Think of this space and I feel like I’ve neglected it but I know you all understand.. catch up on Facebook.. Im in the open there and you can watch the show and my rants, however rare.
Took a quick Wired Cab tour and I cant say what to make of it. While fun, it’s dark out there and other opportunities must be looked into or I’ll find myself retiring at Little Baghdad which seems much less attractive to me now. Glad I have the creds to jump in and do it, tho. Whatever.
Im trying to figure out how to merge all this stuff. Somekinda ping.fr or something like that… more later.
… about the simple assult comment last time. Yes very light weight, just fending off a drunk person who was trying to prove a point. Not being used to anything like that since I was in Our Lady of Perpetual Motion Academy for Boys long long ago. Anyway, no injury but you can imagine how easily this person could have gone nutz and capped me. Or set off a dirty bomb for that matter! Nah, it’s all good and as I gather miles I see more of our underbelly (or overbelly depending on how tall you are.)
What a loser. Get a blog up and I leave it for scrap… very sorry to whomever. I’ll be better in the future.
A recent conversation with a person in the taxi game in Dallas revealed some numbers, not totally suprising now that I’m almost a month into this - deal with the ethnic breakdown of our little cab driving community.
I see in the The New York Times and The Dallas Morning News the very popular topic of Survival Jobs – those jobs the displaced masses are taking during these tough times. The articles generally talk of displaced execs who once made big six-figure incomes and now cut fish heads or clean bus station toilets. They generally talk of how the individual never imagined leaving thier once secure position let alone take a survival job.
First off, you all know the jobs are like night and day. The Limo driver generally has a fixxed assignment – that is someone whom they are charged with driving around – point-to-point or as an ‘on-call’ service. I guess the limo job might be nice enough but so far I have not wanted to work as a ‘ limo driver’ per sae – that is, maybe I look at it more like a servant .. hanging around waiting outside a night spot while my charge is drinking martinis and talking trash — then when ready, they stumble out and there I would be, standing at the ready, ready for my next command. My thoughts go back to when I had to ride in a limo (never was totally comfortable in that position and often offset my uneasyness by sitting in the front seat with the driver – somehow I felt better up there and less like some big shot in the back , talking on the phone.) Safer? YES! More money? So Im told. We hear stories of limo drivers getting big day rates ($500) and tips up the wazoo but again its a limo and not a cab. Limo companies will want you to look nice, I often see them with suits on and well, they report to someone to make sure thats the case. Maybe thats it – my attitude that mkes me unemployable shows here.
Meanwhile, the taxi provides MUCH less security – in the taxi world, you get your cab and you’re on your own. You can use the radio or hang — you can even cruise an area. Although prob scary to most is the fact that you never know what’s coming next. If you sit at a taxi stand, you have no idea of who is going to tap on the glass or open the door. They may be nice, not-so-nice, sober or not so much. I happen to like that ~~ reminds me of the days of driving in NYC when you can end up anywhere at anytime.
