Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Never trust your phone...

 
Day 6

This blog entry will be date stamped as The Day Before.  The Day Before what?  Tomorrow, it is forcasted that Chicago will receive 18-24 inches of snow.  This could surpass the Blizzard of 67’ in size.  The south side of the city and northwest Indiana could also see additional snow as a gift from Mother Nature known “lake effect snow.”  Lake effect snow is the result of moisture coming off of Lake Michigan.

Tonight I am driving one of two minivans owned by the cab company.  No Audi for me tonight.  I would like to act disappointed, but this thing is comfortable!  I know that the minivan is to car design the way the bowl cut is to hairstyling. But I must say, both are quite practical.

Tonight I drove a young man from a very expensive restaurant to a complete dump of a bar in Stone Park, Illinois.  Many of you understand that there is little left in Stone Park since all of the adult entertainment establishments were “moved out.”  I asked him if he worked at the fancy restaurant.  “No,” he said. “My friend works in the kitchen and brings me free food while I sit at the bar.”  Not a surprise he needed a lift to Stone Park 20 minutes away.  “I know the bartender there.  She is 63, but really nice and brings me a few free drinks.”  He must have assumed that I knew that most 63-yr-old women are not very nice.

Bad night for Customer #2;  His car would not start when leaving work. He was excited to hear our per mile rates.  He said his place is about a mile away.  He told me where it was, and I said it was more like 8 miles.  "But my phone GPS says its about a mile."  "Well your phone is stupid," I didn't say.   Bad month for Customer #2; He had a falling out with family and is staying in a crappy motel.  Bad night for Customer #2.  We stopped at McDonalds and he did not have enough money for his 20-piece nugget meal.  I got a 99 cent coffee.  Good night for me.  After we drove the actual 10.2 miles to his crap motel, he said, "I still think that was about a mile and you might be ripping me off."  Stay in school kids.  Don't do drugs.

One of my last thoughts as I drove back to the garage was about cabs and the movies.  Stay tuned for those thoughts. 

Note:  “Stay tuned” is a phrase we will have to explain to the Ipod Generation.  They do not listen to the radio.


3 comments:

  1. I'd like to hear your thoughts on "Taxi Driver," then, in an upcoming post. Perhaps also on the situation in Egypt, global warming, and the mythical (?!) Hodag of Rhinelander, WI. Although, of course, these last three topics have nothing to do with "cabs and the movies."

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  2. Great. I already had plans for "Taxi Driver" to get a mention. Now I may need to do some additional homework.

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