Owners of a taxi firm that posted on Facebook stating they did not "want paskistanis" driving for them have defended themselves, claiming it's customers who have a problem with foreign drivers, not them.
The owner of Sandfields -based Cardy Cabs in Port Talbot said he was reluctant to employ foreign drivers, claiming their customers do not like them.
Janet Cardy posted an advertisement for new drivers on Facebook on Sunday.
Later engaging with some of the responses she got, Mrs Cardy wrote: "No p***s (pakistanis).
Instead she told the applicant to try another firm who have "all foreign drivers."
She added: "They like dark ones."
The Facebook post has since been deleted but was screeshot and has been widely shared since.
In one response Mrs Cardy wrote: "I got one working with me now I get on with him but the customer moan a bit.
"I have had a lot of them they good work but they could say don’t send him."
Mrs Cardy's husband, firm owner Howard Cardy said the fallout had been blown out of proportion.
Mr Cardy said he often replies the taxi service's phone and claimed his customers tell him: "Do not send a p***."
"It is something older people used to say - they do not like them," he added.
"They prefer to get in other drivers' cars.
"My experience is that most customers prefer white, British drivers.
"We had a foreign driver before, from Croatia, but people didn't like him because of his accent.
"I am reluctant to employ foreign drivers but the one I have is good as gold."
Mr Cardy said they were not racist, adding in the past they had employed two men from Bangladesh.
He said the drivers were good but the problem were his customers, who he claimed they said not to send them.
