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.
