August 27th, 2008
“Son of a bitch, you’re running up the meter!”27 comments
August 20th, 2008
"Hey bro, remember me? You wrote that story about me in the paper."3 comments
August 13th, 2008
“It’s the Californians, man, the Californians are the worst.”15 comments
August 6th, 2008
The middle-aged man I picked up at Vendetta is in a hyperactively verbose lather ...0 comments
July 23rd, 2008
When I step into the obese old woman's apartment5 comments
July 16th, 2008
The obese old woman at Fred Meyer has a bad hip and a wheelchair...8 comments
July 9th, 2008
“...I need to take a shower first and wash all of this blood off.”6 comments
July 2nd, 2008
“So I’ve got these two women in the back of my cab who just refuse to get out...”8 comments
June 25th, 2008
“My friend’s getting divorced, and he’s really drunk,” says the bartender...8 comments
June 18th, 2008
There’s nothing like a good Friday night, and I’m referring to the money.3 comments
[March 29th, 2006] Dammit, don't park in the taxi zones!
I don't care if it's "just for a minute." Those zones are for your convenience, not ours. They're there so that you can unload your bags in front of the hotel under the awning. They're there so that you can easily find a cab in certain high-traffic areas. And the one at Lloyd Center is at this moment occupied by some selfish fucking SUV driver (yeah, I know that's redundant) who probably ran into Barnes and Noble "for just a second." But I have a call here, and the way the crosswalk and sidewalks are set up, there is no place for me to pull up so that I am visible through the mall doors without blocking every lane of traffic; there is a median that prevents them from simply going around me.
I pause as long as I can before the horns start. Naturally, the person is not waiting near the door, watching and ready to go. But they certainly notice when I have to drive away. And by the time I make it around the block again they have called my dispatcher to complain about my driving off without even giving them 30 seconds to get to the car—which I wouldn't have had to do had the taxi zone been available, now, would I?
Somehow I doubt my fare will find the fact that they spent a minute on hold to complain about a 30-second delay as amusing as I do, so I remain silent...
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