Lethbridge Taxi Driver

My Cab Smells Like Weed

2012-01-23T14:18:00.000-07:00

Every once in a while it smells badly like marijuana. Not sure what the cause is exactly. I thought at first maybe the heater core was overheating but the fact is I have no clue what would cause such a distinguishable smell from time to time.

It was hard to deny that I was smoking drugs or allowing others to do so in the taxi. It was embarrassing because it just seemed so obvious to people that I was getting high on the job. The fact is I was not.

Traffic Court Again

2012-01-18T15:26:00.002-07:00

I received two separate traffic tickets from the same police officer in less then a week.
One was for a burnt out brake light ($56 provincial) and the other was for crossing the center line ($30 bylaw).

I plan to fight these tickets to the full extent of the law and will have my day in court.

...Post details removed until after trial...

Good to Go

2012-01-16T21:42:00.001-07:00

This past weekend I was very nervous driving again. I was timid to say the least. After a few trips I started feeling more comfortable. It can be nerve racking picking up random people off the street. I just never know what kind of mood folks are in, how much they have had to drink, or what kind of drugs they have ingested.

For the most part I had a pretty good weekend. The students were back in town for the second semester and the bars were busy. I had many trips to the University of Lethbridge and surrounding area. I picked up a girl from Pulse and she was upset that she had forgotten her ID. I am pretty sure she was trying not to let me notice her crying but I did.

I picked up another young woman from Pulse and she called her boyfriend on the way home. He was instructed to come over to her house so he could literally get his ass waxed. She was going to heat up the wax when she got home. I thought it was strange but who am I to judge. I do some pretty strange things sometimes.

My last two nights ended with trips out to Coaldale and Coalhurst. I am very glad those guys did not attempt the drive.

I have noticed many people are still driving drunk and getting DUI's, crashing into poles, etc. Not sure that the new legal limit for alcohol tolerance has had much effect on people.

On another note I was approached to shoot a porn scene(s) in the taxi. I was informed of different scenarios that they seemed interested in doing. One included me driving around while they were filming and the girl would basically pick up a random guy off the street to do the scene with. I think that would be pretty interesting to be honest and have not ruled it out. I will not mention it again unless it actually happens.

A Reminder Not to Drink and Drive

2011-12-18T03:13:00.004-07:00

I have no idea if this person was drunk or not. One of the worst accidents I have ever seen. I took no pleasure in filming this. Between approximately 1:30-2:30am Sunday morning at 8th Avenue and Stafford Drive North. Although he appeared to be reaching for help before they cut the entire roof off and dismantled most of the vehicle he did not seem to be responsive as EMS loaded him into the ambulance.

Absolutely tragic. This would not be the first deady accident around that tight bend. Road conditions were excellent in my opinion.

Why Not - Part 2

2011-10-30T22:15:00.008-06:00

If you are unaware I am currently not driving a taxi. I have felt that something is missing in my life. The excitement that was readily available every time I got behind the wheel is no longer there. I have found other ways to feel that same excitement.

I described in detail the effort we put in preparing for "Why Not" so I will leave out most details because they are mostly the same. I was disappointed I did not have a picture of our last outing. This time I have some decent video footage, so it is pretty self explanatory.

In addition this was a fully consensual activity and she was not harmed in ANY way. Physically or otherwise.

Deadly Accident at 8th Ave and 13th Street North?

2011-10-08T04:00:00.003-06:00

At approximately 3:30am (by my estimation) it appeared that a single vehicle accident occurred at 8th Ave and 13th Street North.

It appeared that whomever was driving took out a light pole and crashed into a building on the opposite side of the road. It appeared that the vehicle was traveling southbound. That person seemed to be loaded into the ambulance already deceased.

This video was taken 15 minutes ago at approximately 3:45am.

From the 6th Avenue Standoff

2011-10-02T22:34:00.003-06:00

Just a visualization of the scene. At least as close as I was allowed. Full story here.
I did not capture the take down as this lasted over 6 hours and I do have better things to do.

This was the first video I took. I thought the guy was in the red brick building but he was not. Just another angle I guess.

I was pulled over and questioned after the following video so I mise well show it. I did not know the Lethbridge Police Service has such a robot. I assumed it had come from Calgary.

Why Not?

2011-08-28T22:09:00.003-06:00

The other night was one of the most interesting experiences I have ever had.

So I came up with this plan to be hogtied, handcuffed, and gagged. The plan was to drop me off at the emergency room and just let the events unfold. I realized soon after that this stunt could actually put someone’s life in jeopardy while they were helping me. So that plan was abandoned… My fantasy was not.

We came up with a new plan. One key to my handcuffs was to be taped to the inside of my shoe; the other key was with her, along with my identification.

I explained earlier to the officer at the police station that I was inquiring into the legalities of what I was about to do and if I could be arrested and charged with anything. I went right into it and said my plan included my arms being tied up with rope while handcuffed. I mentioned that I would be wearing a mask and a gag, also I would be wearing a collar and leash and someone would be leading me around.

After consulting with the police to understand the possible ramifications of our actions I was basically assured that as long as I was sober, wearing shorts, not harassing people, not waving at vehicles (for some reason that is illegal, I doubt that), and not going on private property that I was cool to do what I wanted.

The officer on duty informed me of an indecency law which I was not planning on violating by wearing shorts. He also mentioned that I may be subject to an arrest based on the Mental Health Act of Alberta, which would require a psychiatric evaluation. I believe this evaluation must be performed by a psychologist and they can hold you for 72 hours with a reasonable amount of certainty of a mental problem.

In this case I would have been able to convince the police that I was completely sober and had consented to everything that they had stopped me for. It was a good step to take.

So we took both of our vehicles and found parking quite easily near the Exhibition Park Fairgrounds during Whoop-Up Days, tonight is Midnight Madness and fuck it why not. I parked my vehicle about 150 yards North of the main gate. Her vehicle was parked 150 yards South of the main gate. We wanted to have our bases covered for a quick exit and taxis were also available at the main gate.

I assisted her in tying me up and putting on all the gear. First was the rope around my forearms (the handcuffs came later), then she put the white mask on my face. This was not just any mask; it was spandex and had zippers over each eye and one over the mouth. All three were open because I wanted to see (at least somewhat). Then we put on the collar and attached the leash, or maybe we put the gag on first. Anyway we were fast at work and ready to hit the street.

She got out of the car and opened my door, grabbed the leash, and we went to work. The first comment I heard was “I should smack you in the face” by some random guy. It was quite difficult for me to see and I was never able to look anyone in the eye (not that I wanted to). So I felt like we were off to a negative start. We really did not know what to expect from people in terms of their reactions to us. We knew this was going to be a busy place at that time of night on that particular day and we went ahead with our plan.

As she was leading me around I could only gauge people from their reactions verbally and once physically. I could only see well enough to avoid running into people or things, all the while being completely aware of where I was and what I was doing.

These are in no particular order, just what I remember:

I heard “I know that, that’s public humiliation.” She was pretty much spot on with that comment.

One dude yelled to the effect “give him a spanking, whoohoo” so she pushed me up against the fence of the Henderson Lake Golf Course, grabbed her flogger/whip, and gave me a few lashings right outside the main gate of the fair.

A group of girls asked me from across the street “are you ok man?” and because I had the gag in my mouth I lifted up my roped arms and handcuffed hands to give them the thumbs up.

These two other guys that were wearing costumes got the only picture of us. I had seen them walking around while we were parking. The one guy was wearing a green spandex type superhero uniform, he was accompanied by his blue spandex wearing superhero buddy. They were pretty cool and asked if they could take a picture, I nodded and they took one picture. I wish I had it.

When she saw younger children she pulled me aside to the parking area/bushes/trees/lake, but keep in mind this is Midnight Madness and its Midnight…so why not bring some real madness, and we did.

At one point she tied me to a pole with my leash and told me to sit on the ground. She then left me there briefly while teasing me as people were walking by in amazement of what they were looking at. While this was happening two young women that were walking across the street actually sat down to watch what was going on and eventually asked what we were doing.

There was no response from us because if you have to ask then you just have no clue. Now you have a clue, your first time seeing something like that maybe? Well it was the first time each of us has ever done that, at least at that level and in public.

I must have spent like 10 hours thinking and/or planning this activity to the finest detail. The “Show” if you will lasted around half an hour if I remember correctly. It was well worth the planning, especially had something gone wrong and we needed to rely on plan B or C.

She tried at one point to tie me to a tree but I think it was just a cover because some kids were coming by or she needed a break, I don’t know. Maybe she thought I needed a break but I remember her asking me at some other point “did those kids go by” I had not seen very many young kids and I’m glad we were able to hide a bit while they passed by. She didn’t use the whip a lot which was ok with me, but she definitely gave me a few good ones, while I am sure people were watching.

It was pretty intense, especially when she left me, which I was not expecting and even asked her very specifically not to do under basically any circumstance. I did not want to be left alone. I do trust this woman very much and I knew that she was not going to leave me. I could also see that she was just walking around her vehicle and maybe just watching me from a distance beyond the leash. She walked around the vehicle and came back and unleashed me from the pole.

Still in my handcuffs and rope bindings she made me sit on the ground as a few groups of people walked by. I am not going to lie I think it was a bit shocking to most people. I think the people giggling or even laughing were even less shocked than the people just minding their own business and walking by not having a clue of what they just saw or what to think of it.

What we did right was to mind our own business as we walked down a city sidewalk. As a matter of fact I was harassed by the public more than I harassed the public. It was expected, at least I had thought of it and other worst case scenarios. Being handcuffed is serious shit that I have had slight troubles just on my own getting them off (when put on incorrectly in an awkward position).

People were mostly positive about seeing us, a lot of people just laughed or giggled. One guy smacked me in the chest and said “way to go bro”. Other people were like “yeah dude, I want some of that”, at least that is how it sounded to me. All the cars that were driving by slowly had a good look also. All in all a very cool night and an interesting experience.

Oh and the police never became involved because we did nothing wrong. Once we were in the vehicle I wanted to go for one more pass but she convinced me to leave on a high note. It was a good call because as she was driving past the main gate to drop me off at my vehicle there were two police officers talking to someone at the main gate. For what reason I will never know.

In Progress

2011-08-15T13:49:00.006-06:00

Have You Seen This Guy?

2011-08-12T15:15:00.000-06:00

I don't have a picture but I see him riding his bike all the time. He wears this white hockey type helmet with a paintball mask and he rides his bike around mostly on the North side.

He ALWAYS has at least one other bike that he is holding with his hand while he rides. I have seen him once with two extra bikes.

This guy had some weird licence plate attached to his bike. I would just like to know what this guys deal is? Is he challenged in some way? Does he ride around stealing little kids bikes? Does he always have an extra bike in case one breaks down? Or what?

I intend to try to approach him next time just to meet him and ask why.

September is Approaching Fast

2011-08-12T15:06:00.002-06:00

I really don't have a reason for writing this other than I have been thinking about the business a lot lately and am really wondering whether or not I am up for it again.

I have seen such an influx of taxi companies in the last few years. When I first started there were three companies: A+ Taxi, Royal Taxi, and Lethbridge Cabs/Fifth Avenue Taxi.

It is hard for me to recall exactly who came first after that but here is my guess:

Rodeo Drive Taxi
Lethbridge Independent Taxi
Luxury Taxi

Kustom Cabz

Knight Rider Taxi

BWR Taxi and Delivery

Classy Cabs

Get 'R Done

AAA Taxi

Hat Taxi

Black Diamond Taxi - Thank you Bchopz

Did I miss any?

Although I am unsure I believe that Kustom Cabz was forced to cease operations because the owner had a previous drug dealing conviction which prevented him from obtaining a taxi permit from the city.

I have not seen Luxury Taxi in quite some time. I wonder if that guy ever got out of jail after stabbing a few people at the Corner Pocket. It is unlikely he would be able to obtain a taxi licence.

AAA Taxi I have not seen for a while either. Maybe his old car broke down.

Rodeo Drive Taxi and BWR Taxi and Delivery seem to have had the most success based on the fact that they have expanded beyond single owner operated vehicles.

Hat Taxi is quite new and I don't have an opinion yet. We don't live in Medicine Hat so I think they picked a bad name but it doesn't really matter.

I have taken a few hundred pictures from around town this summer so I will be posting some of them in the next few days.

Freedom of Speech

2011-05-16T05:17:00.001-06:00

All previously removed videos and recordings will be reinstated as I no longer have anyone looking over my shoulder. Most posts will revert back to the original including video and recorded commentary.

I will likely continue to censor myself in relation to race related posts, but am unsure.

Most XXXXXX words will be reinstated to the original in due time.

As you may know I was never happy censoring myself based on someone else's views.

Fuck them (you know who you are).

Lowest Gas Price In Town

2011-05-10T01:06:00.000-06:00

Billboard price 120.9, actual price at the pump 118.9. Average price in Lethbridge is 123.9/liter.

I asked the owner why he was the cheapest in town and he put it simply "lower margins = more customers".

Random......Wal-Mart Employee Fail.

2011-05-10T00:18:00.000-06:00

I went to Wal-Mart to have my oil changed. After the service was completed I paid and went outside to get my keys from the attendant when he realized he had left my keys in the ignition and locked me out of the vehicle.

Instead of becoming upset I saw the humour in the mistake and laughed it off.

A locksmith was called and arrived quickly.

I was calm and collective while the locksmith gained entry into my vehicle but became uneasy when his tool became stuck and he had to remove the entire inside door panel from my door in order to free his tool.

I should have asked for a free oil change but I enjoy an interesting experience every once in while.

A New Direction - September 2011

2011-05-08T03:58:00.000-06:00

It amazes me how people find this site by their searches.

The following is a compilation of the most popular searches that come across this blog; and in no particular order.

-prolapsed asshols gets hard fucking with big dicks

-hooker in action

-taxi gay fuck

-hookers on spy cams

-hookers in lethbridge

-taxi blow job

-taxispycam.com

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-medicine hat hookers

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-Taxi fucking video

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-finding crack in lethbridge

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-smoking crack in my truck

September of 2011 will definately see new content and unlikely to be related to the above.

Dead Body Saves Me A Traffic Ticket

2011-05-01T02:44:00.001-06:00

I was pulled over last night by one of Lethbridge's finest near the Tim Horton's on Scenic Drive for having a burnt out headlight. I knew it was burnt out so I had my fog lights on in an effort not to get pulled over. I also noticed while he was running my plates that I was not wearing a seatbelt. I may have taken it off after he pulled me over, I can't remember. He never mentioned the seatbelt or my burnt out brake light.

I gave the officer my drivers licence but failed to produce a valid insurance card. I do have insurance but the card was expired (that is a ticketable offence in itself).
All of a sudden he gives me back my licence and tells me he has to leave because his partner has a dead body on his hands and needs assistance so he let me off with a warning.

I was dumbfounded that he actually told me I was getting just a warning because he had to attend to a dead body. I am not even sure if I believe that was the truth. During the time the officer was at my window I did not hear any radio contact with his dispatcher to inform him that he was needed elsewhere. Maybe his dinner break was coming up, I will never know.

I likely would have a successful defence in court against a headlight ticket (because of my fog lights) but would have no defence against a failure to produce proof of insurance.

To the person that supposedly died,

It must suck that your dead but your timing could not have been better for me.

Thank you.

The Scam...

2011-03-28T02:57:00.003-06:00

Updated April 24, 2011.

This story was all about mispricing at local convenience stores. Most notably the Mac's convenience stores and the Shell Station. I believe that people have been paying more then the sticker price for common conveinience store items such as a pack of gum and a drink.

I have confronted the owners of the Mac's on 6th Ave. and the Shell on Scenic Drive for their what I consider malicious behavior and they did eventually change their sticker price to reflect the true cost of their product so I did not pursue this further.

I promise more taxi related stories in September of 2011.

As of this moment I am pissed right off that a local businessman has been misleading consumers and falsifying prices in order to mislead consumers to make a profit.

I called him out on his falsified prices last week where an argument ensued between him and I where he admitted there was a mistake (or rather that he was ripping people off).

I plan on bringing the video camera with me today to expose this business for what it does best... ripping off consumers with misleading/falsified pricing.

I have given this business fair warning and unless there have been any changes in the last week I will feel zero remorse for exposing this business as the con artist thieves that they are.

I am certain a video is coming soon.

Pictures

2011-03-19T03:26:00.012-06:00

This acreage owner allowed me to come onto his property to take some pictures of all the garbage that blows in from the city on one condition; that I pick it all up after. I obviously declined that offer and he let me film anyways. All the plastic debris appeared to be from commercial use and was most likely the result of construction companies building houses in the area. This property is located approximately just East of 43rd Street by the 6 Mile Common development.

In my opinion this is a clear case of gross negligence on the part of the developers of this area as well as the subcontractors hired by the property owners. The video says it all...

You assholes have encroached debris from your development and construction activities onto a landowner and in my opinion shall owe this person at a very minimum, clean up costs. Such as the reclamation costs afforded to oil companies. I am not a lawyer but this seems like a gross injustice to a random acreage owner,facing a huge clean up bill.

Am I wrong?

The rest were taken mostly around the Old Man River.

The following three are of the snow pile dump site the city has used all winter as of March 18.

The End.

2011-02-25T15:01:00.001-07:00

My stress level basically forced me to abandon my job. I have had enough. Not much else to say.

Just a Bit Awkward

2011-02-19T08:40:00.003-07:00

I picked up an XXXXXX guy from a strip club.

He was very hard to understand and did not speak English very well. We were able to communicate and I was on my way to take him to his Semi-Trailer by the XXXXXX.

He was leaning over his seat towards me (a little too close for comfort but he seemed OK) when he put his hand on my leg. It seemed like more of a friendly gesture rather than a sexual one. I removed his hand and didn't really say anything about it. I thought maybe this was acceptable behaviour in his country. He did not do that again.

He then started talking and all I really understood was blow job and sex. I thought he was propositioning me to be on either the giving or receiving end of those activities, especially after the hand on the leg incident.

I finally figure out that he wants a prostitute (thankfully it was not what I was originally thinking). So he tells me where to go (more less). It was as simple as any hooker pick up. A girl standing on the corner, he picked her up right in front of a cop at XXXXXX and it ended up being $100 to fuck. The first gas station was out of condoms so he tried another.

As a side note the weather was roughly -25 degrees Celsius and I was actually surprised that women were still working the streets. I guess they really don't have to wait outside very long because the demand is so high.

Got him and his hooker back to his Big-Rig and never saw them again.

He was more, mmmm , enough about this post.

NO TITLE... ONE OF THE LAST POSTS

2011-02-18T08:21:00.004-07:00

I likely would have driven you home for free instead of you driving home drunk. What did you expect me to do? Have one of my co-workers get killed in the process of you driving yourself home drunk?

Related to this http://lethnews.com/crime/two-incidents-of-impaired-drivers-2/#comment-932

I commented on this site "Johnny you had it all planned out man, I set up a time call for you to get picked up in the morning from your place to take you to work. I assumed you were planning on taking a cab home but after seeing you drunk at the Stone and driving home to the West Side and swerving into the oncoming lane and almost hitting a parked vehicle on the opposite side of the street that you were driving on I had no choice.

Sorry bro but that was YOUR DECISION to DRIVE HOME DRUNK. Good luck man.

I really feel bad because you mentioned you were a mechanic and you will likely lose your job over this and perhaps not even qualify to be a corrections officer.

I gave you every opportunity to take a cab and I likely would have just drove you home as a friend had you called and asked for me, even though I only met you that night.

Do not take the chance and call a friend or family member or take a cab, even the bus at certain times".

...............................................................................

I know (well I have never met him but I feel like I know him) a fellow blogger all the way in Fredericton New Brunswick that has basically started driving a taxi and blogging about it a few years ago because his daughter was killed by a drunk driver. I wish I had such a noble cause for doing this job but I do not. Check his site out at http://frederictoncabby.blogspot.com/

No more posts for at least a month from now,

2011-02-15T05:41:00.002-07:00

I need to reduce my stress level and this is just not doing it for me.

Please check back in a month or two. I will not even be checking my email so don't even bother, I need a break from this internet bullshit.

Check back later.

The Crack Smoking Tranny Hooker

2011-02-15T03:50:00.001-07:00

Don't ask me how I get myself into these situations, especially on a day off. I decided to drive downtown to get some off sale and have a few drinks when this woman/man (whom was known to me) asked for a ride.

I said if the place was still open for off sale sure, if not too bad.

Well they were open and I got what I wanted and decided to give this person a ride to the North side, which I have done previously in a taxi so I thought nothing of it.

Well I guess he/she decided she was going to get some crack and had to find his/her (from now on "her") cell phone, she came back to my truck and asked me to wait a couple of minutes because I said previously said that she had five minutes and I was leaving. That five minutes was up and she came back just in time because I was about to leave.

So she did not find her cell phone and came into my truck with a portable phone and called her crack dealer on the phone. The plan was to meet at the XXXXXX in ten minutes. I drove there and parked on the street and was starting to get impatient when she decided to go inside the hotel and use the front desk phone to call her dealer.

She asked me to pull into the alley around back and I felt very uneasy about this but did it anyway. I spotted her dealer standing beside a large garbage bin. The deal was made quickly. I offerered this woman a ride home and she asked if she could smoke the crack in my truck. I declined and offered her the ride home. She said if I let her smoke a hit she would get off here. I said fine and have never seen anyone smoke crack before and it was an intriguing experience, to say the least.

She pulled out the pipe and put the "rock" in it's place and I gave her my lighter she tilted her head back at first and lit the crack up and gradually started letting her head down and did not exhale until all of the crack was fully consumed.

She kept telling me that she wanted to suck my cock and kept trying to fondle me. I said I was only interested in taking her where she wanted to go. Let's not forget that this woman is actually a guy.

I take her to the North side after I surprisingly let her smoke crack in my truck, just to see the process I guess.

That's enough about that. XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX Ecstasy XXXXXX.

Police Chases

2011-02-13T08:33:00.011-07:00

I do not like to criticize the Police in Lethbridge but I have to rant about this:

Related to this http://lethnews.com/crime/driver-of-stolen-vehicle-leads-police-on-wild-chase/

I believe that the Lethbridge Police give up too early on chases with dangerous drivers/offenders. What ever happened to the precision immobilization technique (P.I.T.) maneuver. I realize we are not in the states and maybe I watch too much television.

Oh the guy swerved into the ditch and managed to keep going, well lets call off the chase. Maybe when they kill someone we might be able to stop them, if they decide to pull over. If they don't then I guess we will try to catch them another day.

Well the police gave up on this driver and he later robbed a gas station in his stolen vehicle. What would the police have to say if one of these employees was killed during the robbery? Oh our cars can't go that fast or we were too tired to chase him. I realize it could be in the publics interest not to pursue certain drivers but the 500 block of 43 Street in the industrial area, there is very little risk to the public to pursue in this area. I guess by backing off you said to this guy "yeah feel free to do what ever you want in your stolen vehicle" and he did just that and robbed a gas station and allegedly caused bodily harm to one of the employees. It's ridiculous.

I say stop these criminals in their tracks and not wait for another day. Get tougher on chases where a person will not stop, there is clearly a reason for them not doing so. Deploy some spike strips or something.

I believe the current situation in Lethbridge is to evade the police as fast as you can because they will call off the chase and you will be free to do whatever you want to do, including robbing gas stations, etc.

This must change.

Thanks for eventually catching this guy.

It Looked Like a Homicide Scene

2011-02-13T07:39:00.006-07:00

Except their was no homicide.

Updated Link of the press release. I am not "allowed" to post this information so see it here... http://lethnews.com/crime/female-hits-male-with-a-car-jack-at-mcdonalds/

From my understanding of the article it was group beating (7 Vs. 2 ). No information was released about the cause or instigation of the assualt.

I went to this downtown restaurant to get a customer and the police were everywhere. I was following the ambulance into the parking lot when it stopped and started reversing, I stepped on the gas and made sure to avoid getting hit while looking for my customer.

It appeared that they did not have the scene taped off so I decided to go inside. There was blood everywhere. Blood was all over the South East part of the store, it was smeared all over the wall and everywhere on the floor. There was blood spatter and blood drops all over the entire area. It was a really fucked up scene and I was surprised I was able to just walk in.

I believe what happened was that a small brawl took place in the restaurant. Eventually I saw at least two people in custody and it appeared as though a mother of one of the "victims" had eventually picked up her son and friends. The one guys shirt was ripped so badly I was surprised he was still wearing it and the other guy was pretty bloody and he definitely got a couple of shots to the face.

People were still eating their burgers in the far side of the restaurant and did not seem to care at all of what was happening in the restaurant (with the police and ems). I was probably still able to place an order as they appeared to still be open and likely could have eaten in one of the bloody booths if I wanted to.

I hope none of the blood contained any Hepatitis C because that would be a double whammy for this place if anyone contracted that blood-blood disease.

I would have liked to show a picture of the inside of the restaurant but I did not want my camera being seized again.

People With Mobility Issues Can Have a Really Hard Time Getting Around Lethbridge

2011-02-11T08:14:00.000-07:00

I have seen a couple of situations recently that have saddened me.

The first was the other day near the Enmax center on the road leading to the College. It seemed quite obvious to me that a man in an electric powered wheelchair was having troubles (he was stuck in the snow on the side of the road) and after watching 5-7 vehicles pass him without any regard I stopped in the street and asked him if he was ok. He said he was stuck. I immediately pulled over and it seemed as though another woman had already done the same and was walking towards him.

He said he was trying to get to the bus loop at the College to catch the bus. The woman and I managed to get him unstuck and he kept trying to travel forward but only one of his wheels was getting any traction and he kept sliding into the snowbank. I suggested that he use the sidewalk on the other side of the street because it appeared to be shoveled and was much less dangerous than driving his wheelchair against somewhat heavy oncoming traffic (from people leaving the Hurricanes Game) where cars were swerving to avoid him. He mentioned that the sidewalk was not an option because once he got to the end there was no ramp for him to get off the sidewalk.

I kind of doubt that there would not be a ramp at the end of the sidewalk but I am sure he would know more about that than I would. After he was unstuck there was not much more we could do to help him and he seemed to be continuing on his way. To the five - seven cars (at least that I saw) that drove past this person in front of me you should be ashamed of yourselves for not offering some help. It was clear that he was stuck and all you did was swerve around him in a hurry to get yourselves to where you were going.

On the same night I believe I was driving along Fourth Avenue near 6th Street and noticed a person lying in the crosswalk. It appeared that she had fallen while using her walker to cross the street. I slowed down to see if that was the case or not and it appeared as though a female bus driver and another random citizen were trying to help her back up but it did not seem to be going that well. I parked right away and was going to offer some help but it appeared that they had gotten her back on her feet so I stayed in the car.

Please if any of you ever see someone struggling on the side of the road that clearly has a disability or mobility issue please be more compassionate and offer a hand. I couldn't believe how many people just drove by the guy at the Enmax center, I wonder how many others had that I didn't see.

