Archives for January 2007

Cab Cops

Cab_cops_2For Sydney taxi passengers it's worth knowing that the Ministry of Transport actively polices cabs and drivers. Whilst appearing anywhere they are regularly found at locations involving large movements of passengers and cabs. Recently I noted their presence... Read on...

January 30, 2007 in On the job | Comments (8)

Domestic Blues

Did anyone fly into Sydney Domestic Airport this weekend and wait for a taxi ? A new system of distributing taxis from the holding yard to the terminals has come into effect using electronic tags and boom gates. Whilst this has eliminated queue jumping cabs by requiring them to first... Read on...

January 29, 2007 in On the job | Comments (25)

Resuming

Drink_intelligently_5Apologies for lack of recent posts due to tiredness from a heavy work schedule. Hope to resume normal blogging tomorrow. After carting drunks over the last couple of nights (Australia Day night was especially punishing) this voucher really amused me... Read on...

January 28, 2007 in On the job | Comments (1)

Sounds/Sights

A previous Cablog post I can't find, actually don't want to, details a passenger vomiting. From memory the post used the phrase - two minutes of excruitiating sound effects. Well it's been confirmed by an exhaustive online study that the sound of vomiting is the world's most horrible noise, beating... Read on...

January 25, 2007 | Comments (6)

Excessive

Okay, here's a confession - I have an Aussie flag adorning my PC work station. Call me a racist gangster if you like but I found it, I liked it, so I placed it there. No big deal. However I was taken aback walking into Woolies last night when confronted... Read on...

January 24, 2007 in On the job | Comments (7)

Some Winners

Kicked off the shift last night around 7pm with a dream run. First up I scored a radio job from out west to the International Airport. The passenger was noticeably concerned he was being taken on a Cooks tour rather than the usual cabbie route. Upon arriving at the Airport... Read on...

January 23, 2007 in On the job | Comments (8)

Blogslapping

When reporting on passengers behaving badly I’m forever changing identifying details in order they remain anonymous. Yet at times I really wonder why they don’t deserve public shaming. For example, consider the following passenger from last night’s shift... Around midnight at a beachside hotel (there I go again, omitting the... Read on...

January 22, 2007 in On the job | Comments (7)

Animals 2

Yesterday I posted on daily attacks on cabbies around the world. No big surprise, sadly. Also of no surprise is the not uncommon amount of sexual assaults by cabbies on passengers. A few days ago a Malaysian cabbie was sentenced for raping a passenger. The previous week a cabbie in... Read on...

January 21, 2007 in Cab news | Comments (8)

Animals

Each day I receive a news digest of taxi driver stories from English language newspapers around the world. The digest is dominated by reports of driver attacks and murders. Whilst the US generally leads the amount of driver attacks England, minus London, is vying for the disgraceful title as the... Read on...

January 20, 2007 in Cab news | Comments (0)

Some Moments

Late yesterday afternoon I carried an office jockey home to Bankstown in Sydney's south west. His house was a newish two storey brick monument to privacy. As he filled out the paperwork the house next door caught my eye. It was a shabby fifties fibro shack with an aged caravan... Read on...

January 19, 2007 in On the job | Comments (2)

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