Never can tell

Well Christmas has come and gone, and I spent most of that day watching movies and eating Chinese food like any good Jewish girl.

Couldn't bear to work that day - in fact the holidays just make me want to crawl under a rock mostly. Finally got to work on Wednesday, and my what a slow shift. A few months ago an old timer at the yard told me you can eat the bear or the bear can eat you, you got to quit before the bear eats you - and thats sure what Wednesday was like. I finally turned in with half of my body undevoured.

Thursday on the other hand was quite busy and my first fare was this fabulous fat lady and her petite mother. I picked them up at Lane Bryant on 16th and Potrero they were really upset because they had taken a cab out there and it was so small - 'small as a hallmark store' she kept saying - I was wondering of she meant a postage stamp. "The clerk should have told me not to bother coming down there when I asked for directions". I wondered if that was something she might not have learned in employee training. They asked me some of the usual questions, 'is it dangerous to drive a cab?' 'are you cautious when you pick up?' 'its kind of hard to be cautious because its difficult to judge character based on appearance - people constantly surprise me'

She agreed and proceeded to tell me this gruesome story about her mom who owns a jewelry store and two Jehovahs Witnesses came in, blond hair, khakis and were very polite, next thing you know they had her tied up blindfolded and were emptying her safe after they cracked her over the head with a gun. Never can tell.

Things to think about during a ten hour work shift.

Its true though, when people ask me if I avoid certain neighborhoods, I tend to answer with the most wealthy affluent ones, thats where the customers are the rudest, most entitled, and they only go three blocks! We call it the Marina Triangle, because you can get stuck there for hours driving yuppies three blocks one way and then three blocks the other.

Wish me luck, tommorrow I drive my first New Years eve shift, and then I leave town for a few days if you dont hear from me, have a fabulous New Years eve and a restful New Years day!