Friday, June 26, 2020

The Sea-Tac International Airport Golden Goose Laid A Rotten Egg

Not Silly But a Very Bad Goose!

Nearly every Seattle Cabbie's dream position could said to be "working" the bountiful Sea-Tac Airport, harvesting all those Downtown hotel-bound business travelers---competition for past contracts always fiercely negotiated, everyone instinctively embracing this perpetual "Golden Goose," firmly believing the airport a "taxi nirvana," the ultimate beneficence from kind taxi gods.  While perhaps partially true pre-Uber, that all changing when the Port of Seattle began allowing Uber and Lyft  unfettered access; and quickly bringing us up to these current pandemic times, airport passenger traffic dropping precipitously to nonsensical levels, Sea-Tac cabbies averaging two fares every 12 hours heading to uncertain destinations.  Worse, though Sea-Tac deferred their $6.00 per fare gate fee, it is something still owed and paid at a future date, the Port of Seattle's abuse of area cabbies relentless, squeezing the poor for every last taxi dollar regardless of lasting consequence, all this made manifest by a shared erroneous belief in a mythical bird laying golden eggs, those same eggs now putrid and black, giving birth to nothing save abject misery and sorrow, tears moistening a now silenced tarmac.

City of Bellevue Ticket Update

Regular readers, I am sure, remember my unreal discovery that the east-side city of Bellevue tickets cabbies anywhere upon city streets 24 hours a day, even though we are parked legally.  And you might remember my vow to wreak revenge upon city officials in a courtroom setting.  Well, when that day comes I can't tell you because all traffic courts have been cancelled until further notice.  Who knows, they might even dismiss it before I ever appear before the judge but I'd rather have the pleasure of asking Bellevue's mayor why they hold and enforce such egregious policy.  It might be fun, depending upon my mood, Cabbie Lives Matter, Mister, Ms Justice Mad Hatter!

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