by the Wanz
FIRSTLY huuuuuge apology for not… y’know, writing as much as we have been used to this week. Life In Transit will be returning to the world of the living sooner rather than later. Just a mini apology of neglect – no more neglection.
So today we are expanding the realm of public transit. Because, well, the bus is the biggie picture that one may have when thinking transit, but realize that there’s a whole array of different ways to travel—bus, train, taxi, etc. And let’s be honest, we’ve all taken taxicabs before—and they’re usually pretty… well, intense. Not necessarily a bad, or a good, but they’re rarely boring. (Or soothing.) In my own opinion, cabs are never a gray area, it’s pretty black or white with quality.
How people rate their experience in cabs is pretty different too (for some it is merely the cost of the experience, sometimes people want to talk to someone, and other cases people want to enjoy themselves in a “Taxi Cabs Confessions” kinda a moment). For myself, it usually has to do with my own experience in the ride, how fast I get somewhere, how the drive acts, etc. because I’ve been in cabs for many a reasons—going to the airport, being late for work, coming home late from bar-time—so my experience varies. (Plus having cabbed around in Tacoma, Seattle, SF, and DC, pricing for cabs vaaaries, so my enjoyment is what matters the most.)
This piece is a two-for-one (for the win!) about my best and worst experience in a cab. So, let’s start with the good!
Favorite Cab Experience
Once upon a time I visited a little city full of gays, diversity, and fog called “San Francisco.” On this particular evening, I was dashing between friends who were having a houseparty and friends who were out at a club in the Mission. Due to the urgency of this trip, my friend Melissa and I dashed up and down the block until we waved down a cab.
I can’t even BEGIN to explain the magical find that this cab was. Not gonna lie, we’re not hard to please. We found a “party cab” where it literally feels as though you’re having an amazingly epic dance-party, while sitting and being transported to your destination. I’m talking flashing lights, bumping music, just the right kinda atmosphere.
A of all: genius; B of all: fun; C of all: it was the only cab ride where I was like “Wait… it’s over… can’t we just go around the block just one more time…!!” My illustration of this is a blurry picture of m friend from that night—
Priceless.
Worst Cab Experience… EVER!!
In Tacoma, a friend and I were venturing from downtown t-town to return to the north end bars. She called a cab service that she uses frequently and we hopped in. The first bad sign was he didn’t know where he was going, which is weird because the bar we were headed to is pretty centrally located. My friend and I exchange looks, shrugged it off, and directed him.
Instead of taking the usual main streets, this fellow is taking a bunch of weird backroads. And as he’s doing so, he’s also driving a little swervey-like, and talking about his past DUIs!!!! My friend and I aren’t really engaging in conversation with him, he was just prattling on about it (while swerving, on backroads).
Yep, we had a drunk cab driver. Let me tell you, it’s bad for everyone involved. The whole point of the cab is that we were trying to avoid drunk driving, dying, and all the like. And it took forever because he took another backstreet which… didn’t take us the wrong direction completely, but we were definitely veering southwest instead of northwest (where the bar was). After driving through an intersection or two w/ stop signs, and exchanging a billion and one glances with my friend, we arrive to the bar. We quickly pay, with a little tip, and he just dashes away.
My friend and I… bewildered and thankful we didn’t die. Worst. Ride. EVER!!
But again, each experience is different for everyone. Your worst cab experience may out-do mine, and your best may do the same. Share your experience in-cabbing-transit either on our blog or our twitter account at https://twitter.com/LifeInTransitTJ or send us an email at LifeInTransitTJ@gmail.com and we may post your message / picture!!
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