And so another night began and the animals were still on the raw meat ….soon to be unleashed onto the streets . It looked like a quiet night to begin with but someone must have turned over a rock somewhere and the night club soon filled up but as it is ‘student night’ it just means a lot of youngsters getting drunk.
Isn’t it funny how today’s students always tell you how hard it is with the student fees etc. and how much they are in debt due to going to college but they all seem to find the cash to go drinking at least twice a week.
Maybe if they cut down on the booze they could leave university with a lot less owing!!
Did my first fare and if that was anything to go by I should have gone home! I picked up four people, three girls and a bloke. The girls were OK but the bloke was one of those ‘look at me’ types….don’t you just love them? The girls all had food….mainly chips & cheese….and Mr Look-at-me decided it would be fun to try and steal some so he made a grab for the front passenger’s packet only to knock it onto her lap and spill chips etc.
As it was in her lap it wasn’t too bad and she repacked her food calling him a few choice names which he just laughed at and tried again for the packet. I told him to stop as he would make a mess of the taxi but as usual he knew best and tried for one of the other girls food. Lo and behold…..chips on the seat…chips on the floor….grated cheese mixed with both.
My exclamations of joy are not repeatable!
I stopped and told him to get out (or words to that effect…I think ‘off’ was in there somewhere )
As we were near his destination Mr Look-at-me said it was close enough anyway so he removed himself and gave me a £20 note for the £8 fare. I took the note, said “thank you” and he stood waiting.
“Yes?” I said
He replied “I’m waiting for my change…I gave you £20”
“You did indeed” I said “£8 for the fare and £12 to clean my taxi”
To this the girls laughed, told him he was a wan*er and casually said “Drive on please and keep the change”….I dropped them about 300 meters along the road. They even picked up most of the chips and apologised for the mess.
I just brushed it out and kept the £20.
Yes…before you ask….I am legally allowed to charge £50 for fouling the taxi….he got of lightly!!
Mind you…charging £50 and GETTING £50 are very different things. Getting the fare from a prat like that is hard enough by itself.
It doesn’t always work out that easy…you usually get abuse and “It’s only a taxi”
ONLY A TAXI!?……Yes, it’s only MY taxi that cost a lot of hard earned money putting up with s**t from morons.
Come on Internet….make me more money!! Yes! I do make some cash from this Internet Marketing business…not enough to retire yet….but getting there. I’m down to about 18 hrs per week on the taxis at the moment and hope to cut out some more hours soon.
Will I miss the taxi? Do I even have to answer that? You really should join a team and give it a try.
Students, for some strange reason known only to themselves, like to ‘collect’ things on their way back home. This is usually traffic cones or road works signs or similar. On Wednesday night we had a student try to get himself a taxi roof sign. Did he honestly think we wouldn’t notice!!! Goodness knows what subject he studies but it wasn’t anything to do with common sense.
When God gave out brains he thought he said trains and asked for a little slow one!!
At each taxi all along the rank, he would stop and try to get the sign off before the driver got out….whether he is still alive or not I don’t know.
(Some drivers I know are a bit short tempered and quick off the mark!!)
As usual for the ‘student night’, there is always one or more girls having a ‘bad hair day’. Sitting on the ‘wailing wall’ along side the rank, they cry their eyes out over some bloke (or some girl these days) and make it sound like their life is over.
Two choices my dear!
Either get over it OR read The Magic of Making Up
Getting over it is not always easy but reading The Magic of Making Up can help enormously. The informational help it gives will amaze you and ease your worries.
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