I Knew Your Were Trouble From The Start

2011-02-10T02:23:00.001-07:00

So I get a trip at this taco place and I was assuming it was going to be a normal fare, maybe a staff member going home as I was led to believe. Well it wasn't.

I see three females walking towards me and I thought I recognized the one and almost drove off right then and there but I could not be sure so I gave them the benefit of the doubt and let them in the car. The one girl told me that she worked there and I doubted that right away because I was overwhelmed with the wretched smell of liquor, Lysol, and Listerine, and or a combination of those substances.

I was immediately suspicious because this woman had lied to me about working there, I am sure of it.

So they tell me where they want to go. I kept the light on and told them that it was going to be around $13 and asked for that amount. The one woman pipes up "No it is not going to be that much, it is only around $10. I said fine and asked for the $10.

It became the classic "oh we have the money what you don't trust us, are you racist", I said I didn't mean any offence but that I needed the money first. The one woman asked the other to pay this XXXXXX his $10. She was looking through her purse and I knew none of them had it. One woman pipes up "I have a bank card", I said to the effect that would not do and I needed cash. I was asking them to leave when one woman opened her door and started pestering another woman to come talk to her. The woman was with her children and was wise not to respond because I am quite sure she was just trying to get money out of her.

So after waiting a considerable amount of time and no one was even looking to see if they had any money (likely because they knew they did not) I said it's either $10 or get out. The one woman pipes up about how I am on her land and that she is going to kill me and all the classic racist comments. I am surprised that she said she was going to kill me over not giving her a ride and I really should have escalated this situation to a police level at this point because she had threatened to kill me and I take that very seriously.

I forgot to mention that I ended up remembering this woman from a similar previous encounter and a very similar argument about having to go to the XXXXXX, which they were not going to this time, but her residual piss from her pants had upset my next passenger and ended my night.

"Drunken Bums" post.
http://canadiantaxi.blogspot.com/2010/12/drunken-bums.html

I am sure she must do this shit all the time because she mentioned a few things that I now know to look out for from getting ripped off in similar situations and I was amazed at her audacity to ask me to call her a different cab from another company. They ended up going back into the taco place and I sure the staff was not happy to have them back.

I am sure most of you know that liquor can mess you up pretty good, but really stay away from the Listerine and the Lysol.

Some very cool photos of Lethbridge from a local photographer.

2011-02-07T20:49:00.004-07:00

Courtesy of Danny Ponomar http://www.dapo.ca/

Do YOU know where this is (the picture below)? If you travel around Lethbridge you have seen it plenty of times, perhaps not like this.

XXXXXX

2011-02-07T15:59:00.002-07:00

XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX camera XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX upskirt XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX tits XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX.

Yeah I guess that sums it up with zero understanding of what happened. I am suprised at your response after you found the XXXXXX and did what you did.

Driving a drunk Woman home

2011-02-06T11:58:00.012-07:00

I believe that I was waiting outside of XXXXXX when you asked for a ride. I said it was fine and you introduced yourself as XXXXXX and said that you were waiting for your friends. A short time later your friends got in the car and you asked me if I wanted a bite of your hot dog and you were wondering why it cost you $4.00 for a hot dog. Your friends ended up mentioning that you were hitting on the “homeless bald hot dog stand guy”, it was funny. Also this guy is not homeless and probably brings in 80K a year from drunk people looking for a hot dog.

I thought you were cute and was asking where you were going. Someone mentioned XXXXXX Place West. I started driving there and you would not stop asking me if I wanted a bite of your hot dog basically the entire trip. To be honest it was quite annoying every time you asked me to take a bite of you half eaten hot dog (around 15 times).

Never the less I thought you were cute and we were chatting about the University and you mentioned you were a XXXXXX major.You mentioned the restaurant XXXXXX and we sort of planned a date there but I knew you were doing tequila shooters or whatever so I just went with the flow.

You wanted to make out with me on numerous occasions and even invited me into your place at the end of the trip and I was definitely down with that but I do not take advantage of anyone, EVER, And this seemed to be one of those situations where I have the fiduciary duty to protect my passengers (YOU) , I would have liked to at least give you a kiss on the cheek (and I should have), especially after all of the interesting bondage conversation that we had, that you had convinced me of being a hobby of mine.

I am not going to lie and say that I did not find you very attractive, especially in your very revealing black dress but I have a strong inclination that you will not remember me at all, and that is fine. XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX

I Remember When...

2011-02-06T07:22:00.000-07:00

I hear many "Remember When" stories after picking people up from the bar and I am going to start posting more of them because after reading over my last few posts it really is kind of depressing what I have written about recently. You may have had to be there to understand the humor in it all but I try my best to describe.

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"I remember when you used to carry around a plastic bag full of rocks when you were out walking your dog so your neighbors would believe that you were actually picking up your dogs shit, which you were not, lol". "Yeah have you ever picked up warm dog shit with a thin plastic bag, I sure fooled them with my bag of rocks".

"I remember when "XXXXXX" passed out on the street and we paid that hooker $30 to pee on him and she did"

"I remember when... more to come.

A sad story retold in the first person as I remember it being told to me

2011-02-05T06:45:00.000-07:00

When the cab arrived I got in and told the driver where I was going. I was pretty drunk because I really don't drink that often and asked if I could smoke a joint in the car if I rolled the window down. The driver said no.

I don't know why but I started telling the driver about the time my grandfather, who was like a father to me because he basically raised me, had died in a car crash.

I remember moments before the crash seeing a red car and there was no way to avoid it and my grandpa swerved and took the brunt of the impact on his side of the vehicle. I remember the EMS was working on him and had given me hope that he was still alive but I knew he was already dead and was trying to block out the scene in my mind.

My family was blaming me for his death because I was begging for him to give me a ride to school that day and he did not want to because there was a blizzard. After my persistent request for a ride to school my grandpa decided to give me the ride and my family believed that if it were not for me wanting a ride to school that day he would still be alive.

I couldn't handle the stress of watching my grandpa die before my eyes and my family was blaming me for his death and that same day, Jan 1st 2008, I decided to try and kill myself. I was in my house and had the rope tied around my neck and was standing on the chair when my brother knocked on the door. I told him to go away but he would not take no for an answer and I finally took the rope off from around my neck and stepped off the chair to go smoke a joint with him outside and talk to him about what happened.

There is not a day that goes by in my life that I don't think about what happened and after overdosing three times on the prescribed medication I was given my psychologist and attorney agreed that I should just smoke weed so that is what I do now.

I don't have a prescription but I used to be in a gang so I have some good hookups, I basically just call up my old buddies and say I need an eighth on credit and I get hooked up no problem.

This is the place thanks for the ride man.

I am not going to comment on this but a link is ok

2011-02-04T00:51:00.003-07:00

http://lethnews.com/crime/taxi-driver-robbed-overnight/

Special Mention

2011-01-30T07:50:00.002-07:00

A shout out to M.C. in the CJ program at the College. It was a pleasure to meet you.

Passed Out Cold

2011-01-29T06:55:00.006-07:00

I was sent to pick up a woman from a bar at 4:00am and I assumed that she was staff because I could not imagine why anyone else would still be at a bar at 4:00am (After all was said and done I doubt she was staff). Upon arrival I waited for a few minutes and this absolutely gorgeous woman starts walking toward the cab in her very revealing and tight fitting blue miniskirt.

How do you describe "insta-boner". Not the best term but I see and meet a lot of women and this girl was off the charts, 15 out of 10.

So she got in the cab and I said hello. She seemed cool at first and was really trying hard to pull her skirt down to cover more of her legs. I acted relaxed about it and as much as I wanted to check her out more than I already had I was looking at the bar mostly because she said she was waiting for her friends to come out.

She started talking some gibberish about having to take care of people in 8 years or something. She asked me what I thought about it and I just agreed not really knowing what she was talking about.

So we are waiting and waiting for her friends to come out from the bar and I was getting a little impatient but to be honest with a hot sexy woman like that sitting beside me I gave her friends all the time they needed. I was trying to make small talk with this woman and it wasn't really going that well because everything she said was complete nonsense. Our conversation was not long and I noticed that she was starting to get comfortable and sleepy. I really thought that her friends were still coming out of the bar.

I am not going to mention any of the conversation with my dispatcher here but there was some failure in communication likely due to equipment problems.

I finally figure out that no one else is coming out of the bar and at this point the woman is passed out cold. I tried to wake her up by talking to her, grabbing her knee and shaking it, etc. I knew she was pretty much done at this point and I was holding her head and gave her a couple of soft slaps in the face and there was no response what so ever.

I wasn't sure what to do at this point because she never even said where she was going so I had nothing to go on. At this moment all I wanted to do was to help her get home but I had no way of doing that at all.

I had no choice but to go to the Police Station and ask for help. They responded quickly and began by shaking her just as I had done with no response. They made sure that she was at least breathing and opened one of her eyelids and shone a light in her eye, still no response. The police performed another quick test by placing a pen in her hand and squeezed her hand, still no response.

They called for an Ambulance and they arrived quickly as well. I am sure it is nothing that they have not seen before but it was a first for me that I was not able to wake someone up that has passed out. While the Police and EMS crew were trying to wake her up once again an EMS member said from a distance "If you don't wake up you are going to be in a diaper in 20 minutes". I thought it was a strange thing to say considering that she was clearly unresponsive. Perhaps it is the fail safe method to make sure that she is not faking it. She wasn't faking it.

The officer had mentioned that she may have been drugged at the bar. I would not doubt that at all.

So they sort of had a hard time getting her out of the cab and she was at least somewhat moving a little at this point, there was a lot of attention on her. She was barely moving and I mentioned to the response team that I did not want her puking in the taxi and was basically suggesting to get her the fuck out of the cab because she started leaning over into middle of the car.

They got her out of the car and into the ambulance.

I would like to say that this never happened and that I got this woman home safely. Looking back on it I think I did just that and I had no choice but to do what I did. I hope she wasn't raped or anything like that inside the bar and she may have been lucky to get a guy like me that had zero intentions of harming her in any way.

The Stone Opens January 26th, 2011

2011-01-28T09:11:00.005-07:00

My opinion/comments.

The Stone opened this past Wednesday and was full to capacity throughout the evening. As a cab driver I hear about many businesses opening before they actually do (especially bars, restaurants, etc.) and I knew relatively nothing about this one until the day they opened.

The former Blarney Stone has been closed for about a year now because of ownership problems and in my opinion unwise business practices which I have written about before.

I am very happy to hear that The Stone is under new ownership. And when I found out they are truly new owners, and not a random non-arms-length transaction between friends and family I was quite thrilled to be honest (although I have some doubts about this because I am unsure of one of the former owners interest in the bar, I have to question whether or not he is an employee or a "stakeholder"), but who cares right.

Either way I believe that this bar will prosper. I walked inside the bar tonight during my shift and gave myself a good tour of the bar. There are definitely some changes that have happened but it has been so long since I have been in the bar that I just can't be sure what was there before and what was changed.

I believe that they have replaced the flooring throughout some of the bar and have added a large step up dance floor/stage area. The tabletops seem to have been replaced (and/or altered) and the booth's reupholstered. There are a couple of new games to play in the bar and they still have the two pool tables near the kitchen and patio area.

Other than the kitchen and bathrooms I walked throughout the entire bar and the one thing I noticed the most was how clean everything seemed to be and the place looked much nicer and a little less dark than I remembered it, maybe thanks to the big screen TVs and large projector screen in the middle, as you might have remembered it from before.

The bar is right in the middle and is very large (maybe 60 feet+ approximately) and give full viewing pleasure of the game you are interested in. Maybe even the cute bartender. They also have a shooter bar closer to the entrance than the bar (for the busier nights).

I believe that I was the only patron in the bar during this time (11:30pm) and I was greeted immediately by the bartender, I walked around a bit and another woman that worked there appeared out of the kitchen and asked if I needed anything/ a drink . Without any advertising or anything that I have heard about I was surprised this Wednesday was a complete success, I wonder how they did that exactly and if they relied on word of mouth or something else.

I also did not see the menu but I am sure that has changed also. I guess I will have to check it out on a night off to see how things have really changed.

Next Thursday they are going to bring in a mechanical bull (and apparently for every Thursday after that) so come check it out. I am sure you must be interested in a change of scenery. I saw that bull tonight (Feb 3rd) and it was huge. I asked how much the bull weighed and it's handler told me around 800 pounds.

As I was looking over the menu tonight (February 3rd) I noticed and have heard about their Hot Wings Challenge. Apparently after signing a waiver you must eat just 6 Hot Wings and lick your fingers clean within a 15 minute time frame, after that you must wait five minutes before having a drink of water. If you are successful you get a t-shirt and a free beverage and if you lose the challenge you get your picture hung on the wall of shame.

I wonder if it would have been a better idea to get your picture on the wall of success for completing the challenge.

Doodlespeil Curling Tournament

2011-01-28T07:10:00.000-07:00

I spoke with one of the organizers of the Doodlespeil Curling Tournament and have learned that it is basically a bunch of seismologists that get together to curl and network with each other, while having a few drinks. They used to hold this tournament in Banff until the rink had some problems so for the past two years or so they have been coming to Lethbridge.

It is definitely an influx of business to Lethbridge because most people were staying in hotels and going to restaurants and taking cabs, etc.

I thought it was interesting that people were walking around downtown at 1:00 am carrying their curling brooms around. I flagged a few folks from a local hotel and they had their brooms with them and what not and I assumed they were going to the curling rink, well I was wrong because I guess they were planning on going to the strippers before their game, awesomeness. I want to be a part of this curling tournament/get away.
I guess they had some problems last year getting cabs so they made arrangements with some local companies to provide additional service for them.

