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So about a month ago I was the only cab at the airport.  There had been several flights that landed all at once, wiping out the cab population.  This happens regularly.  There’s either 20 cabs for an hour, or none.  In an effort to stop pissing off as many people as possible (passengers AND cab drivers), the city has agreed that if there’s a ton of people waiting for taxis and only one or two taxis, the taxis can load multiple parties with multiple destinations into their cab.  This is called “split loading”.  The passengers always have the authority to say “no” to this, but they kinda look like a jerk to the other people waiting for cabs when they do.  Cab drivers try to make sure people are going in the same direction and “fit” in a good route with each other.  Another thing about split loading is that it’s priced so everyone is paying less than what they would pay if they were going directly.

I loaded a woman going to the West side Continue reading →