A lyft car at the Iconic sign on Florida ave downtown Tampa I have been a hack in Tampa Florida since 1995. Unlike the estimated 50% of Americans that hate their jobs, I have never had a day when I did not feel like going to work. Certainly, the last few years have not been fun because the economy fell apart like a three dollar watch. However, economies are like tides and this one is on the rebound, at a snail's pace. I would like to thank Mr. Obama for that but that would not be fair. The economy is recovering despite any fiscal policy of his. That being said - there are challenges. My job is inherently difficult. We face strange and deranged people street level on a daily basis. Taxi companies in Tampa (which are regulated) must serve the general population. We have no choice. Short fares, drunk fares, people going to buy drugs (they don't tell you that) we must pick up. Don't get me wrong, there are business people, beautiful women, great trippers, and long haul
I am a 24 year former cab driver from Tampa Florida. Retired and looking forward to the future.
Express Taxi is a division of Super Shuttle in Pinellas County
ReplyDeleteNow, Super Shuttle also owns Yellow Cab of Pinellas
as there is no regulation how many cabs can be cruising Pinellas and with minimum wage at its lowest in decades, everybody thinks, that starting own cab company is the way out of poor house, including me..
Adding to all the mayhem and despair, we have Uber and Lyft drivers operating at "$35-40 / hr or 100K a year" !!!! at half a price ????!!! .......and uber getting new suckers every day from craigslist
I think, someone should start to post some videos on craigslist to educate people about UberBS,
also some regulators should knock craigslist door and tell them, that they are supporting major mail fraud being conducted by uber
I heard, cab drivers in Tampa are being asked to join the union....?
ReplyDeleteIs that truth ?
read more at:
http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/blog/morning-edition/2014/12/hillsborough-taxi-drivers-planto-uionize-with.html?page=all
Not much buzz as among drivers. First I heard was in the newspapers.
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