Originally Posted by
theywontpayontuesday
I was just getting some air outside the valet lobby entrance and a taxi cab pulled up. The door opened and someone was heaving and puking out the open door with his head out. He made a mess on the car and street. His puke was red and gross. I figured the person would try weaseling out of the taxi cab not taking any responsibility and he didn't show the taxi cab driver any respect. The guy was using a towel to wipe off the visible puke and the taxi cab driver stood there as the man walked away. I had intended to get involved trying to persuade the drunk to pay up a lot of extra money, as this was what the taxi man wanted it turned out. The guy walked away about 5'8" wearing scum bag black and was Arabic with dark hair and olive skin. He had a smug look on his face as he waltzed to the lobby doors and he insisted his gf come inside the doors and not stand outside expecting him to pay up for his puke at all. If that girl was smart, she would reconsider her involvement with him and judge him again. I think the guy deserved an ass beating from someone. This arab drunk needs to learn his lesson, he was about 26, so he still has some time to grow as a man. My gut feeling, time and age would never matter, he just would always be a scum bag, an evil person.
The taxi man was asian, kind of skinny and stressed, and he just stood by the open taxi with his hands on his ribs, elbows being out. Like his silent disgust would make the man own up to what he had done and pay for the cleaning and time off. Saturday night ruined for him by this drunk. I mentioned the man shouldn't even be drinking as it's likely against his religion. The cab driver really echoed that back to me in waves and he kept repeating the idea and saying "those people" things like "they do it all the time bringing them here". I knew what he was trying to communicate, I'm not like others that show all kinds of judgement and tone making accusations while being as mean as what they claim they're offended by. He said he was going to have to take it somewhere to get the car cleaned first and I could tell this meant his earning time was over for the Saturday night. I just don't think it's right a man can afford to go out, where fancy clothes, wear gold, and then when he causes someone else damages, he wants the damaged party to pay for it that cannot afford his negligence. Evil men and evil women just always find a place in the world, we can never get rid of them.
This reminds me of a comment my friend, the late Johnny Mucha, gave when being interviewed by the State College newspaper for a bio piece. He was a cab driver at Penn State, and he acknowledged that as an independent contractor he was paid New York City rates without New York City risks. But, he said when asked what the main problem driving in a town like State College was, "Nothing is worse than a puker." And basically, whether the fare was man or woman, you had to lead them to their doorstep while they were stumbling drunk so nothing bad happened to them and then take your cab back to the cab garage to clean it up. You were renting the cab (and dispatcher) at an hourly rate, so this all came out of your pocket timewise. Plus you had to figure out how to convince a drunk to pay you for the ride.
John actually visited LV and stayed with me one time to scout the driving opportunities in the city, which paid about the same as State College but with a different set-up. That week, however, a cab driver was shot to death near the Strat, and John talked to many cabbies in LV during his visit, and decided no, he'd stay in State College, despite the downtime in the summer. State College, he decided, was more like driving in a resort.