The grocery call in outer Southeast has been sitting for a while
August 27th, 2008
“Son of a bitch, you’re running up the meter!”27 comments
August 20th, 2008
"Hey bro, remember me? You wrote that story about me in the paper."3 comments
August 13th, 2008
“It’s the Californians, man, the Californians are the worst.”15 comments
August 6th, 2008
The middle-aged man I picked up at Vendetta is in a hyperactively verbose lather ...0 comments
July 23rd, 2008
When I step into the obese old woman's apartment5 comments
July 16th, 2008
The obese old woman at Fred Meyer has a bad hip and a wheelchair...8 comments
July 9th, 2008
“...I need to take a shower first and wash all of this blood off.”6 comments
July 2nd, 2008
“So I’ve got these two women in the back of my cab who just refuse to get out...”8 comments
June 25th, 2008
“My friend’s getting divorced, and he’s really drunk,” says the bartender...8 comments
June 18th, 2008
There’s nothing like a good Friday night, and I’m referring to the money.3 comments
[February 13th, 2008]
The grocery call in outer Southeast has been sitting for a while—it’s the middle of a shift change, it’s a Friday rush hour, and horrible weather has us even busier than normal.
As I pull into the parking lot, I see one of our competitor’s cabs already idling in the fire lane. I pull up next to the other car, roll down my window, and smile to the other driver.
“Hey, this guy call you, too?” I nod toward a bald man waving frantically at me.
“He says he wants you, now that you are here,” grumbles the pissed-off-looking Ethiopian behind the wheel. He’s a young guy, about my age.
“But he called you, too?”
The other driver nods with a scowl.
“How does that make you feel?” I ask him.
“It is no good when they play this game.”
“Now that’s what I’m saying. If I hadn’t of showed up just now, he’d screw me the way he’s trying to screw you.”
“Are you thinking that maybe we should leave him?”
My smile widens. “Yeah man, that’s exactly what I think. Fuck this dude.”
My compatriot gives a serious and solemn nod as he puts his car in gear and drives off. Out of the corner of my eye, I catch the bald guy wildly gesticulating in enraged frustration as I do the same.
I enjoy refusing the call when it pops up again, and I monitor its continued presence on the board for another 20 minutes.
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