After a horrendous night last night, today was non stop.
The day started with a couple to the airport heading to Las Vegas. I think the Mrs. was a little embarrassed at her husband's inclination toward profanity. His speech was peppered with malediction revealing his ignorance and immaturity. That doesn't make him a bad person. I hope they have a safe and memorable getaway.
Picked up some boring business people at the airport headed back to the office after a 24 hour Chicago excursion. Next I was dispatched to South Shore Hospital to pick up a woman who is a regular rider with us. The first few times I had her we talked quite a bit but now she's always quiet. She's going through some very hard times because her ex husband has decided he'd rather be in prison than pay child support.
I had to switch cars because mine had a bad tire. A slow leak that wasn't slow enough. If you took all the parts from all the cabs in the company you might be able to build one nice car.
Cruised on down to the mall and found two ladies from California going to the Hilton. They can't wait to go home because its so cold here. I looked up the weather in Los Angeles and found that it was 66 degrees. Exactly 17 degrees warmer than here. Crybabies.
After them I picked up a dude at a local watering hole. He was hammered but a happy drunk. He asked me if I had any cocaine (fresh out) and then kept trying to pass me his bottle of Jack Daniels.
"Come on take a sip, just a sip!" Weren't those Lady Dianna's exact words to her driver that fateful night in Paris?? Anyway, the good news is that this gentleman has had his license suspended for life. Life! Ha ha! Wow.
Next up was a sweet little Asian girl, she told me a little about her home town in the Northeast part of Thailand close to Laos. I said it sounds very beautiful. She giggled and thanked me. Her English is less than perfect and my Thai is even worse so it is very possible she thought I was saying that she herself is very beautiful. An awkward moment indeed.
Later there was an older woman and her husband and they needed to get to the hospital. Its pretty common for folks to call a cab when they actually belong in an ambulance because its just so much cheaper and this was one of those cases. It seems she had fell out of a tree and landed on a chain link fence. This happened a few days ago and only now that the pain is intolerable did she decide to get checked out. She was off and on screaming so I drove as fast as I could. It was a free pass to speed because if I had been pulled over I could simply have said "Stand aside officer, this is a medical emergency! Escort us if you care!"
The day started with a couple to the airport heading to Las Vegas. I think the Mrs. was a little embarrassed at her husband's inclination toward profanity. His speech was peppered with malediction revealing his ignorance and immaturity. That doesn't make him a bad person. I hope they have a safe and memorable getaway.
Picked up some boring business people at the airport headed back to the office after a 24 hour Chicago excursion. Next I was dispatched to South Shore Hospital to pick up a woman who is a regular rider with us. The first few times I had her we talked quite a bit but now she's always quiet. She's going through some very hard times because her ex husband has decided he'd rather be in prison than pay child support.
I had to switch cars because mine had a bad tire. A slow leak that wasn't slow enough. If you took all the parts from all the cabs in the company you might be able to build one nice car.
Cruised on down to the mall and found two ladies from California going to the Hilton. They can't wait to go home because its so cold here. I looked up the weather in Los Angeles and found that it was 66 degrees. Exactly 17 degrees warmer than here. Crybabies.
After them I picked up a dude at a local watering hole. He was hammered but a happy drunk. He asked me if I had any cocaine (fresh out) and then kept trying to pass me his bottle of Jack Daniels.
"Come on take a sip, just a sip!" Weren't those Lady Dianna's exact words to her driver that fateful night in Paris?? Anyway, the good news is that this gentleman has had his license suspended for life. Life! Ha ha! Wow.
Next up was a sweet little Asian girl, she told me a little about her home town in the Northeast part of Thailand close to Laos. I said it sounds very beautiful. She giggled and thanked me. Her English is less than perfect and my Thai is even worse so it is very possible she thought I was saying that she herself is very beautiful. An awkward moment indeed.
Later there was an older woman and her husband and they needed to get to the hospital. Its pretty common for folks to call a cab when they actually belong in an ambulance because its just so much cheaper and this was one of those cases. It seems she had fell out of a tree and landed on a chain link fence. This happened a few days ago and only now that the pain is intolerable did she decide to get checked out. She was off and on screaming so I drove as fast as I could. It was a free pass to speed because if I had been pulled over I could simply have said "Stand aside officer, this is a medical emergency! Escort us if you care!"
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