I worked this evening. I got to the garage around my usual time and waited until almost 5pm for my car today. I guess everyone is back from their vacations. I wouldn't have minded waiting so much except for the fact of how cold it was. The waiting room at the garage is warmer than outside, but not by much. At least one of my fellow driver friends was nice and we waited in his car for a little while with the heat on.
I started out at JFK. It was a short wait there to get dispatched to a terminal. Thankfully, I got an easy fare. It wasn't Manhattan, but it was a part of Brooklyn I am very familiar with, and it put me in good position to shoot into the city after dropping him off.
Once I got into Manhattan, I was headed up 3rd Ave. when I picked up a man going uptown. We got to talking. He was originally from Glasgow, so I told him about my time that I spent there. Basically our conversation covered all things Scottish. Seriously a delightful trip. And I told him I had a few friends over there who would be excited to hear I had a Glaswegian in my car. So, thanks Colin for being awesome!
Later on, I picked up a fellow on the Upper West Side. He was just a curmudgeon. From what I gathered from his phone conversation, he had just had a bad game of basketball. He also complained about how slow this cab ride was to whomever he was speaking with(because the two blocks of construction got in the way). Then when we were almost at his destination, he tells me how it was taking so long and how I went the bad way, when he had about 70 blocks to tell me whatever way he would like to go. If you don't speak up and tell me you want a certain route, I am going to take the route I think is best. And maybe I think that is best because I just was on the other option of a street and it was WORSE! So, sorry you had a shitty teammate on you basketball team, but don't catch a 'tude with me for you not telling me what you want! He still gave me a decent tip, but then slammed my door when he got out. So confusing.
I picked up a girl near Port Authority to go to the Upper East Side. She was super rad. We reminisced about the big blackout back in I think, 2002. We complained about landlords. And she told me she wasn't expecting heat in her apartment when she got in, so she said she was going to be enjoying a bottle of wine until she was warm. I hope that worked out for her.
At the end of my night, I was headed back to my garage. On Flatbush Ave, I see a guy who looked like he was headed in my direction, so I picked him up. He wanted to go to Bay Ridge. A bit out of the way for me, but its a good ride, so I took it. This guy was a little on the tipsy side and obnoxious. He asked me the same questions multiple times because he forgot he already asked them. When we arrived at his destination, he then tells me he has no money. Seriously. I told him I could take credit, but he didn't have that either. He told me to come to his restaurant where he worked tomorrow and he would give me $100. Yeah. Right, buddy. I told him to get out and forget it. Funny, because we just had had a conversation about how karma is a bitch. It's a shame that I had to end my night on that sour note. So, if anyone eats at Azalea Ristorante, tell the manager he owes me $100!
Other than that, things were uneventful. Very few talkers tonight. At least I had a good night, money wise. Because of the cold, nobody wanted to walk anywhere, so that means lots of taxi business! I stayed out pretty late, so now I am pooped. It is time for me to curl up with a kitty or two and pass out.
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