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Driving April 22
It’s time to try this blogging thing again. Yesterday I drove a normal “extra” day shift from 7a-5p. Some notes: I drove my favorite taxicab: the Toyota Camry Hybrid. Ample space, great handling, adequate (but not stellar) gas mileage, smooth ride, good stereo and accessories, nice pickup. I thought I would tire of cab driving [...]
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Driving highlights
While driving Sun-Mon (1am-12pm) These few days were slow, slow, slow. I find it funny that I have such a hard time estimating how much I’ll make beforehand. It’s almost like gambling. The only ‘sure-fire’ well-paying weekends are those with big street fairs or festivals, or huge conferences at Moscone Center. I get a bit [...]
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Driving again
During my shifts this week: I took an older lady and her daughter back from the hospital one morning. We dropped her daughter off at work first and then I took the lady to her home. When we got there she asked if she could ask a “personal question.” I said sure, no problem. She [...]
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Driving the storm
(Source) I drove on Friday during the heavy storm that hit most of Northern California. It was a great day to drive. Details after the break.
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Slow driving
Today was a tough, tough day to drive a cab. I left the garage at 5 am. Nobody was out in the morning. I had about one fare per hour until around noon when the fare faucet started to drip drip drop. A few fares turned to a steady stream by the time I had [...]
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Above: an elevated view of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. (Source) I didn’t want to fart around and write more blog entries yesterday, so I showed up to DeSoto early in the morning to see if they had an extra shift available. They had plenty of cars. It was a tough time to drive [...]
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Tags: at&t park, ballpark, baseball, cab, dayshift, driving, earnings, effort, emerald bowl, football, hourly, money, muni, pac bell park, san francisco, sf, shift, taxi, taxicab, work
Driving cab on Christmas day
After a disappointing shift on Monday (Christmas Eve Eve?) from midnight ’till 11, I figured Christmas Day from midnight ’till 11 would be even worse. It turns out the Christmas Eve revelers were out in full swing. Summary after the break.
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Tags: cab, christmas, day, graveyard, holiday, night, nightshift, san francisco, sf, shift, taxi, taxicab, vacation, work, working
A busy Thursday in the City
I showed up as an ‘extra’ to work on Thursday. I wasn’t regularly scheduled to work, so that makes me an ‘extra’. I show up to the garage around 6am and wait for a car to become available. As a day driver, I always have to be back at the garage by no later than [...]
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Driving the graveyard shift
I switched my shifts around. I stopped working Saturdays so I could get my Friday nights back. I kept my Sunday (5am-3pm) shift and added Mondays and Tuesdays from midnight-11am. (That’s the only time they have available for newbs like me.) It’s exciting to drive a new shift. During my shifts It rained the entire [...]
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Tags: cab, dispatch, fares, graveyard, nightshift, order, radio, san francisco, sf, shift, taxi, work
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