dudspizza said:
This was my thinking when I made the first reply to the post. We have had many people create a name and post something bringing "awareness" to a situation, when in fact they were trying somehow to bad mouth a fellow competitor.
Everyone has their first post I guess, but it just seems a bit "fishy" that the first post was of one where there have been some heated debates and some very upset transportation companies.
Everyone has their opinion on this one..... I will always rent a car, but that is me. Many use DME, that is them. Others us a car company, so be it.
Time to move on....... I surely hope that you post on many other topics too, YAYAGOOFY..... so far you are in on one conversation......
Duds
Many of us are curios as to why some people in this thread keep grilling the OP about his "motivations" and his "true identity". I find it "fishy" that so many people are "suspicious" of the guy's "motivations".
Personally, I could not care less about the OPs motivations, or anyone elses for that matter. Motivations mean nothing. Actions are what concerns me. I don't care what a person feels or believes, it what they do that's important in life.
The OP started a new thread on a heated topic. Why he did it and who he is are irrelevant; what he did could have a positive effect by increasing awareness of a potential problem in MCO that has affected many people.
I don't care if he's a disgruntled towncar owner who wants to bash the competition (which he hasn't done) or if he's Al Weis trying to bash the livery association (which he hasn't done) or a troll who wants to start an arguement with all comers (which he hasn't done, despite being unfairly grilled like a felon in several posts in this thread). All I care about is that he has not bashed anybody, he has not broken any rules of the DIS Boards, and the original topic of this thread is both legitimate and informative.
By knowing the rules and knowing that many of those "cabbies" who are soliciting in the airport are actually gypsies, newbies who have never been to MCO before will be able to avoid the dodgy cabbies and the scam artists, and will be able to find some sort of legitimate transportation.
Those of us who are comfortable in MCO often forget the fear and confusion that newbies often experience at flying into MCO. Sometimes they're afraid of flying, sometimes they are afraid of getting lost, sometimes they are flustered by 2 or 3 kids, sometimes they are simply lost and confused by the enormity of the airport. Whatever thier problem, nervous MCO newbies are big, fat targets to shady cabbies and scam artists of every stripe, and the more info we can give them beforehand, the more confident they can be on arrival - and the less likely to be victimized, or simply to make some of the common mistakes.
As for the OP, I don't care who he is or what he wants; forget about his "motivations" and concentrate on the content of this thread, content which could have a positive contribution to the boards, no matter who started it.
