Avec wha?

Posted on July 10, 2013 by yellowandblackmail

I do not know French.  I barely know English, and get a drink or 3 in me… I mix up my vocabulary embarrassingly.  I asked the bartender last night for a q-tip but what I meant was toothpick (so I could get the cherry bits out of the bottom of my old fashioned).

Today I worked from 1pm-9pm, we call this a “drive-thru” shift.  It kinda blows because you get the joys of rush hour traffic and none of the joys of drunk tippers.

I had one remarkable ride today before I packed it in due to business being slow and the weather being hot.

I was dropping off a passenger at a grocery store when an old man on a bench half-waved at me.  I did not have a call on my computer waiting for me after the passenger I was letting out, so I was a little confused.   Continue reading →

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body functions, go!

Posted on July 6, 2013 by yellowandblackmail

Yesterday was all about body functions.

It started out a good day.  I bought a new thermos coffee travel mug thing that completely ROCKS (it kept ice in it for about 5 hours).  Early in my shift I caught myself thinking introspectively that one of my best skills is that I know all the good places in town that have clean, 24 hour bathrooms… Continue reading →

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An unfortunate trend.

Posted on June 29, 2013 by yellowandblackmail

Lately people around town are being dicks.  Or at least some of them.  Well, maybe I’m just noticing it a lot more.  I dunno what I’m trying to say other than people are dicks.  Is it the internet generation coming of age and spraying their entitled BS all over me?  I hope not.  (…says the blogging lady)

Pedestrians have always had a habit of seeing me coming while they’re approaching a crosswalk… so they RUN to GET to the crosswalk Continue reading →

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Moonlighting (daylighting?) as a PA

Posted on June 29, 2013 by yellowandblackmail

PA = Phone Answerer

I don’t do it at night (too often) because generally I can make more money as a driver during the same shift.  This is a problem company-wide because everyone can see this and most would rather be driving than answering phones… therefore the office is more often than not short-staffed.

The daytime phone shifts are way different than the night shifts.  They require exercising more knowledge of accounts, customer service, faxing, dealing with packages, etc.  The time spent on the phone with customers is greater during the day because on average each call requires more WORK. Continue reading →

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Blanktop Chronicles

Posted on June 6, 2013 by yellowandblackmail

There was this amazing blog  that’s disappeared.  I guess it’s been at least 2 years since I searched for it, but I kept up with it for several years while it was alive.  Now it’s gone.

Blanktop Chronicles.  Everyone at my company loved reading it because all the stories were written so well and spoke to us like a friend would from a great distance.  It would say “Yes, people can be incredibly idiotic sometimes, and most times it’ll happen when they’re on the phone with YOU, and I am here to tell you that I understand.  You can let go of your frustration and laugh about it with me, because let me tell you this insane story…”

Stories of loose snakes in taxi cabs and drivers losing their shit about it in the middle of downtown traffic.  Stories of wealthy businessmen who don’t have time to talk with you or tell you anything you need to know to get them their cab, but IT BETTER DAMN WELL BE THERE ON TIME AND NOT ONE MINUTE LATE DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!

Anyway, I hope all is well with Brian the Blogger and I hope he’s only temporarily offline.  Anyone know what happened there?  The content was priceless and he’s a born storyteller.

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