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Saturday morning right after sunrise on a cool Tampa day
This is me at sunrise right after I successfully sandbagged a Dacco run that will pay my lease for the day. I was feeling pretty good about my self and how I am settling these calls up. One falls off. Another comes along. Success is when preparedness meets opportunity....I found out the next day, I was not so prepared.
It seems some other taxi driver is aware of the call, and when I went to park at my "secret spot," he was there! How can that be? I thought I had the place all to myself. The dispatch system said I was second in the zone. He must have been first. And with ten minutes left before the call came out, I was screwed.
I move over closer to the call thinking that would give me a tactical advantage but it was not to be. You see, with our system, the first out cab gets priority up to .25 miles from the call. We were only two blocks away. I lost the call to the unknown cab in the dark. Wonderful! No I have a new reason to live.
Al Capone said hate was a wonderful emotion. You can live off of it for years. I don't really hate this guy for what he did. We are all trying to survive. But I do fell a fire in the belly and I want back at him badly. Tomorrow should be a very good day. Confidence is returning.
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  1. AnonymousDecember 2, 2014 at 6:24 PM

    Bad news - if you know the pickup, why not just have them call you direct rather than go through the system ?

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  2. AnonymousDecember 3, 2014 at 1:04 AM

    I warned you he was smarter than you...or sneakier!!!

    And he gets out earlier than you and comes from St. Pete!!!

    Good Luck, #49

    ReplyDelete

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