Tag Archives: driver

Cab driving: earnings update

Posted on June 4, 2008 by kfarr

Time for an earnings update. My earnings floor — the lowest take-home pay I can expect — is increasing from the record lows of the winter. In other words, it’s rare this time of year to see a shift that … Continue reading →

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Driving in the City is beautiful.

Posted on May 14, 2008 by kfarr

I eeked by on Sunday with my lowest Sunday earnings in a long, long time — only $87. This was offset by better than usual earnings Monday and Tuesday, both over $170 (over average). I notice that fares run together … Continue reading →

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Website highlights financial stress of driving a taxi in the City

Posted on March 26, 2008 by kfarr

I point your temporary attention to a Flash website produced by UC Berkeley j-school grad students Eric Zassenhaus and Amy Jeffries. The video clips thumbnailed along the bottom are accurate and colorful paintings of a typical taxi shift. Well worth … Continue reading →

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Driving

Posted on February 27, 2008 by kfarr

My shift starts around midnight. I usually eat ‘breakfast’ around 1 or 2am if it’s slow. I’ll sit in line at the 18/Castro unofficial taxi stand, at the 24-Divisadero bus stop, and eat a slice of pizza for my first … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, transit, work | Tagged alcohol, cab, castro, city, community, congestion, driver, driving, drugs, fee, financial, forward, heights, lgbt, pacific, pacific heights, pricing, san francisco, sf, taxi, taxicab, tipping, tips, traffic | 4 Comments

Driving again

Posted on February 14, 2008 by kfarr

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 … Continue reading →

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Driving the holidays.

Posted on December 18, 2007 by kfarr

During my Sunday (day shift) and Monday (night/morning) shifts I took a couple Mexican guys home from the Tenderloin area to the Mission Sunday night. They were in a (drunk) chatty mood, but didn’t speak much English. I tried what … Continue reading →

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