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A local Taxi Driver is being lauded with praise today, after managing to squeeze in some weather conversation before launching into his Uber rant.

The 52-year-old man from the Flightpath District named Peter Lee managed to pull off the feat a short time ago as he picked a passenger up from Betoota Airport.

The cabbie of nigh on 30 years made some brief chat about the odd for this time of year cold snap coming through town this week, much to the surprise of his passenger, before getting stuck into the customary anti-ride share tirade.

“Kudos to him, I mean that’s exemplary service. He actually listened to my response when he asked me how my day was and made some chat about the weather before we got started,” the passenger said.

Lee then reportedly jumped into the ‘Fucking Uber’ rant immediately after with something resembling a segue.

“This cold weathers is fucked, but not as fucked as this fucking new Uber coming through,” he began before setting off on the usual cabbies spiel.

Lee’s passenger told us The Advocate that while he feels for the Taxi industry, he just isn’t sure what he is supposed to do about it.

“Yeah, I mean they all got fucked over when these ride-sharing companies arrived. Their seven figure taxi plates are virtually worthless and their career has been thrown into jeopardy, but I’m not sure what I’m supposed to actually do,” the passenger said.

“The new companies are cheaper for me, and I don’t really need to take a cab unless it’s for work. As I said, I feel bad for them, but at the same time they are part of a capitalist market that they use to their benefit when fleecing pissed passengers and anyone desperate for a lift somewhere.”