I remember being sent to a popular bar in the early morning hours and after I saw a few curlers waiting for a ride at the curling rink I basically said fuck the bar and helped these curlers get to their hotel. They definitely brought me a lot of business this weekend and I hope they come back to Lethbridge next year.

Random Pictures...

2011-01-23T08:23:00.004-07:00

I have no idea about this picture, I must have taken it a while back and it seems to be a random car accident.

Someone crashed into the bus stop at 6th Avenue and 5th street.

The two darker photos, such as the one below, are of a porcupine that was resting in a tree at the University of Lethbridge. A better photo of a porcupine can be seen here http://www.lethbianlove.ca/2011/01/17/look-at-this-prick/.

As I was washing the car blood starting coming from the tire and it appeared as though a liver popped out of one of the tires. I was thinking "what the fuck", I looked around the wash bay and there was blood everywhere. Then one of the gas station employees came to the bay and told me to watch out for the porcupine because I guess the previous person to use the car wash had hit a porcupine. It was pretty disgusting and I took a few quick pictures.
I hope it was not the same porcupine that I saw at the University earlier this week.

Thank You

2011-01-21T06:48:00.004-07:00

Thanks again to the two guys who helped me get unstuck on Columbia Boulevard last night, by Cash XXXXXX's place. Although I was not stuck that bad I would have had to start digging myself out had you not offered a push, thanks again.

Here is a quick drawing of the scene because I clearly have too much time on my hands.

Not Sure About This One, I May Remove It.

2011-01-16T10:24:00.007-07:00

So I met this girl the other day, through a hooker acquaintance. We were chatting and it was really some weird conversation. After a considerable amount of time she mentioned that she had tried to kill herself earlier in the week and that she was being charged with assault after biting one of the nurses in the psych ward.

She asked me if I wanted to see her bruises and I said "sure why not", so she began to show me literally every bruise on her entire body of where the restraints were holding her down. The epoxy remnants from the tape to hold the intravenous needle in place was still on her arm so I figured she was fresh back on the street (not that she was homeless).

I spent over an hour (maybe two) with this woman and we were just hanging out more than anything. She was very interesting and I have to say that I really liked her, or maybe I enjoyed the conversation and felt somewhat sympathetic. Either way it was definitely an experience in itself just being with her.

So I took her to her apartment and she mentioned that the police had "raided" her apartment days earlier. I assumed it was for drugs because she said she was a XXXXXX but it became apparent that it was in an effort to save her life.

I have never done this before but this woman had gained my trust, and the feeling was mutual I am sure. She asked me if I wanted to see what the police had done to her apartment and I did want to see, so I went with her into her apartment and it was a complete disaster area. There was stuff everywhere and everything was turned over and the place was in complete shambles, as she was showing me around her place it was hard to find a place to step that was actually floor and I even broke a couple of things that were on the floor. I am somewhat sure that her appartment must have been in disrepair even before the police arrived because it was pretty bad.

At one point during our visit she decided to go to the door and lock it and put the dead bolt in place, this made me a little uneasy because it seemed unnecessary at the time and I was thinking "what is she thinking?".

So she showed me where the police had kicked in her bathroom door and the door handle was missing and the entire scene was just completely fucked up. The light switch was missing as was the light fixture on the ceiling. I was starting to wonder what I was doing in this place but it was really something else and I was intrigued. She seemed more than enthused to show me around.

Like I mentioned she said she was a XXXXXX and she showed me her escape ladder if "shit ever hit the fan", she opened her apartment window and took the screen off before tossing this 15 foot chain ladder out the window. It was loud and I think it hit the neighbors window below us. The neighbors in the next building were starting to watch us so she pulled up the ladder and I closed the window and the blinds.

I guess she decided now was a good time to change clothes and she turned her back to me and did exactly that. I was starting to believe that this woman had brought me up there to try to seduce me but seriously there was literally no where for that to happen because like I said there was stuff everywhere and her bed was covered with random shit including a full cookware set still in the box. Also I never would have done anything sexual with this vulnerable woman, I was acting as a friend at this point.

She opened a pack of cheap bondage restraints and strapped them around her wrists while trying to get them to stick to the wall, we could not get them to stick, enough about that.

Anyways, I helped her load some of her stuff into my car and I really believe that she was planning on just abandoning this place.

I really hope that if I ever see her again that she is doing better than she is now.

Random...

2011-01-13T08:36:00.001-07:00

Long story short (with as little detail as possible).

I picked up a known prostitute from the downtown area the other day and she was with three guys.

They told me where they were going and had to stop at a bank machine on the way.

While the two guys were using the machine to withdraw a fairly large amount of cash the hooker and another guy were conspiring to rob these two other guys and told me of their plan. I really wanted no part of it but it was already in place at this point.

So the two guys gave the hooker their money (very hesitantly), presumably to buy drugs and as soon as she was in that apartment building I knew she had succeeded in taking these guys. Her accomplice was still with the two other guys and I at this point.

He decided to get out of the car to try to find her after a few minutes and then it was just me and the two guys she had only recently told me she was trying to fuck over.

So there I was sitting with two guys that were starting to become very concerned that they had been had. I knew they were fucked over and I was just patiently waiting for them to figure it out. They finally did and they were pissed off and I don't blame them at all.

I have so much more with this story but I really have already said enough.

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I guess I could mention that during the trip she offered me a "free fuck" just so I could see how good she is. I gracefully declined her offer, mostly because I am not into that sort of thing with the hookers and I would never pay for something like that.

Even though it was "free" I do have morals and prefer to be STD free. Also on occasion she likes to spurt off peoples names that she has fucked for cash and often times I know these people and I do not believe that there is any way that she would have had any inclination that I might know some of the people whom she has fucked for cash, during this trip she mentioned a few random names and I knew two of them, both married, seemingly happily in my opinion but obviously not if you are paying for a hooker to fuck you in your taxi and or your home.

I would like to believe her every word but the fact is I do not. She could be going around town saying that she fucked me for all I know. I just find it particularly strange that she mentioned a couple of names that she could not have known that I knew, it was strange and I have to say that I do believe her.

You Have Had Too Many Drinks When.......

2011-01-08T05:06:00.001-07:00

I pick you up at a downtown bar and your friends are helping you into the cab because you can hardly stand on your own.

This was the only time I heard you speak the entire trip when you mentioned to the effect "hey are you coming over to party" to his friends while they were helping him into the car.

So his friends get him in the car and were asking him to tell me his address, he mentioned he was good to go and his friends went back to the outside entrance of the bar.

I turned around and asked this guy where he was going and what his address was. I was looking at him and he was definitely in his own world at this point and could not provide me with his address when I asked for it, a few times. It got old fast and I pulled back into the parking stall and put on the interior light, at least to try to get him to fucking wake up or whatever, but more less to let his friends know that this trip is going no where fast.

So one of his work buddies comes up to my window and asks me what is going on, I mentioned "I have been asking him address and he has not said a single word to me", so his friend opens the back door and manages to find the guys wallet, he found the guys id and told me the address. My next question for his friend was "does he have $20 bucks in there". The guys friend ended up giving me $20 from his own pocket to get his friend home. Also I am sure the guy would have been able to pay me but it was a good question to ask at the time because he was fucked up.

So I now know where this guy lives and have some cash to take him there.

Once we arrived at his residence I was seriously hoping his friend had told me the correct address from his ID and I wished that I had seen his address myself because when we arrived at the place I yelled "Is this your house, we are here, is this your place, etc." He seemed very confused and said nothing but his body language suggested that he did not want to go here and just wanted to sleep in the taxi. FUCK THAT.

This guy looked bewildered and I thought I was not at his house, he was literally non responsive but still functioning the entire trip. I turned on the interior lights and asked (yelled) "is this your house, this is where your friends told me to take you".

I was looking right at him and it was almost like he was passed out with his eyes still open and he was still moving. It was really something else, this guy was like a zombie.

So the time is 12:30 am.

After repeated attempts to get this guy moving out of the cab I got pissed off (within reason). I went up to the door where his friends told me to take this guy and I rang the door bell a few times until a woman appeared in the doorway. I asked "Is that your husband in the taxi", she responded "I am not sure but he is not home yet". I told her that he was confused and I needed her help.

She came out shortly afterwards and convinced him to get out of the car and we both helped him into the house. For everything that I did for this guy (all the while being paid I suppose) he would not stop his loud farts while we were helping him into the house. Even though we were outside I just felt disgusted while holding this guys sweaty armpit in my hand and listening to him fart.

I have nothing against this guy and I am sure he is just a random normal guy that had a couple to many. I feel that I performed my job very well in this situation.

Not really sure if this applies here but I just can not resist.... To the wife, at least he came home to you, some guys do not.

Happy New Years!

2011-01-01T08:56:00.002-07:00

Last night went pretty smooth all things considered. Most people were in good spirits and I enjoyed working last night. It was not as busy as Halloween for me most likely because there were more cabs on the road and the earlier part of my night was pretty slow.

Overall I had a great night tonight and am actually surprised that I did not have anyone that was even close to puking, I figured there would have been a couple of close calls and brought a couple of trusty Zip-Lock bags with me just in case. I am glad no one had to use them.

I only had one trip where the older guy seemed out of it, but I really could not have asked for a better night.

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I picked up this woman very early in the morning and she said she was from Calgary and it was a shock to her that I was XXXXXX and a lot younger than all of her cab drivers in Calgary. It also seemed to be a shock that I spoke English fairly well. After she got in the back seat she asked if she could sit in the front with me and I said it was OK.

Meanwhile she jokingly mentioned "I think you are cute but I don't want to get raped or anything like that", it was kind of a weird thing to say. I told her that she was safe and had nothing to worry about.

She got in the front and it was kind of awkward because she was almost in shock of my "appearance".

It must have been around 4:30am and I am sure that she had a few drinks but was not obnoxious in any way.

At one point she asked me if I wanted to pull over so we could chat and get to know each other. I don't believe that she was implying anything sexual and that she was just intrigued by me. To be honest I could have used a nice break and a good chat with this woman (which we were already having) but I never really responded to her request (fuck your a dumb ass).

She invited me to come snowboarding with her today and I declined only because I have to work and I really was not exactly certain of her intentions/state of mind. Honestly she was a cool woman and I enjoyed that trip more than she will ever know, perhaps we both would have enjoyed it more had we stopped for our "conversation".

I have said it before and I will say it again, when it comes to this job I really do try to act professionally.

Weekend Randoms - To be updated

2010-12-30T09:31:00.004-07:00

So on my very first trip on my very first day back from a nice break for the holidays I had a terrible trip. It started off OK I guess but the guy would not put his cigarette out and I told him to "put it out or throw it out", he finally complied and I started driving the few blocks to his address.

I thought this guy was a little drunk and it was only around 6:25 pm. My account of our conversation:

Him: "Hey I know you I have seen you before, we partied together right"?

Me: "No I don't think so, I am not sure I have seen you before, where was it that we partied together"?

Him: "Oh you know, you know....(no answer)"

Me: "No I am pretty sure I have never met you before"

Him: He offered his hand and said "I am XXXXXX", I complied and shook his hand and told him my name.

Him: "So what are you high? You must be, you look so stoned? You are stoned right? Man you gotta be stoned. I knew it you are high."

Me: "I believe that you are mistaken and I am completely sober."

This really was a shorter trip and I only drove this guy a few blocks.

Him: "What are you a fag, are you a fairy, I could take you right now you want to go (fight)?"

Me: Starting to become concerned because this assholes demeanor is starting to change rapidly without any provocation "You are mistaken and I do not want to fight you, we are almost at your house so just calm down and relax."

Him: "You fucking calm down mother fucker, you are going to get whats coming to you, lets do this right now, step the fuck out and we will finish this right now."

Me: "Calm down we are at your house, I am not going to fight you, it's $9 bucks."

Him: "$9 bucks are you fucking with me you fucking XXXXXX, go fuck yourself, how does $8 sound."

Me: "Relax, $8 is fine."

As he stumbled out of the car and fell flat on his ass. I did not get out of the car and locked my doors immediately. He showed me the finger and told me to go fuck myself and that he could take me. Honestly this guy was fucked up on something, I assumed is was cocaine and he was definitely acting overly aggressive and I was calm the entire trip, which is why I assume nothing worse happened.

I drove down the alley where I dropped this asshole off assuming I had just realized a loss when I said fuck it and went back to the residence and had the police called to that address. It was a non-emergency call and I sat their for around 40-45 minutes when the police officer finally arrived. I had no problem waiting because I wanted to see what would happen and I had a legitimate charge of Transportation Fraud against this fuck (because he never paid me).

While waiting for the police the father actually came out and offered to pay for the fare. I was so upset at this point that I declined the money and asked him to wait until the police arrived to deal with them. I guess had he came out right away and payed me I would have accepted, put I already called the police because I was not about to go knock on the door and get in a fight with whomever was behind that door, are you kidding me? So I waited and waited and the police arrive and I tell them my story.

I have never felt more intimidated and threatened by a person before but he never really did anything illegal other than not pay me. So when the police arrived they were let into the house and I was subsequently paid my $10 and was asked to leave while the officer was going to try to offer some emotional support to the family and/or the asshole drunk. I guess the officer determined that he was not doing cocaine and had some sort of alcohol related mental episode. How are you qualified to make an immediate physchiatric evaluation?

