
My guest David Styles a retired London Black cabbie
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Do You Ever Turn a Job Down?
All the examiners in my day were policemen, ex-policemen. So they knew a thing to about human nature and would push you all the time. They would talk very softly as you're walking down the corridor towards their office. And particularly Mr Orms was the one to fear. He had a parrot in his office. A child's toy parrot - consensus at the time was if the parrot was staring out the window, it was in a good mood. But if the parrots facing you, as you walked in the room, that he wasn't in a good Mood and you're in for a bad time. You've got to be of the type that
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