I find this sticker offensive.
 

Im in agreement with Teignbridge Council in Devon on this offensive sticker issue.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/437...discrimination
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...g-sticker.html

How dare she display that sticker and cause offence to those non English people living in the UK. Let us not be fooled folks the intent behind that sticker is to say
Look Im an English cab driver who knows their way around and I wont rip you off so hop in.

Can you imagine landing back in Canada and walking outside the terminal and looking for a taxi(cab) displaying a maple leaf with local driver.

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You'd be looking a long time.

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:rofl: I was waiting for someone else to come up with that.

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I thought the subtext was "Get in this cab then you won't have to put up with a stinky foreigner who barely speaks English and will probably rip you off as well" .

I wonder why she didn't use the union flag, or the more local Devon flag? ;)

Edit. What the other drivers should have done would be to get the same stickers. If they all live locally, then they are local drivers.

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Coz its shit :lol: It looks like 4 green rectangles or a typical 4 way stop junction with the red stop signs missing I mean Stop/Arret signs.

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Well, I don't care about the country of origin of the cab driver but I do want someone who has a passing knowledge of the major streets and who can deal with an address expressed in English. I understand the claim that the drivers here may be bad at driving but can swap your kidney at the traffic lights however I don't believe it. They may be foreign "doctors" but only in the sense of holding a doctorate, perhaps of divinity. In any event, who wants surgery from someone who can't find Yonge Street?

Canada needs to stop trying to make surplus academics into taxi drivers and focus on importing people who are already skilled at taxi driving.

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Most cab drivers now invest in a Garmin or Tom Tom GPS. They still have to know how to type in English when they are punching in the street address though.
Plus Yonge St is only 1896 kms in length so you might end up with a hefty cab fare :lol:

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There's definitely a subtext to it if it's an English flag. Considering that she's wanting to promote her "local background" a Devon flag would be more suitable. Not that I know what that looks like. Probably a big scone with clotted cream on a blue and green background!

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The Devon Flag
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Devon

The scone and clotted cream would look better than the 4 green rectangles :lol:

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It would. You would think they could be a bit more inventive than that (given that is seems to have been designed in 2003).

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It's as exciting as the English flag, presumably subtext free though.

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If one looks closely at the 2 flags Devon and St Georges Cross they are very similar in design. Both have 4 rectangles and a cross though the Devon flags cross has a black border. Same appearance almost but different colour scheme.
One is offensive the other not as much. Go figure.

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I suspect the council would lose a legal challenge to their stance.

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Wow, try telling the US that they're not allowed to display their flag in their own country.

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Americans aren't allowed to deface their flag by writing on it.