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I picked up a former XXXXXX XXXXXX Professor from the XXXXXX XXXXXX later in the evening and he was with a hooker and they were going downtown to get whatever they were getting. We finally arrived at the XXXXXX XXXXXX and while she is waiting for the crack (I assume) she asks the Professor to come in to have a threesome with XXXXXX while waiting for the crack (I assume). He intelligently declined and I took him back to his hotel. He was very smart not going into the XXXXXX XXXXXX because they likely would have taken him for all he was worth and more. That is how the crack whores operate, they latch onto someone with money and will not let go until they let go of them.

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Even later I was sent on a call to the West Side and when I arrived I witnessed a bunch of XXXXXX fighting in the doorway of the residence, I saw around ten people inside the entrance to the house and it appeared as though they were trying to eject a certain female from the party. She was removed from the residence at least twice and she managed to get back into the house when I notice a male pick her up and he threw her down the stairs hard. I backed up because I could not see it she was OK or not and it appeared as though she was unconscious at first but came to shortly afterward.

I should have drove off right then and there but this shit intrigues me so I stuck around. This woman gets up and starts trying to bash one of her friends vehicles drivers side window with her fist.

So I let her and her boyfriend in the car and after hearing all her bullshit drunken fucking XXXXXX shit I am sorry to say that she probably deserved much worse. You think your boyfriend should defend you against his own family after all the shit you pulled? Go back to the XXXXXX.

Thanks for not paying me by the way? Do you not think I know where you LIVE? Fuck you.

WTF?

2010-12-19T05:58:00.001-07:00

I was sent on a trip to XXXXXX at the Lethbridge XXXXXX and notice some people standing on the street arguing, it seemed like a normal argument. I waited and waited and finally gave up on them and slowly drove away to the actual bar where I was sent to. There was no one there so I went to the front lobby and a staff member had asked me to take her customers home. Well it was the same customers that were on the street and I turned around and they were still arguing. A fight nearly ensued and one of the bouncers was trying to intervene and they got into a shoving match. I was casually watching the scene expecting some fists to start flying. Two girls and a guy get in and tell me to lock my doors, which I did.

I started driving when the guy managed to stumble in front of the car and I was forced to stop. The bouncer was trying to drag him away from the vehicle and was having a hard time doing so. Once the area was clear I immediately started to drive off and the guy managed to punch my window hard, I am actually surprised he did not break the glass.

So I thought this guy was done when he runs after the car and starts trying to open the door while I was driving and I stepped on the gas and flew around the corner and onto the street. I thought he had let go when after about 50 feet I stopped because I realized he was still hanging on to the door handle and I was dragging him.

I stopped and one girl decides to get out and the bouncer is right there after this guy because he is still acting crazy, I took my chance and drove away. Seriously you are a fucking idiot, had you let go of the door handle while I was turning I surely would have ran you over. Get your shit together, yeah your girlfriend was hot but it is worth all the trouble?

Also I have no idea of why they were arguing/fighting in the first place.

Trying to be Respectful

2010-12-18T03:56:00.003-07:00

I have decided that in order to protect my personal privacy and my customers privacy I have made some serious changes to this blog. I will no longer mention ANY business's name and have made some editing changes to reflect my new policy, which include removing certain details and videos (still an ongoing process).

I have not edited any post where the Lethbridge Police have identified a suspect and/or released any information pertaining to a person involved in any sort of crime. I have also not removed any mention of certain businesses that have had terrible health inspection reports, which are available to the public through the Alberta Health Services website.

If you look further into this blog and see XXXXXX that is a direct editing change.

I have gone one step further and have removed race as a factor in ALL of my posts and will continue to do just that.
I believe that I have a few posts to review but I have done my very best to comply with my new self imposed rules.

Something Most People Never See - unedited

2010-12-16T08:00:00.001-07:00

So this woman has been requesting me a lot lately and I never know it is her until I arrive at the place because she uses a different name every time.

I have been basically giving her substantial discounts on trips and even free rides just to get a glimpse into a lifestyle I am curious to know more about.

Tonight I picked her up from downtown and she had to meet someone on the North side. So I drove to where she wanted to go and there was no one there at first. I had my suspicions about what she was up to but she never actually said. So this person arrives a short time later and she got out of the car, went to talk with that person, and came back shortly afterwards.

I started driving her back to her place and she asked me to pull over and she showed me the two baggies of crack that she had just bought for $30 a piece and mentioned that crack was in short supply recently and she would be able to sell it for $60 a piece. There really was very little substance to look at and from my observations $60 really does not buy a whole lot of crack. I took her back to her place downtown. She also mentioned that with crack prices running high lately that heroin was starting to trickle into the city, which is obviously not good at all.

I picked her up again later with her actual boyfriend, the previous legit boyfriend I had seen her with ended up going to jail for robbing a gas station in town, so she says.

It is really a surreal experience driving this woman around because you really have no idea what could happen and she is very entertaining and often will not stop talking about all the shit that goes down in her life. It is hard for me to get a word in and I assume that she is smoking the crack, so I just listen mostly. She completely trusts me and I show her the same respect.

So during this trip she is going to the South side to buy more of whatever and she says we have to pull into the alley because if the Stepmother ever found out what he was doing she would kill him, I don't know why exactly she had to come to this place but I would be safe to assume it was for crack because when she came back it was like that's some weird shit, doing a deal through his bedroom window.

So on the way driving back downtown she spots a lone guy walking on the side of the road and she decides this could add to her earnings for the night, her boyfriend was still in the car and was obviously cool with the whole situation. She wanted to bet with me that she could get this guy to come Home with her.

I pulled over near an intersection close to the guy and put on my four ways to let the non-emergency ambulance know to pass me and they did. She had her door open and asked the guy if he wanted a ride. He said sure and it got weird real fucking fast when he called his two other buddies over which none of us had seen. So some seating arrangements are changed, the hooker is in the back with the three guys and it sounds like this, Èso who wants to party tonight, etc. I think a couple of guys clued into what was being offered and they mentioned that they were married but the third guy was interested.

So I drive a couple of blocks and two of them want to be let out, so I stopped and noted the address they had mentioned that I am sure nobody heard but me.

The third guy (not one of the guys that were interested in the woman's services) wants to get liquor from downtown and is fucking wasted already. So the woman was trying to interest the gentleman in the back seat but he wanted no part of it and a small argument ensued.

I was soon faced with a dilemma because I was basically driving this woman and guy around out of my own pocket (or on my own time) and she asked the guy if he wanted a ride, which he accepted. So I have the meter going on this new guy and he knows its all him when she says she wants to go back to her place and the guy she invited is the one actually paying me now for the trip and his only objective was to get liquor and get back to his buddies place.

While out of the car the hooker asks her boyfriend to leave and says that she has this guy, which was clearly not the case but she asked him to get out and walk back to their place, which was not far, they exchanged a kiss.

I was dumbfounded and had no clue how this was going to end, the guy actually got liquor from the store in his severely drunken state and I popped the trunk for him to put the liquor into. Not only is it the law to have liquor in the trunk or what not but I often use it as a technique to secure future payment.The guy wanted no part of putting his liquor into the trunk and I think he was suspicious, and why shouldn't he have been, I mean I was suspicious myself of all characters involved.

So he decides to go back to his place and not his friends and against this woman's request I drive him there because I am in this to make money.

The man and woman were giving their thoughts to each other and I just could not wait for him to get out of the car. It was uncomfortable. Looking back on the situation the guy could have assumed that I was driving this girl around to try to find a party but that is not the case what so ever. She asked him if he wanted a ride and him and his friends accepted.

So the guy finally gets on his way and the woman asked me to take her back to where the other two guys went. Yes I did remember the address they gave me and when we arrived they were having a smoke just chilling on the porch. She got out of the car and approached them, she is really a pro because she waved me off very soon afterwards and I never saw her again that night.

I am really unsure of what to make of all of this, especially my involvement. I mean how can I say NO to a personal call when she changes names all the time, I might have to have a chat with her about that. If I could think of anything shocking for this site she has said it or has lead me on to believe it and I find that intriguing.

As a cab driver I look forward to some interesting situations, why not this oneÉ

New Regulations Coming into Effect in the New Year

2010-12-10T06:49:00.008-07:00

I am not here to post the official bylaws (which have not even been updated to the city of Lethbridge website as of this date. Basically according to the City of Lethbridge Bylaw 5658 Taxi Provisions a taxi driver must not have been convicted under the Criminal Code of Canada with the previous five years of application and a drivers abstract must not contain a serious driving offence.

I am not sure of the difference between the Criminal Code of Canada and the Controlled Substance Act but from my understand of the wording of the bylaw if you were convicted of selling drugs before this bylaw comes into effect then you are good to go. If you are convicted of selling drugs after these laws are in effect then you are fucked. I would be wrong if the Controlled Substance Act is part of the Criminal Code but I find it strange that they do not mention the Controlled Substance Act until Section 6.15 (2) (e) (4).

From the Department of Regualtory Services. I am not immune to spelling errors but you would think that on a city issued taxi license regulatory would be spelled correctly.

I spoke with the Senior Bylaw Officer while going through the process and he personally processed the above document.

I asked a few questions and gathered the following information, none of which I present to be fact. Apparently not having this document presented in clear view of a customer could result in a $250 fine and I have known that the bylaw inspector has done periodic spot checks to ensure the rules are being followed, that is how XXXXXX Ribbon got shut down.

I asked why the city was taking these steps and what their motivation was and he mentioned to the effect "We received two complaints (that's right only two complaints for this whole process to start) from concerned citizens and we decided to open a review of the current bylaws in place within the city and we performed a comparative analysis with other cities within Alberta and decided there would be one of three options that we would choose. The first option was to do nothing, the second was to enforce some minor regulations to monitor the industry and the third option was to make major sweeping changes, like Calgary has with issuing licence plates and regulating the amount of cabs that are occupying the streets (which makes owning a taxi plate a supply and demand marketplace and holders of these plates can buy and sell them like they are shares in a corporation, at least from my understanding of how Calgary operates)." He mentioned that they had chosen the option that would best serve the community and I 100% agree with this step in regulating the industry.

I am glad to know that when the taxi driver who stabbed four people gets out of jail he will have to find another occupation. Would you, as a woman, want to get into a taxi wasted drunk not knowing if this driver has had prior sexual assault convictions against women?

Also I am tired of hearing how this is a "Cash Cow" for the city. I understand the process is more difficult for some than others but it is no cash cow. I paid $50 for my business licence, just as any other business has to pay. I guess another $50 (or whatever it was) for my criminal check and another $25 maybe for a driver's abstract.

So the city received maybe a $100 max for issuing me my taxi operators licence. I estimate the expenses to process this to be around $40 all inclusive, with the police, bylaw, etc. So the city will issue at the very most 200 licence's. So they potentially just made $12,000.

I can assure you that $12,000 is no motivation for the city implementing these regulations and it is no cash cow, are you kidding me?

If you are interested I believe this bylaw was passed here July 19, 2010, with zero opposition. Search 5658 within the pdf for ease of finding it.

http://www.lethbridge.ca/NR/rdonlyres/14F8A0D3-5055-474C-9D31-26266C3EC665/15160/July192010.pdf

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As a side post I am not against these regulations but if cab drivers are seriously pissed off about these new rules than I would support their opinion as a whole and would vote my opinion based on the majority of the people I have spoken with. If cab drivers were really upset about a big issue in Lethbridge then I am sure we would find the cause to protest at some level. Has there been any protest at all with the city? No, not as far as I know.

ENFORCEMENT:

I do not believe that the city has any immediate plan for any enforcement activities. XXXXXX Ribbon operated for at least a year before they recieved what? A fine (I don't know, but a warrant only arose because he never went to court to face the charges)?

Random

2010-12-05T11:57:00.003-07:00

I just finished dropping off the two nice looking twins at a North side party. After we finished our "hugs" I started driving back downtown when two women flagged me down shortly afterwards (on the same street).

The one woman asked me if I would take her friend home. I said yes. She then asked me if her friend could eat her hot dog in the car. I said I didn't care and it seemed like a weird question at the time.

So this absolutely gorgeous woman gets into the cab and I was in love right away. OK getting a little off topic, so she gets in the car.

I asked her how her night was going and she proceeded to tell me that she was just kicked out of another taxi around the corner because she took a bite of her hot dog in the cab. She said the cab driver tried to grab the hot dog out of her mouth and kicked her and her friend out of the car.

I mean who am I to say that is what happened? It is just here say but I believed the story for the most part. I would never kick a nice looking woman out of my cab, or even an ugly guy, for eating a hot dog. Really there is very little mess usually, a couple of pieces of cheese, who gives a shit? Wipe it off the seat.

So I took this woman to the West side and I was very much interested in what she had to say, I only wish the feeling was mutual because she did not ask me a single question the entire trip but was very happy to answer my questions with elaborate responses.

She mentioned to the effect that her biological clock was ticking down and if she did not have children within the next 8 years she would never have children. I actually really like this woman. I never let her know it because I really do try to be a professional and I understand my "role" in these situations. It appeared as though she had fashioned her own green skirt together and I thought it was very creative of her. Of course I never said anything because I am a complete fucking dumb ass.

That is not the case, customers are customers.

Paranoid Schizophrenia / No Money = NO TRIP

2010-12-05T11:34:00.000-07:00

some other time

Drunken Bums

2010-12-05T11:32:00.000-07:00

Earlier in the week I was sent to a terrible call on the West side. Once I arrived I went to buzz the apartment number and noticed three individuals in the lobby who were slumping over one another on a couple of chairs. They must have noticed my movement and seen the taxi outside and they started to move.

I held the door of the apartment building open so they could walk past and I got a good glimpse of what I was dealing with. I always give people the benefit of the doubt but once these people were in the car it became a very difficult situation for me and by the end of it I felt very threatened and was on the verge of calling the police.

