How come? Surely they get a much bigger fare from taking you all that way?Jay wrote:
Pretty muchHurricane2k9 wrote:
"Hi, take me to Queens please"
"ah sorry, uh, my man yes? taxi out of service, apologies my man"
scared of jiggaboos killing 'emghettoperson wrote:
How come? Surely they get a much bigger fare from taking you all that way?Jay wrote:
Pretty muchHurricane2k9 wrote:
"Hi, take me to Queens please"
"ah sorry, uh, my man yes? taxi out of service, apologies my man"

The time they waste traveling between boroughs costs them a lot fairs they could be getting in Manhattan.
They make more money the shorter the trip. Just the way fares are set up.ghettoperson wrote:
How come? Surely they get a much bigger fare from taking you all that way?Jay wrote:
Pretty muchHurricane2k9 wrote:
"Hi, take me to Queens please"
"ah sorry, uh, my man yes? taxi out of service, apologies my man"
Like, they make $1.50 as soon as anyone gets in their cab after dark.
Last edited by Jay (2011-05-06 15:59:31)
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
Don't blame them either. They start off with <200 and need to make something out of that within 12 hours.
I know. I don't fault them one bit for wanting to squeeze as much money as they can out of a shift. I just know that I have to get in the cab before I tell them I want to go to Queens or they'll laugh in my face and drive off into the night.13/f/taiwan wrote:
Don't blame them either. They start off with <200 and need to make something out of that within 12 hours.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat