I went to a garage yesterday to see about getting a taxi from them to work Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. This has been my plan from the beginning, they are the busiest nights and I can make the most money from everything I've heard.
Well, guess what, the place I went to in College Point didn't mention that they don't need drivers those nights before I got there. Actually they waited to mention this after I spent 30 minutes there filling out and reading a bunch of papers. I got the impression the dispatcher was looking for me to "grease his palm".
If there is one thing that is an undeniable truth in New York City it's that everyone has their hand out. I'm a native New Yorker but I've lived outside NY for short periods of time and no place I've been is like NY in that sense. It's shakedown city sometimes plain and simple. I remember offering tips to various people in Baton Rouge or Florida (two places I've lived) and being looked at like I had three heads. In the same situations here in NYC, it's become very much expected. It just pisses me off sometimes which may seem odd being so reliant on tips now. But some jobs just aren't jobs where tips should be expected. And shaking down hard working cab drivers just so they can get out and works is just plain fucked up.
I guess I have a bug up my ass because I planned on working certain nights and it looks like I wont get what I want and that probably plays into it. I can be a bit of an asshole when things don't go the way I think they should. Oh well I'm boring myself writing something I wont tell anyone about so I'm done for now.
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