Once they had gotten in the taxi I asked them where they wanted to go and was immediately suspicious when they said they wanted to go to the North side (they could have said anywhere and I still would have been suspicious). The dialog went something like this...

Me: "So where abouts on the North side do you want to go"

Them: "Oh just start driving, we want to go North"

Me: "No I need to know where you are going first, where abouts on the North side?"

Them: "We have to go to the shelter"

Me: "Oh, well do you have the money to pay for the ride, it is going to be around $15?"

Them: "Of course we do, start driving, what are you new or something or are you just a fucking idiot?"

Me: "I need to have a deposit on the fare and $15 should cover it"

Them: "Oh we have the money, just take us to the shelter, what you don't trust us, do you know who I am?, fucking start driving you dumb ass".

Me: "I don't mean any disrespect but I am not taking you to the shelter without a deposit on the fare".

So the guy tells the woman to pay me and she is fumbling around with a bunch of loose change and I realize this is going no where fast. You know if this was truly an emergency situation where someone needed to get to the shelter and had no option but to freeze outside I could have been more compassionate, but these assholes were rude from the start and were completely wasted drunk and wanted to get more liquor at 4:00am.

I am no community service.

After abut 5-7 minutes of bickering with these folks and demanding money upfront to get to the North side the situation was escalating and I admit I was very worried about what might happen next. I was basically asking them to leave the taxi in a civilized way based on the fact that they had no money. They would not accept my offer for them to just leave and be on there way and were arguing with me relentlessly and they were getting aggressive when one guy put his arm into the front area around my face and I nearly shit my pants because I thought he was going to try to attack/strangle me.

I had earlier made my dispatcher aware that this could have been a problem but I do not believe that she had realized the seriousness of my situation.

One dude eventually passed out in the back seat and the other guy had thought I had taken money from the woman in the front seat (even though I had given it back to her because it was no where near sufficient to get to the shelter).

Long story short the woman decides on a different address not far from where they were on the West side and I asked for $5, she gave me the bill and I drove them two blocks to exactly the apartment that she said that was not good enough. She said "What are you a fucking idiot I need to go to the back", I said "I am not a mind reader, perhaps you should have mentioned that earlier".

So finally they all get out and one guy asks me to wait while he figures out what his plan is and that he is probably not going to stay here. Why the fuck would I wait for you to take you somewhere else when you spent your entire welfare check in three days and were completely disrespectful towards me and had no money.

Once they were out of the car I locked the doors and drove off. FUCK YOU.

My next trip was a student standing on a corner downtown. I let him in and asked how his night was and he says to the effect "I passed out on a couch and when I woke up everyone around me was smoking crack".

He was seriously pissed right off that his old work buddy had taken him to this place and had allowed him to ingest crack fumes against his will while he was "sleeping" on the couch.

Once I got him to his place he mentioned "yeah by the way someone pissed on your seat because it is all wet". I felt the seat and he was right, that fucking bitch from my previous trip. It wasn't wet enough that I thought she had blatantly peed on the seat to spite me. I think she had just pissed herself earlier and the residual was left on my seat.

It ended my night right there. I mean I can't drive people around with a pissed soaked seat.

Some Weekend Randoms...

2010-11-28T09:30:00.004-07:00

I can definitely make an ass out of myself sometimes with a random comment...

I picked up a few nice looking women earlier in the week and they were all gung ho about going to XXXXXX nightclub for the XXXXXX Playboys (?) male stripper night. I have seen a couple of the European Video's of the male stripper party thing and regrettably asked these young ladies if it was the type of thing where the guys walk around the crowd and dance while letting the women play with them while applying whipped cream to be licked off, and offering "towel service" for the very willing.

Yeah they did not even acknowledge my comment and I do not blame them and I felt embarrassed. I mean I was basically asking if these girls were going to slurp some whipped cream off some strippers at the club, which in some countries is not considered "taboo" conversation, yeah that's a poor defence.

Next time I will reserve my comment.

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I wish I could have been more involved with the bar rush last week but I had to take some patrons from the XXXXXX on a lengthy crack run. I have had these customers before and they were alright I guess (when I say alright I mean there were no problems). A grey truck with the licence plate XXXXXX delivered $140 worth of "rock" to my customers and I never would have guessed that this guy was a crack dealer, I mean he looked like a regular guy and was driving a nice truck with a broom and other tools hanging prominently from the box of the truck.

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I picked up a couple a younger guys earlier in the evening and they told me that if I saw them later and they were not with some women that I should call them "complete fucking idiots".

I randomly picked them up later in the evening, with two women, from XXXXXX and they recognized me. I recognized them also and mentioned "I guess I can't call you an idiot, can I?". They seemed confused by my comment but soon realized what I was talking about (them picking up some girls from the bar) and soon after it was high fives all around. I am sure the two women were thinking "what the fuck was that all about".

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Ahh I've said enough for tonight.

300th Post. Conversation/Interview With a Lethbridge Prostitute.

2010-11-24T01:08:00.009-07:00

I was trolling around downtown looking to interview a hooker and even asked a cab driver and a couple of police officers if they had seen any around. I was about to call it quits when this woman sort of waved me down.

I did pay this woman for her time and she did not disappoint with her very candid stories about the profession and working in Lethbridge. I had never seen this woman before tonight and did not know what to expect and stumbled when asking a couple of questions.

"You know ahh, it is what it is. It's life, what ever doesn't kill us makes us stronger and you gotta survive and that's what I do. Any given day of the week I can go out and know that I am going to eat today because there is going to be one pervert rolling the streets".

While splicing these videos because of the size I missed about 20 seconds where she says that she placed an ad on craigslist.

Canada's Prostitution Laws Set to Change.

2010-11-22T14:53:00.010-07:00

I would not consider this as factual information whatsoever, it is just my understanding of the current events.

As you may well know it is not actually illegal (and never has been) to pay for sex in Canada but it is illegal to communicate for the purpose of prostitution. Brothel and bawdy houses are also illegal as is procuring.

In September a Superior Court Judge ruled that these laws are unconstitutional and place prostitutes in danger by the nature of these laws (or something like that). An appeal was launched and a stay of the order was granted until this Saturday when a judge will decide whether or not to extend the stay of appeal or not. If the stay of appeal is not extended these laws will no longer be enforceable (even though the appeals process is still ongoing).

What does this mean?

Lethbridge prostitutes and johns will be able to openly communicate for the purpose of prostitution. Basically a hooker can solicit any man on the street and offer and barter for a price for sex. The same thing goes for a john. A john will be able to essentially walk up to any woman in Lethbridge and offer to pay for sexual services without facing any legal repercussions.

Also brothels may start to pop up as legitimate business entities. XXXXXX and XXXXXX will no longer have to hide behind closed doors and could in effect advertise their services. They could place a sign outside of their business saying "Sex Here ... 150 for half an hour and 200 for a full hour."

The procuring law is also set to be lifted this Saturday which means that pimps no longer have to hide in the shadows and can basically walk up to anyone on the street and say "hey I have this girl if you want to fuck her its $80."

Imagine you are at your child's soccer game on a Saturday afternoon eating some ice cream and some hooker starts walking through the crowd of families asking if anyone wants a blow job for $40 and that she operates a legitimate business around the corner that accepts Visa/MasterCard and Interact. This will become no different than walking through the crowd offering cookies for sale.

I look forward to the court's decision regarding this matter because it has far reaching implications across the country and at home here in Lethbridge. Maybe I should be the first to set up shop downtown and start pimping out some hookers for a nice tidy profit. I could offer 2 for 1 Tuesdays (two girls for one price), STD free girls on Sundays, etc. I can easily see demand for at least two or three of these whorehouses downtown and I believe that it is just a matter of time. I guess we will have to wait and see.

Nov. 27/2010: After further review of the potential changes I realized that this would only apply in Ontario and was mistaken that it would be applied nationwide (I am obviously not a lawyer). But if the law is repealed in Ontario I would imagine it would be just a matter of time for other provinces to face the same legal challenges and follow suit of Ontario's ruling.

Big Win - Four Lethbridge Iron Workers Split 16.7 Million Dollar 6/49 Top Prize

2010-11-22T05:36:00.000-07:00

The Trip From Hell - XXXXXX - Unedited

2010-11-20T08:34:00.002-07:00

Well it was not exactly a trip from hell but one I would have rather not taken.

I flagged this guy last night from the XXXXXX and he throws me $50 and tells me to go for a drive. He was from out of town and just wanted a cruise. Hell yeah why not. He was drunk as fuck and I drove him down Mayor Magrath and was answering his questions about the city.

He decided he wanted to go back downtown so I drove down Scenic Drive and dropped him off at a newer sports bar downtown.

While giving this guy some change back a staff member from the bar came out and asked me if I would take his patron home. I agreed and should have known better because I know when a staff member escorts someone out to me like that it is usually more trouble then it is worth, which it definitely turned out to be.

So I was sitting outside of the bar with this middle aged guy and I asked him where he wanted to go. He was fumbling around with his phone and never answered my question, I was offering suggestion for other bars hoping it would be a short and convenient trip.

He did not know where he wanted to go and eventually settled on a town called XXXXXX. I agreed to take him there at a fixed rate and drove him to a bank machine because he had no cash.

I drove through the drive through ATM backwards to accommodate this guy and he was seriously fucked up. I felt like I was teaching him how to use a bank machine for the first time. I made comments like "you are putting your card in the wrong way, turn it around", "don't press $40, press $60", "dude you just canceled the transaction", "press the button to the right of "yes" it is not a touchscreen", "press ok", "get your bank card back, it is right there, no it is lower, to the right".

Yeah 10-15 minutes at the ATM with step by step instructions from me which lead to two failures to get cash and the bank machine went down temporarily, I suspect the machine even realized something was wrong with this guy.

So I finally get paid to go to XXXXXX. The guy tells me he needs to stop somewhere. I asked where and he came up with no reasonable response other than mmjhjmhjmm, somewhere. He really wasn't mumbling drunk, it was worse, he could not even explain anything to me.

I just told him we were off to XXXXXX and that I would get him there. He passed out on me in the front seat somewhere on Mayor Magrath Drive.

When I was approaching XXXXXX I yelled and woke his ass up and asked him to tell me where to go in town because I had no idea where he lived. He instructed me this way and then that way, it was getting old fast and I knew we were driving in circles after a while. This drunk fuck had no clue of where we were and neither did I. He mentioned that he lived a half mile outside of town. I was driving around aimlessly on the outskirts of XXXXXX and it got old real fucking fast.

I kept asking him to tell me where to go while asking if we were going in the right direction. I knew we were lost (more less) and this guy was so fucked up I just had no clue of where to take him.

Eventually I became completely fed up with this drunk and drove back into the town of XXXXXX. I opened his window and said to the effect "it is time to sober up and this is your last chance to guide me to your place" or I am going back to Lethbridge.

He started giving me new directions and I was pissed right off and let him know it. If we were in Lethbridge I would have dumped his ass off a lot sooner but I have a conscience and I would never just leave someone on a corner street of some town in -20 weather, he would have likely froze to death had I kicked him out of the car.

As a side note I had seen an RCMP officer when we first arrived in town and after being completely lost with this fuck for half an hour had I seen the police again I would have flagged them down and said "he is your problem now, sorry".

Where was I going with this...

So he finally gets his shit straightened out and recognized some gas station. I drove him into the boonies well outside of XXXXXX. This farmer had finally found his farm and I was more than happy to get him out of the car. I asked for some additional cash because I literally drove around for more than half an hour aimlessly in the fucking country trying to find this fucks farm, he found a couple bucks but for fucks sakes I was seriously pissed right off and I let him know it.

I metered my way back to town and it was around $32 to get back to the city, around half of what the rate it to XXXXXX. Had this guy not passed out on me on the way to his farm it would have been so much easier because he did not live that far out of town and it turned out to be completely senseless to actually go all the way to XXXXXX.

I am just glad I got this guy home, I am sure he is a decent guy and had a nice looking farm, next time I will refuse and recommend a hotel in town.

Thank You / Random Pictures...

2010-11-19T04:11:00.007-07:00

I was completely stuck in this mess for about 10-15 minutes along 6th Avenue South around 15th Street. The picture does not do it justice and I should have known better than to park there (letting someone off) in the first place. It did not help that the tires on the car were completely worthless.

Thank you very much to the guy walking his dog and another random motorist who stopped to assist me. It was very much appreciated and I thank you very much. Once you had gotten me free I hope you heard me yell out my window "Thank You Very Much" because I never did stop to formally thank you.

(Picture taken later)

In case the sign is not clear enough it means "do not put cans in this bin", and "do not look through my garbage looking for cans because you will not be rewarded".

I thought this was strange... Behind the XXXXXX restaurant downtown. The hand print looks deliberate but from whom and for what purpose I do not know.

Giant Icicle formation.

Retiring the map. I have to say that I rarely use the thing. The damage was done mostly just from carrying it around.

I had a few editing problems with this post but who cares.

The $30 Can of Beer / Competition Amongst Can Collectors Increasing.

2010-11-14T10:30:00.000-07:00

Maybe tomorrow...

Where is Our Flag?

2010-11-12T06:36:00.005-07:00

Can anyone possibly explain to me why a Canadian Flag would not be flying proudly outside of the local Legion Hall, on Remembrance Day of all days, while Veterans and others were "celebrating" the National Holiday inside?

Seriously, am I missing something here? I did not take the picture until 4:30 this morning but I was at the Legion (working) for most of the early part of my night. I was there picking people up as early as 6:30pm and there was no Canadian Flag on that pole.

Do they take it down before dark or is this some sort of tradition I am unaware of? I would really like to know.

