Yesterday afternoon a young fella in Darlinghurst hailed me for a roundabout fare. “First I need to drop some money off to my friend," he requested, "then we’ll go to Central Station.” It was only when we arrived and he walked to the unit entrance that I noticed his pronounced... Read on...
June 30, 2008 in On the job | Comments (7)
The new boss of the Australian Hotels Association, Sally Fielke needs to pay more attention to her words than her looks. Here she appears in yesterday's Australian. This outing she conceded a lack of decent argument by resorting to name calling. In responding to the issue of alcohol related violence... Read on...
June 27, 2008 in On the job | Comments (9)
Here’s a tale of two recent fares from consecutive nights, both headed to Kings Cross. On Sunday evening outside a Paddington hotel a middle-aged bloke stood smoking whilst waiting for a cab. As I stopped for a red light he looked at me and held my gaze without signalling. I... Read on...
June 25, 2008 in On the job | Comments (0)
After dropping a fare in Alexandria on the weekend I was lazily heading back to the City when way up ahead silhouettes on the roadway hailed me. Normally I’d have my Vacant light off at midnight but this once tough neighbourhood had become gentrified over recent years and was now... Read on...
June 23, 2008 in On the job | Comments (3)
A golden winter's afternoon under the rail bridge at Meadowbank on the Parramatta River. But wait...what's that smoke across the river...
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June 20, 2008 | Comments (7)
Monday night in the City was one of those nights when you look at the thousands of empty cabs and wonder, how do these guys make money? Yep, cabbies also consider the same question. My only hope was to join an office rank and endure the long waits for that... Read on...
June 18, 2008 in On the job | Comments (4)
For the first time in ages I was robbed this morning, by a couple of runners around 18 years old. Right away I knew their intentions – call it instinct - but carried on anyway, too tired to challenge them for the bucks up-front. Sensing this the front-seat kid at... Read on...
June 16, 2008 in On the job | Comments (20)
For Rainer the cabbie, O yea of little faith...
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June 14, 2008 in On the job | Comments (2)
Smokers in motor vehicles will be aware of the precise window configuration required for smoke to vent directly to the outside. A centimetre either way and the smoke can't escape or swirls in gusts throughout the vehicle. The same principle of aerodynamics applies in taxis when discreetly extracting passenger odour,... Read on...
June 14, 2008 in On the job | Comments (11)
View larger map for legend Last Wednesday, the 4th June, was my fare from hell. On the same evening some two hours previously, Daily Telegraph reporter Clare Masters encountered her Taxi from Hell. At almost the exact time, 6.30pm, that she was boarding her devil taxi, I was also on... Read on...
June 12, 2008 in On the job | Comments (3)
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