happened at about 7.30 this morning, and traffic was chaos around Hoddle st. even more than it normally is!
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Old 28-07-2009, 11:32 PM   #3
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ahhh.... qld SBS must be a bit slow. sounded like it had just happened.
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Old 29-07-2009, 04:49 AM   #4
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The other cab companies must be LOVING the extra bookings/ phone calls etc

Can just picture some indian call centre worker shouting "can you please be SHOWing ME THE MONEY" (ala tom cruise- jerry maguire) in some dodgy accent..!! ;)

(( accidentally slightly racist ))
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Old 29-07-2009, 07:18 AM   #5
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familly bussiness for 5 generations .
Geez what did they start out as Silver top horse and cart
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Old 29-07-2009, 09:37 AM   #6
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can anyone shed some light on just how many cabs where destroyed? Half the usual operating fleet in Melbourne gone, that's gunna be a nightmare.
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Old 29-07-2009, 12:05 PM   #7
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No no, the cab's weren't destroyed. Just the call centre. Therefore, no dispatch work on the dispatch computer. Sucks to be driving for Silvertop yesterday.
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call centre is back up and running
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