Christmas has come and gone with very little to offer and the New Year has done the same much to my surprise. It has been a quieter Christmas than usual but that is to be expected in today’s ‘climate’. There was only one arrest I saw on Christmas Eve ……. hope he wasn’t expected home to be Santa because he wouldn’t have room for the sleigh and reindeer where he spent the night!.
New Years Eve was not too bad as there are so many people out it takes ages to get served in the pubs so they tend to stay a bit more sober than they wish. As it is a big ‘costume’ culture here (one of the biggest costume parties in England) the streets were again awash with Supermen, Batgirls, Spidermen, Hulks, Elves, you name it … it was out having a good time and I never saw anyone ‘taken into custody’. That’s not to say everyone stayed sober.
Then came Saturday night out.
I was surprised to see so many out clubbing and it was a night that the police earned their wages. Multiple arrests and lots of complete prats out for the night who seem to think they are humorous when doing things a demented child would not do. Throwing a bottle across the road to their friend who was too drunk to see it let alone catch it was one reason to be ‘talked’ to by the police but then getting stroppy and abusive with the long arm of the law doesn’t really help matters. The people in question really didn’t see what was wrong or what harm they were causing …. Oh to being so innocent!
Throwing a bag of chips (fries) at a police car isn’t a good idea either. I failed to see the reasoning behind that one. Not only a waste of money and food but a waste of time spent by the police sorting out the offender who thought it was just a laugh but no doubt not quite as funny the next morning.
I had to refuse to take two idiots. One for being so drunk he couldn’t stand unaided and was most upset when I said he had too much to drink. Apparently he only had a couple of drinks!! (mind you he didn’t say just how big the drinks were)
The second dickhead was trying to be a smart ass. Don’t you just hate drunken smart asses? After getting in the taxi he was giving silly addresses and wouldn’t really say where he wanted to go to ….. I told him where to go and I think the word ‘off’ was in the address !!
After that Saturday the world of ‘taxiland’ went VERY quiet and we had to wait until the next Saturday before it got busy again. This recession shows badly at our end but we still get the regular drinkers out at the clubs and pubs …. they will always find the money from somewhere for their drink.
We also always get the barterers who want a discount. Most expect a few pounds off the fare and some are just plain stupid. I had a strange one.
“How much to Meadow View?”
“About £8”
“Will you do it for £7.94”
“Why £7.94?”
“That’s a 6p discount”
“Why do you want a 6p discount? That’s an odd amount”
“It’s out of principle … I want a discount”
“Tell me … did you apply the same principle when you bought your beer and your pizza? Did the barman give you discount on your drink?”
“Well no … I er … well”
“Tell you what …. out of principle mind you …. NO!!”
“What, you wont give me a discount of 6p?”
“I’ll give you the same discount that the barman gave you ….again, out of principle mind …… Sweet F A!”
“I’ll get another cab then”
“Good idea…… bzzzztt(sound of window closing)
He slowly made his way through the taxi rank ….. out of principle.
It takes all sorts to make up this world but why do we get ALL the plonkers?? Can’t they be shared out equally?
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