Tube strike, Goes West
Started work last night about 8.30pm, Thinking it would be Buzzing because of the tube strike, practically everyone that got in said you must be very busy tonight,I say "did you wait long for a cab" - "No actually it was very easy got one straight away" I leave it at that Thinking if it was F--king busy you wouldn't get a F__king cab would you, you F--king twat,
Anyway getting used to the switch to nights now, the body clock is slowly coming round,
I had one of those nights last night where everyone seemed to want to go to the West side of London,
Firstly i had two women flag me down in Brook st Both Getting into the cab Whilst holding Telephone conversations on their respective Mobile Phones, they get straight into the cab without saying anything, I have to admit that is one thing that gets my Goat up,Then they try to let me know their destinations by lipping the words via my rear view mirror, even if i understand the destination i Crack on i didn't understand and continue doing so, until they Do something like this, the phone goes down to the shoulder "Hold on a Minute Darling" Sorry we would like to go to Askew rd and then onto Acton" Then its straight back to the call, i get on with it feeling i have just won some small victory for Cabby's,
Anyway after dropping off in Acton i came straight back down the A40 back into town Via the Marylebone rd turning right into Marylebone high st, I trapped straight away a women gets in asking for WAIT FOR IT "Askew rd" so its back off to Askew rd Shepherds Bush, i came back the same way, this time turning right into Baker st Then i got flagged down by four Asian Guy's asking for what sounded like Candle st I'm Repeating "Candle st" whilst trying to decipher what it was "Yes Say's he Candle st" Then it came to me Oh you mean Kendal st "Yes" Say's he "Candle st", i had a good laugh and went on my merry way, Arriving into Kendal st i asked whereabouts "Bombay Palace" Say's he, Well i knew that was around the corner in Connaught st, so i just drove around to the Restaurant, they get out and come up to the window "HOW MUCH"- "Six Pound's" they then proceed to count out all their joint Shrapnel and in what seemed like an infuriating eternity, they counted out £6,the meter went up 60pence it took them that long,I DO NOT CHARGE THE SIXTY PENCE, officially we are supposed to stop the clock when we pull up, but experience has taught me it just doesn't work because what happens is they give you a destination, on arrival they say pull up over there, you pull up stop the clock and only one gets out, and the other one Say's right id like to go to Wherever,
Anyway i turn the cab around, when the thought comes into my mind the Mercury music awards are on in the Grosvenor House Hotel, so i head for Park Lane,
Approaching the hotel I'm flagged down, Another one straight into the back Yapping on his phone, but he drop's the phone to the shoulder "Ealing" So its back out West again, I knocked it on the head about 2am, Iv just heard the tube strike has been suspended so hopefully all will be back to normal tonight
Anyway getting used to the switch to nights now, the body clock is slowly coming round,
I had one of those nights last night where everyone seemed to want to go to the West side of London,
Firstly i had two women flag me down in Brook st Both Getting into the cab Whilst holding Telephone conversations on their respective Mobile Phones, they get straight into the cab without saying anything, I have to admit that is one thing that gets my Goat up,Then they try to let me know their destinations by lipping the words via my rear view mirror, even if i understand the destination i Crack on i didn't understand and continue doing so, until they Do something like this, the phone goes down to the shoulder "Hold on a Minute Darling" Sorry we would like to go to Askew rd and then onto Acton" Then its straight back to the call, i get on with it feeling i have just won some small victory for Cabby's,
Anyway after dropping off in Acton i came straight back down the A40 back into town Via the Marylebone rd turning right into Marylebone high st, I trapped straight away a women gets in asking for WAIT FOR IT "Askew rd" so its back off to Askew rd Shepherds Bush, i came back the same way, this time turning right into Baker st Then i got flagged down by four Asian Guy's asking for what sounded like Candle st I'm Repeating "Candle st" whilst trying to decipher what it was "Yes Say's he Candle st" Then it came to me Oh you mean Kendal st "Yes" Say's he "Candle st", i had a good laugh and went on my merry way, Arriving into Kendal st i asked whereabouts "Bombay Palace" Say's he, Well i knew that was around the corner in Connaught st, so i just drove around to the Restaurant, they get out and come up to the window "HOW MUCH"- "Six Pound's" they then proceed to count out all their joint Shrapnel and in what seemed like an infuriating eternity, they counted out £6,the meter went up 60pence it took them that long,I DO NOT CHARGE THE SIXTY PENCE, officially we are supposed to stop the clock when we pull up, but experience has taught me it just doesn't work because what happens is they give you a destination, on arrival they say pull up over there, you pull up stop the clock and only one gets out, and the other one Say's right id like to go to Wherever,
Anyway i turn the cab around, when the thought comes into my mind the Mercury music awards are on in the Grosvenor House Hotel, so i head for Park Lane,
Approaching the hotel I'm flagged down, Another one straight into the back Yapping on his phone, but he drop's the phone to the shoulder "Ealing" So its back out West again, I knocked it on the head about 2am, Iv just heard the tube strike has been suspended so hopefully all will be back to normal tonight
posted by Chris at
13:12
10 Comments:
persentage wise what would be the differece in taking if u did a day shift of 8 hours and a night shift of 6-8 hours.
i no night time work is higher but their looks like their so much more business during the day
Roughly speaking, i would presume that takings would be 25% higher at night, Youre right less work but also less drivers at night,less traffic so can drop off and pick up quicker,meter rates are higher,But if that wasnt the case there would be no incentive to work those unsociable hours. T.C
Nice Blog bud.
Sounds like we've been pushing cabs around London for roughly the same time.
Remember Orme, Bishop, Davidson etc at the Carriage Office? LOL, Happy days?
I've always been a night man, easier takings, easier traffic, even with the losers that sometimes get past my locked doors (then they'll tell you where their going) I still don't get half the problems your mate London Cabby seems to come across!
Why pay radio fee's when the work is there for the taking?
B Lucky, Terry
"Are you local"
Buona giornata e buon fine settimana .....Lina
Here's a question, a bit anorakish, but you might know.
I've found most of the locations featured in the Knowledge film during my travels in the cab and whilst i was on the Knowledge (mostly on a mountain bike!) but i've never quite worked out where 'Titanic's' house was? The church front where he keeps crashing, is Pelham Hall in Lambeth Walk, still there today, but 'his' house? Any clues, bearing in mind a lot of the locations have changed dramatically over the years or have been bulldozed. It's good to see the Chelsea Bridge van still there, and Uncle Toms by Wandsworth Road still going, regards, Terry.
Sorry Terry I cant help you with the location of Titanics House, I'll try and find out, Sounds like you did the Knowledge much like he did on a Pushbike, Every time i drive by Uncle tom's cabin i think of that "Give it up son and go back to ladies haidressing" & also The Chelsea bridge Van,Poor old Michael Elphick AKA Gordon Weller,(Cowboy Kitchen Installer) When he Ask's Chris if he ever play's away from home, and he say's "No of course not i'm sort of engaged", To which he Replies, "Well I'm Sort of Bleedin Married", They dont make like that anymore, Anyway B'lucky
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I picked up a Cockney girl here in Dublin and she told me that her unkle had written the play "the Knowledge".
It was a great movie for sure.
Ath the end where the guy looses his licence for driving his moped while drunk.
Bonjorno, titaniclondoncabbie.blogspot.com!
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