Also I believe a local company on 3rd Avenue South could have shown better taste by actually flying a Canadian Flag instead of this mockery.

As I was aimlessly driving around in the early hours of the morning it was quite difficult to actually find a Canadian Flag along Mayor Magrath Drive or even 3rd Avenue. The XXXXXX company's flag stood out amongst the very few I was able to spot, during the day I am sure they are more visible.

The worst kept Canadian Flag I found was by the XXXXXX motel around 11th Avenue and Mayor Magrath Drive on the West side of the street. The flag is dirty, ripped, and in terrible condition. It looks like a rotting plastic bag wrapped around a rusty tree branch and is definitely not in working order. I was pretty disappointed.

This link suggested in my comment section refers to Government material about everything you would ever need to know about the Canadian Flag (yes I am always capitalizing flag after Canadian whether it is grammatically incorrect or not)

http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/etiqtt/101-eng.cfm

XXXXXX Picks up a Hooker Downtown.

2010-11-07T04:07:00.001-07:00

I just happened to be driving Eastbound on 5th Avenue South between 5th and 6th Street at around 7:30pm when I noticed this guy had pulled over and picked up the hooker that normally stands at the XXXXXX club, sometimes she is at the XXXXXX Hotel. So I followed him and less than a block later he pulled into the XXXXXX drive through ATM downtown. I took a quick snap and pulled around onto Fourth Avenue and waited for him to get his cash to pay the hooker. I followed briefly but did not want it to seem obvious that I was following him so I basically backed off. Licence plate number XXXXXX.

I hope you had a good time buddy. I bet your wife catches you when she finds out she has an STD and has been faithful to you.

Thanks Doctor X

2010-11-06T06:54:00.001-06:00

Some legal requirements for operating a taxi. Basically about my adventure to the medical clinic.....so feel free to skip over this post to something you might find more interesting....

So I walked into a local licencing agency in town and asked about what I needed to do to renew my licence, more specifically I asked whether or not my last medical evaluation was valid. I assumed that it was because according to the Ministry of Transportation in Alberta, and for my age category, I am only required to obtain a medical examination every five years and the last time I had one done was three years ago. So I assumed it was valid.

The licence bureau (not a government agency) said it must be within six months of renewal and I was upset because that is not what the Minister of Transportation has set as the requirement. They legally should have been able to renew my licence for two additional years.

So I went to the walk in session at a local medical clinic (because I do not have a family doctor) and waited two hours while some woman's kids were giving her the hardest time of her life I imagine and people were coughing all over me. I was so anxious to get this process over with and must have read the Sports Illustrated I found cover to cover at least twice.

After earlier explaining my situation the receptionist they had basically classified my situation as an "Emergency". I felt like a complete idiot, even though I made sure that I was following the law, and not the requirements of the licencing business.

So anyway I finally get called in to see the Doctor and the Nurse gave me a short eye exam and asked me some questions while I waited for the doctor.

The doctor came shortly after and held his stethoscope (I believe) against the front and back of my chest while I breathed long breaths, he then laid me back and felt my stomach. He recommended a blood test but said it was not required. I was in a rush and declined.

Total time spent with the doctor: 3 minutes
Time spend in the waiting room: 1 hour 50 minutes.
Total cost for a medical examination for a professional operators licence: $75

Well during the 3-5 minutes I was with the Doctor I explained my situation and he told me I was good to go and not to worry about the money, he told me "consider it a gift".

I did consider it just that, he did not have to do that and I was fully expecting to pay the $75 as required. I was thankful and said that I appreciated his kindness very much and he printed me off the form and I went on my merry way.

I believe that perhaps he was sympathetic towards my current situation but I am never the less thankful to the Doctor who could have easily charged me $75, but did not.

I will not forget this act of kindness and will pass that on to someone else when I have that same opportunity.

Rollover at 6th Avenue South and 7th Street South

2010-11-06T05:50:00.002-06:00

A CSI investigator photographs the interior of a Jeep after a rollover on 6th Avenue South late Friday evening. No information was immediately available and I suspect that the driver was turning left (Westbound) onto 6th Ave and struck the median at a high rate of speed and rolled over on its roof.

Some Early Weekend Randoms

2010-11-06T05:40:00.003-06:00

I picked up a man and woman from a convenience store on the West side and drove them to the University. It was a normal trip and I thought nothing of it.

About half an hour later I was sent to the University and the same guy I had taken there gets in. I asked him how everything went and he said it went terrible. I pressed a little and asked why, he said that they were making out and getting ready to get their freak on when out of no where she puked all over him and passed out about five minutes later.

He said he had to use the dorm showers to take a shower. I tried my best not to laugh but could honestly not help myself. I apologized for laughing so hard and he said it was cool.

He mentioned that looking back on it that it was pretty funny and it would be a good story to tell his friends about. I guess they had become reacquainted at XXXXXX and she was studying to be an XXXXXX, which is beside the point.

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First time for everything..... I was sent on a trip to a South side pub at 3:00am a couple of days ago and this guy stumbles into the cab, out of no where, without a shirt on. The first thing he said was ``yeah I don`t have a shirt``, it was priceless. I inquired about what had happened to him and he really was not to sure, he thought that he had gotten into a fight with his friends and that his shirt had been ripped off in the process but he really could not be sure.

His pricey phone was also broken and he said he could only press send and call the previous called number which happened to be a friend in a different city. So this friend called his parents (also in a different city) and they had called our company to pick up their son. He was actually a really decent guy. I hope everything worked out for you man.

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So I was flagging outside of XXXXXX Thursday night (like every other cab driver) and this girl walks right past five-seven other cabs and decides to get in mine. The first thing I noticed were here giant tits flopping around in her low cut v-neck tank top. I honestly have no idea how she was able to keep those small soccer ball sized tits in that shirt and she barely did, regrettably.

The entire way to the West side she was hiccuping and burping, I actually thought that she was puking in her mouth and swallowing it, I asked her if she wanted me to stop but she said no.

Nothing really anything special just one that I remembered that peaked my interest I suppose.

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I almost forgot about this one.....Unedited drunk bum at the carwash

So at the end of my shift a couple of days ago I went to clean the taxi and get fuel. As I was opening the wash bay at the XXXXXX on XXXXXX North a homeless guy was sleeping in the corner right where I opened the loud door, he jumped up and started yelling some yibberish, I yelled back "I am trying to wash the fucking car", at least I think I said that, I was absolutely shocked and even afraid. The guy started walking towards me and I backed off, got in the cab, locked the door, drove to the front and explained to the staff my situation, I was not expecting them to do anything about it but because he was likely long gone, I just wanted to let them to know what happened. A staff member immediately responded to my concern and we checked it out, it was almost fun at that point because at least I was not alone.

Also all the credit to that exact gas station. I would have to say that other than unforseeable errors (which most gas station experience), this station operates the most efficiently in Lethbridge and they have the best, most excellent, customer service. If at all possible I make the best effort to stop at XXXXXX in Lethbridge for anything that I may need while on the road.

Every Person Should View This - I Cried After Viewing

2010-10-31T11:38:00.006-06:00

Halloween Weekend Randoms

2010-10-31T09:21:00.006-06:00

Most decorated house I have seen in Lethbridge (8th Avenue North and Stafford Drive).

This weekend was pretty crazy for house parties and the bars were packed last night. I saw a lot of cool costumes and was a little disgruntled because I would have rather been partying than working. I remember one party on Friday night, I heard so many calls going out to the place and had been there a couple of times myself. So instead of going to flag at a bar I went to the house party to flag. I had a couple of flags out of the place on Mcgill Boulevard.

Tonight there were house parties all over the West side. Some of the places included Harvard Crescent X 2, Jerry Potts, Red Crow, Cayuga Place, Columbia Blvd, Peigan Court, just to name a few.

The XXXXXX was as busy as it gets on Friday night and the line was thick all the way down the stairs and into the lobby. Saturday night XXXXXX was lined up to the corner past the entrance to the XXXXXX Hotel. Most major bars were packed tonight with the exception of XXXXXX (at least from when I was there). I think XXXXXX has suffered the most since XXXXXX opened. I can't remember the last time I actually picked anyone up from XXXXXX, which is very unusual for a once busy nightclub. I dropped off a few people there tonight but did not pick up there once.

I think from about 1:00 to 3:00am I did not even make it to any of the bars along First Avenue because I was busy elsewhere, it would have been nice to at least check it out once during this time but that did not happen.

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Wednesday night I picked up a band from a local bar and took them back to their tour bus. They told me who they were and said they were off to Calgary then Edmonton but the bus driver had to stop because the fog was so thick. I said that I had heard of them and foolishly said "I think you guys were before my time", I think I might have offended these "has been" rockers who are approaching their 50's. I was definitely mistaken, when I came home I Googled them and found they were quite popular in the 80's and 90's and still continue to produce new music. They have sold over 30 million records in the United States alone, so they were a little more popular then I thought.

So later I picked up two others from the band and they were pretty cool, they said they were "dry" after crossing the boarder only a couple of hours earlier and someone helped them out. They offered to have me put on their list to come see them in Calgary or Edmonton this weekend but I had to work. The weird thing is I tried to find tickets for their concert and could not, but I do not doubt the legitimacy of who they were because the pictures on their website were them.

The two of them wanted me to come into their bus to get high but I flat out refused. (B.M. of P with T and R)

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A taxi was stolen from a local company on Wednesday evening/Thursday morning, apparently the thief had the spare keys some how. The car was recovered the next day (Thursday) on the North side with damage to the radio and radio antennae.

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When this guy got in tonight with his sister and friend I thought the blood and the black eye was part of his costume, apparantly not. He started going off about the "White Natives" on the Southside and how he encountered some random people on the street that were much younger then him and they got in a fight. He mentioned to the effect "I am glad that I am helping the future generations by cleaning up the pavement with my face".... he definately got beat up and was in such a great mood, I enjoyed his conversation (or ranting) very much. Likely the most memorable trip of my night.

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So I finally got my ticket in the mail for a parking violation at the University in September. My court date has been set for April.

I am also expecting a photo radar ticket from Wednesday night at the intersection of 5th Avenue South and Mayor Magrath Drive. I will show up in court and fight this ticket vigorously and with every resource I have. I was well aware of this speed trap for months prior to getting this ticket and must have driven through this intersection 1000 times. I am always careful to check my speed (so careful in fact I become distracted by watching my speed so intently instead of the potential pedestrians I might hit) because at night this camera is like a strobe light having caught literally thousands of speeding motorists since its inception a few months back.

I believe that I was going approximately 55-56km/hr in a 50km/hr zone. The radar has a +/- accuracy of approximately 1km/hr and due to the heavy fog that evening the weather could have potentially contributed to the inaccuracy of the system. Also a semi trailer was going through the intersection at the same time and speed as I was travelling and the light did flash twice. I plan to claim that the semi was the vehicle speeding and I was caught in the middle. Depending on whether the system is laser radar or Doppler radar, or another type this could have an effect on the case. I plan on asking the Crown Prosecutor for full disclosure of their case and the exact type of radar that was used to catch me. Assuming I was going 56km/hr in a 50 zone no police officer would ever have pulled me over for that speed and I feel like I, as well as many other citizens are being wrongfully persecuted and I feel personally violated by this system.

I have not yet received the ticket but I am pretty sure it is in the mail. Lets assume I lose the case (I give it a 50/50 chance, although I likely only have a 5 percent chance of beating the ticket) I plan on exhausting as much of the court systems resources as I can in order to defend myself. By the time I potentially have to pay the $100 ticket who has come out on top? Lets say the trial lasts 15 minutes (not unreasonable); estimated costs to the court system...

Judge $25

Crown Prosecutor $18

Court Typist $7.50

Guy who operated the radar system (the person I have the pleasure to cross-examine) $7.75

Other miscellaneous costs (including security, disclosure, heating, lights, etc) $45

Total estimated cost to try me $103.25

I plan on also submitting some sort of scientific evidence and even a graphical representation of the scene as evidence so it would not be unreasonable for the trial to last 30 minutes...... $103.25 X 2 = $206.50

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As a side note related to the above.... had the city installed the ISD radar devices at every intersection in Lethbridge I would estimate that I had driven through maybe 500 controlled intersections tonight X $100 per ticket =$50,000.

Serenity now, serenity now....

I so wanted to dump some appliances here after seeing this sign.

Saturday night was pretty much comparable to New Years Eve as far as business goes. The night started off slow, I did not get a trip until 1 hour after I started my shift and quit an hour early but still had a nice total at the end of my shift. I think the odometer in the car I was driving was out of whack because I know I did not drive 800km's. $53 in gas tonight.

Have a safe and happy Halloween.

Random Stats + The Puker

2010-10-25T21:00:00.001-06:00

I was compiling the content of this blog into a text only document for a certain "project" I have agreed to become involved with and was somewhat surprised that I have written over 61,000 words in over 130 word document pages.

Also until recently Blogger has not included a spell check application and I was more than surprised at how many spelling mistakes I have made.

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Ok the puker... So I was sent for this guy at XXXXXX on Saturday night and I thought I was looking for a woman because the name was transgender I suppose. So he tells me where he is going and I proceeded to that location, the conversation was limited and I knew this guy was wasted (he had a hard time actually opening the door to the car and was stumbling hardcore). Upon arrival at his requested destination I asked "is this your place?".

I was stopped at the time and turned on the light and looked over my shoulder. It was as funny as it gets, this guy had puked and was holding it in his mouth (hold your lips closed and blow air into your mouth, that is how it looked). I am glad he had contained his puke in his mouth. I guess he could not tell me to stop sooner because his mouth was full. Thanks buddy for keeping it in. Once we stopped he opened the door....let it all out ....paid me and went on his merry way.

