Seattle's Inane Driving Style is Now Beyond My Ordinary Tolerance
This past Gay Pride Sunday, June 25th, needing "grocery money," I drove a more or less day-long Uber shift. For the most part, it was easy money, essentially following the "money trail," taxi and Uber sharing basic traits, knowing where the "action is" a sure fire way of ringing up the dollar bills. But despite the money raining down upon my head on a sunny day, Seattle's dumbbell drivers were making me "nuts," seemingly never having learned how to swiftly proceed down a city street, not comprehending what "sharing the road" actually means when encountering congested roadways.
Working the P-69 Victoria Clipper, I was continually frustrated trying to get back to the surging crowd coming off the boat, two short fares allowing me time to come back for a third trip, luckily translating into a great fare, the gentleman heading south in what in WE in the business call a "deep Sea-Tac," his destination being the Sea-Tac Sheraton Four Point, a hotel located many blocks south of the airport.
It wasn't easy fighting my way back to P-69 but obviously worth the effort, fool Seattle drivers notwithstanding, reminding me once again I can't do this any more, because nothing ever changes in Seattle, repetition ad nauseam the City's thematic presentation to the unwary. To protest is in vain, to fight the BS is to go insane, and continuing the rhyme, guaranteeing you quickly lose your brain.
"Amateur Hour" Never Works
It appears that a "peer-based" advisory board designed to help end homelessness in Seattle and King County is on the skids, dysfunctional members making it impossible to get anything done. A photograph in the Seattle Times said it all, anyone thinking that this particular person featured in the article was a good political choice to decide anything, is naive, delusional and plainly dumb.
Which brings me back to my days as the Chair(man) of the thankfully defunct Seattle & King County Taxi Advisory Commission, the Seattle City Council, in its profound lack of wisdom, appointing members who more than having never driven a cab, could rarely afford to ride in one, meaning they knew zero to nothing concerning the taxi industry. It was a joke, which is why I resigned. Is insanity a new virtue, making one both saintly and wise? No, believe me, its not, madness is what it is, coherency instead a muted voice amidst all the shouting.
The Uber Driver Died
On June 16th, during an Uber ride in El Paso, Texas, the passenger, Phoebe Copas, shot her driver, Daniel Piedra Garcia in the head after reading a road sign saying "Juarez, Mexico, somehow believing she was being kidnapped. Of course, if you think you are in trouble, there are many alternatives other than "shoot first, ask questions later." Most obvious is, if indeed she was being taken to Mexico against her will, they would have faced Mexican Customs, providing ample opportunity to then alert authorities and escape. Dumbbell passengers, unfortunately, are commonplace but the kind of stupidity displayed by Copas is difficult to fathom. Garcia died after several days, his family taking him off life support. Copas remains jailed, now charged with murder, held on a 1.5 million dollar bond.
Baseball $$$ Days coming to Seattle Second Week in July 2023
Advance alert: Major League Baseball's All-Star Game is coming to Seattle. First events begin Friday, July 7th, with three more days of activities leading up to the grand finale on Tuesday, July 11, when the actual game will be played. There will be plenty of business for everyone. Also coming is a new Uber, Lyft and taxi Ride-Share lot located on 3rd Avenue South somewhere between S. Massachusetts and Hogate Streets. Don't know the details or how it will truly function and, most importantly, whether passengers will find their way there but maybe, just maybe it's a good idea. More details when I know them.
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