Paradise Driver

Friday, September 22, 2006

I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED

HOW AN ANIMAL WOULD REACT

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I bet the next time he sees a cop in uniform, he starts yelping and running.

"Let's all be careful out there!"

AND ACT NATURAL

Went to the deli at The Shops to get a sandwich at the beginning of my night. These people were having so much fun, and feeling no pain, that I took their pic. I didn't get any names and they are from California and/or Utah.

This is the threesome that I spoke about in yesterdays post.

Steve ~ Terra ~ Mike

The guys are from New Jersey and Terra is from Califonia. The wedding they attended went well. I picked the three of them up from her condo and took them to The Prince. Along the way I turned on my camera in video mode to record their conversation. The recording is 3-minutes of a 20-minute ride. It was dark and there is nothing to see. Just listen.

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After I turned the camera off, they started teasing each other about me selling their conversation for an HBO show. I told them that I had recorded some of it and would post it if they had no objection. Also got permission to get a pic. They tipped nicely but not as generously as the prior night. They weren't as drunk. They are really nice people.

G'nightgirl, do you talk this much when you are ~~drunk~~ tipsy?

This was a pretty typical cab ride for me.

Had a great shift. Two drivers were "no-shows" and a third went home sick. That left me and "The Mad Russian" to handle everything. We stayed steady until bar close. Alex said that we only lost one run due to the lack of cabs. Not bad. I had 18 runs and more than doubled Wednesday's meter.

THE PICTURE GALLERY

Magical Rainbows

Mau'i Rainbow

Mau'i Northshore
Looking Towards
West Mau'i Mountains

The East Coast Of Mau'i

The Beauty Of O'ahu

Sandy Beach
On The "Big Island"
There Aren't That Many

Mau'i Sunrise

Mau'i Sunset

Pina Colada

"Let's all be careful out there!"

Thursday, September 21, 2006

10 HOURS

4 RUNS

But 30% more on the meter than Tuesday night.

I am not really complaining. This is how it goes in September, as I have mentioned before. It is like complaining about the weather. It gives one something to talk about.

The nice thing about last night was that each of those runs were very generous in their thanks. I tipped out at almost 50% of the meter.

Oh, the driver that refuses to dispatch decided to go home prior to 8:00pm. That was nice.

My only fare of note was a threesome that I picked up at 1:30am from the "'Triangle". They are on the island for a wedding that is taking place today. The girl, who is going to be a very hungover Maid-Of-Honor today, was staying at a vacation condo in north-central Kihei and the two guys, one the Best Man at today's ceremony, were staying down at The Prince in Makena. The young lady was one of those drunks who can't stop talking and asks questions but never waits for, or hears, the answers. No matter what is said to her is wrong. About 5 minutes into the ride I started laughing and told the one dude that he was just wasting his breath. He thought I was implying that he was attempting to "bed her". I laughed even louder and said that I didn't think he had a chance of that either but that I meant that he was wasting his time because she never heard a word he was saying. He paused for a moment and then both he and his buddy started laughing too. He agreed that I was right and just shutup. She nnever heard a word of the conversation over her incessant whining about the short speech she was going to have to make at the reception.

After we dropped her at the condo, all the guys could say was to get them away from her as fast as possible, in case she changed her mind and wanted to go with them to their hotel.

She kinda reminded me of one of the constantly yapping lap dogs that are a pain in the ass.

Total take on the run was $78 on a $37.10 meter.

As the old punchline goes, "Can't beat that 10% profit margin."

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