I was driving a handicap van and had my first wheelchair passenger. She was a tiny woman, and since she was located in the very back, behind the back seat, I could barley see her in the mirror. At o read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
Eddie Tucker
Nov 042011
The computer instructed me to pick up a passenger in midtown and take him to the Westin Hotel downtown. Computer listed his name as Juan Carlos, and I wondered if this was the evil Juan Carlos, Zorro read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
Nov 042011
I picked up a guy at his dentist’s office on Park and took him to an apartment complex on Hacks Cross Road. Long trip. He looked to be in his seventies, and he spoke with a very thick middle-easte read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
Nov 042011
One of my passengers was a woman in her thirties who insisted on giving me directions. Wouldn’t have been so bad if she didn’t sound like Minnie Mouse on helium. read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
Nov 042011
Every Monday around 11:30 AM I pick up an elderly gentleman at Trezvant Manor Retirement Community and take him to a house in east Memphis. This time I said, “You must have a girlfriend you visit e read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
Nov 042011
I picked up a thirty-something couple at a house near Rhodes College who needed to get to the airport. They are from Boca Raton, Fl, and were here for a friend’s wedding. She was the bride’s made read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
Nov 042011
Dude in his early twenties gets in. Wants to go to Whatever, a head shop on Highland. He asks me to while he goes in. Phase two of the trip is to his bank in midtown. Again I wait for him. When h read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
Nov 042011
Three obese women got in the cab and asked if Sam’s Club in Raleigh was more than twelve miles. I told them it was, so they decided to go to the grocery a block down the street. Guess they have a read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
Nov 042011
I took a young guy to the courthouse downtown. He said he and his friend were on Beale Street, and when the friend got rowdy, the cops showed up, so my passenger “merely tapped” a cop on the shou read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
Nov 042011
Cab rates are set by the City Council, and they included a provision allowing us to increase the fuel surcharge from one dollar to two per passenger when gas prices rise above three dollars. So now w read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
Nov 042011
I arrived at an apartment building in midtown near Overton Park. A guy in his early twenties, looking half asleep got in. He need to go to Olive Branch, MS. “Can you take me for sixty dollars?, read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
Nov 042011
A few weeks ago I went to the Kroger super store in east Memphis. It was amazing. The largest supermarket I’ve ever seen. The produce section alone must be around 1,200 square feet. It was an ad read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
Taxi 23
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Sep 052011
Two Shifts I don’t drive on Saturdays because I don’t think anyone takes a cab on that day, but this was Dead Elvis week, and I was sure there’d be a lot of business. read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
Aug 112011
Day Shift It was hot and muggy. The air was so thick it was like sticking your face into a bowl of mashed potatoes, but the air conditioner in number eighteen was doing its job. Eighteen is a Gran read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
Taxi 21
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Jul 162011
Day Shift I got to the cab yard just as the night shift was rolling in. read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
Taxi 20
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Jun 272011
Two Day ShiftsA cab, in some ways, is like Facebook. read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
Taxi 19
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Jun 012011
Friday, May 27, 2011. read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
Taxi 18
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May 152011
A compilation from two day shifts I finally decided to surrender to baldness. read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
Taxi 17
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Apr 202011
Monday, April 18, 2011 read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
Taxi 16
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Apr 082011
Thursday, March 31, 2011 read the rest of this Taxi Cab Story