Random Pictures....

2010-10-24T11:01:00.007-06:00

Thank you Miss L for your suggestion (more less) for more photos. I enjoy taking pictures in and around Lethbridge.... so here you go, click on any photo to enlarge.

Slapped in the Face.......... What a Bitch

2010-10-23T06:48:00.002-06:00

I picked up three Americans from XXXXXX on Thursday night (early Friday Morning), one female and two males.

The woman sat in the front with me and the two males sat in the back. This woman was drunk but seemed ok, she was asking a lot of questions and was touching me a little bit too much for comfort.

I learned they were from Montana and staying at the XXXXXX Campground. They were not of legal age to drink in Montana so they came up to Lethbridge to party.

She was trying to get me to speak French and did not believe me when I told her I don't speak French. I asked her if she spoke Spanish, she tried but failed miserably.

It was a normal trip until BAM! Out of no where she slapped me hard in the face while I was driving. I was shocked and didn't know what to do. I mean there may have been other times where I deserved a good slap (maybe) but I did absolutely nothing to deserve it whatsoever.

So I slammed on the brakes and asked "What the fuck was that, do you want to get off here, don't fucking touch me again".

We were almost at the campground so I continued driving in utter disbelief about what just happened. She kept saying she was sorry and wanted me to forgive her. It was absolutely uncalled for and I said I would not forgive her.

Looking back on the trip the only reason that I can think of why she would slap me like that was just to see how I would react. The guys in the back really never said a word the entire trip. At the campground she continued asking me to forgive her and I would not. The guys were pulling her away from the taxi as I refused her apology.

It was not as bad as getting punched in the face.....http://canadiantaxi.blogspot.com/2009/01/punched-in-face.html

Weekend Randoms

2010-10-17T08:20:00.004-06:00

I picked up this guy out in XXXXXX (at a bar). He says he is going to show me his ID, which he does. He takes his XXXXXX Status card from his wallet and shows me. I asked him "what do I need to see that for?" He says "oh, just so you know I won't rape you or anything". I said "I sure fucking hope not are you kidding me?", at least when he opened his wallet I got a glimpse of some cash but what a weird way to start a cab ride.

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I flagged this woman from XXXXXX Friday night and she said "I only went to the bar with $40 and now I have $80, how did that happen?" I asked "were you giving hand jobs on the side?" before she could respond I told her I was just kidding and apologized, we had a good laugh.

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I picked up this very nice looking woman from XXXXXX and she says disappointingly "I can't believe I couldn't find anyone to come home with me tonight". I looked at her and before I could say something really stupid she corrected herself and said that she meant her girlfriends, yeah it definitely got my mind racing dirty and I would have missed the turn unless she had corrected me.

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I drove this woman and her mother home from the bar, the young woman asked me to wait while she put her very drunk mother to bed, after that she was going to XXXXXX. I waited and waited and started getting impatient. I went up to the door and no answer, I assumed she must have passed out because she never came out to go to the bar, or even pay me for that matter. I had this pair earlier in the eveningt and I was sure she did not intentionally try to rip me off. I mean I had her credit card number from earlier and I knew where she worked.

I flagged a guy from XXXXXX later on and he says "I want to go to such and such address". It was the same address where this girl lived, I never said anything about it until we got to the place and I asked him to tell her that I was going to come back and collect my $20 another day. He decided to pay for her earlier fare, which saved me the trouble of tracking her down.

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Thanks for the head rub ladies, it was a nice touch.

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It was cool that you gave me a kiss on the cheek when you got in and were "playing" around with me but what was with the straw? That was kind of weird.

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You and your friend each have one small child and you clearly have another on the way (unless you have some sort of giant tumor growing in your stomach) yet you were still planning on sharing a 40 of Polar Ice Vodka. How do you spell Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?

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I Thought He Looked Familiar.... Awkward

2010-10-17T07:54:00.004-06:00

I was dropping off a trip at XXXXXX downtown when four people flagged me and I immediately recognized the guy that sat in the front seat. He was wearing a suit and tie and looked sharp, which is beside the point.

I told him I thought I knew him from somewhere but could not remember where. He didn't say much but I really thought I recognized his voice, so I pressed further.... "Did you go to the University here?", he said "no but I went to the College". I asked "what did you take there?", he responded "I took the Criminal Justice program, a lot of good that did me (sarcastically)".

I asked him "do you work out at the jail?", and he responded "no". I then asked him "are you a Police Officer?" and he said "yes".

I thought about it for a couple of minutes and then I realized how I knew him... He had arrested me on a previous occasion and I told him so. He said he didn't remember but I am unsure about that.

I said it was all good and told him not to worry about it. Here I was driving a Police Officer home from a night out that had arrested me on a previous encounter. Yes it was very awkward, mostly because I doubted that he did not remember the incident. Even if he did remember I appreciated his professionalism, even while off duty.

Note: Although I was arrested and taken into custody I was never charged with any crime and it was nothing serious. The Officer seemed to be completely sober and was a complete gentleman.

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As a side "post" I would like to say that I am sick and tired of people bashing the Lethbridge Police. I hear it all the time about how much people hate the Police (as if it is the cool thing to do). Of course you may not have been happy with getting some meager ticket or them even being in your presence, but when it comes down to an Emergency situation I am sure you would be more than happy that the Police responded to HELP YOU, I know I have been.

Not only do they risk their lives every single day that they put on the uniform, they do it for YOUR PROTECTION and the welfare of the community.

The Police are here for the protection of the community as a whole and when I hear that you are 100 percent anti-Police I become convinced that you are involved in some sort of violent criminal activity.

I would like to say that I have not always been happy with the Lethbridge Police but the fact is they really do a decent job.

I suppose "decent" could mean a variety of things. I know there are a few areas that they could work on (from personal observations) and there are areas that the Lethbridge Police excel at.

I think my "side post" has gone a little too far to one side, which is in support of the Police.

My Comment on Being Fired

2010-10-04T19:54:00.006-06:00

This really had nothing to do with the taxi company. There has never been any mention of which cab company I worked for, EVER.
Unless you really look hard for the smallest detail in a couple of older videos you would never be able to tell which company I worked for unless you had inside knowledge of the radio dispatch system that was used.

Other than that I have never once hurt the reputation of the taxi company. NOT ONCE. As a matter of fact I would say that I enhanced the reputation of the company through my regularly courteous dealings with their customers.

The following are some of the drivers I would have thought would have been fired before I was, so I assumed what I did was nothing compared to some of their activities...

I find it kind of humourous that the driver who was investigated by the police for touching a mentally handicapped woman still has a job. It was basically proven that he did touch her inappropriately but charges were never laid because apparently she had consented.

Another driver was apparently rehired after supposedly drinking on the job.

Another driver uses a radio frequency scanner to intercept other companies trips and to try to flag where a call for another company has come in (which is illegal in Canada).

What about the guy who pissed on the drivers seat of the car after his shift as an act of revenge for the previous driver not cleaning the car. He still has a job.

Not to mention half the drivers interact with the local prostitutes on a regular basis (well maybe less than half but a fair amount), one such driver was found guilty in court for soliciting a prostitute, he still has a job.

One of the drivers I worked with had three prior drinking and driving convictions and still continues to drink and drive. Although he doesn't drink and drive on the job, he still has a job.

Most of our dispatchers are drug or alcohol dependant addicts.

One such dispatcher was a former Police officer with the City of Lethbridge, he was in charge of Crime Prevention before being found guilty of scamming the Crime Stoppers reward system years ago and taking kick backs from "bogus" informants.

I could say so much more but am reluctant and hesitant because I enjoyed working with many of the drivers at my former place of employment, there were only a select few I could not stand, and the feeling was mutual I am sure. Basically the child molester, not going to name names, the drunk that called in sick 3 out of 5 shifts a week with some random excuse, the old XXXXXX guy who is married and into the prostitutes (proven in court for solicting). Where was I going with this...

My point is I took a ten second video of a sober woman consenting to showing her boobs on film basically just for the fun of it and Bam, I am fired. No warning, no notice, no nothing.

I guess I should have started drinking on the job and smoking crack while getting blow jobs from prostitutes on slow nights and molesting handicapped women on the busy days while pissing in the taxi at the end of my shift. At least I could sleep comfortably knowing I still had a job.

Fired

2010-09-29T19:40:00.003-06:00

I was told my services were no longer required when I showed up for work earlier this evening. Apparently they were not happy with one of my videos. Of course I am a little upset but I have no hard feelings toward my former employers. As a matter of fact in the three years I had worked there not once did I actually meet the owners (I may have seen them in passing) and I don't even think they knew my name.

I have re-applied for a position with a different company and it looks promising. I mentioned what had happened at my previous place of employment and told the prospective new employer about this blog.

I wanted to be upfront about it and explained that if it comes down to the blog or the job, I would choose the job (this turned out to be a terrible idea).

I would have chosen the job over the blog at the place I was just fired from, had they given me the option.

As far as I know this could be my last post. If I am required to either stop posting stories or privatize the blog I would certainly do so in order to secure employment.

Pensioner Importing Massive Quantities of Marijuana from British Columbia

2010-09-26T06:46:00.014-06:00

I am not posting this to mention any particular person but from my observations, the senior citizens of Lethbridge have a strong foothold on certain drug trades.

Remember all of those senior citizens busted for soliciting prostitutes? Well they are certainly capable of dealing drugs, after so many years I guess the elderly have become the most successful drug dealers of all.

Money Talks - $147 Tip

2010-09-26T06:08:00.004-06:00

I flagged a few guys Friday night from the concert at the Exhibition grounds featuring Three Six Mafia and Swollen Members, among other groups. They were going to XXXXXX Nightclub and during the trip one guy offered me $100 to pick him and his friends up at exactly 2:20 AM outside of XXXXXX.

I agreed not thinking they were actually serious. So we arrive at XXXXXX and they pay the fare and the guy throws me a $100 bill on top and says to the effect "see you at 2:20", which was about 1 hour away, I agreed and left for my next trip.

So the guy threw me an extra hundred bucks without knowing me whatsoever and trusted that I would actually come back for him and not just fuck off with his money, which I easily could have done.

I am an honest guy and I arrived at XXXXXX a couple minutes early. I probably had 20 some people try to get in the car while I was waiting for this "player", maybe not the best term. People were literally trying to open my doors while I was still driving/moving. I was telling people I was sorry and that I was already hired. I am sure I was called an "Asshole, Cocksucker, Fucking Bitch, etc", people were literally pissed right off that I would not pick them up (which is not unusual after arriving at a busy place after last call).

I called the guy and no answer, I waited at the very front on the nightclub for a couple of minutes. I knew I was early and was stopped right outside the front door of the club, in gear (so the doors were still locked), when right on cue out walks "buddy" with his friends and I let them in. They were happy I kept my word that I would pick them up at exactly that time, and they were right on cue.

So I drove them all home and the meter was at $23.00. I said they were all good and paid for when the guy decided to throw me another $70 basically just for keeping my word.

The title speaks for itself at this point.

Lethbridge Sex Trade

2010-09-16T20:04:00.001-06:00

It amazes me how prominent this industry is within such a small(er) city. I guess you really can pay for anything.

Instead of up-sizing your fast food meal you can upgrade your sexual experience to include Anal Sex for and additional "$80". WTF?

I would like to explain when I have the time (likely Sunday or Monday). "Legal" business entities offer many sexual services in Lethbridge, of course at a premium to the downtown hookers.

My full analysis will be posted within the next week or two, I have considered it a personal project of mine.

Update to XXXXXX Hit and Run

2010-09-16T03:16:00.003-06:00

Ashley Scout has been charged with aggravated assault with a weapon (the vehicle), aggravated assault, dangerous driving, and failing to remain at the scene of an accident after purposely (allegedly) hitting a 25 year old man and a 26 year old woman outside of XXXXXX early Sunday morning before fleeing the scene.

I believe had she stayed at the scene she would have likely been charged with impaired driving.

I have learned that the victims have been treated for non life threatening injuries.

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Clearly some people should not have children. I hope she goes to jail and her kids end up in a foster home (or better care), where they belong. Who is taking care of your kids while you are out getting "black out" drunk all the time?

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The Hooker That Wouldn't Put Out.

2010-09-14T04:09:00.002-06:00

Short Take.

I picked up this guy (around 50) that was looking for a hooker and he easily found one downtown at the XXXXXX. I had never seen her before but it was obvious she was a hooker. The guy asked her to get in and she said she was from Calgary and had a car across the street.

So the trip ended there and he went off with her.

About three hours later at 2:30AM I get a call to an address. I arrive and it is the same guy from before. He starts telling me how he gave her a hundred dollars to fuck and spent two hundred dollars on blow. He said the hooker wouldn't even let him see her tits, never mind blow and fuck him. He was surprisingly not really that pissed off and said he was a nice guy.

So he goes looking for another hooker because the first one was some kind of scam artist or something. He easily finds another butch hooker, I asked him if he really wanted to talk to her and he said it doesn't matter what she looks like, it's just her mouth that counts. So he picked her up and I took them back to his MOTHERS house so he could have his fun.

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2010-09-12T08:52:00.006-06:00

What happened at XXXXXX last night? I pulled up on the scene after whatever happened but before the Police, Ambulance, and Fire Trucks arrived.

From all of the stories I have heard tonight about the situation I believe that either a van was parked out front of XXXXXX and that person backed up hard and ran over a bunch of people and fled the scene, or a vehicle heading Southbound on 5th street struck a few pedestrians and fled the scene.

From what I witnessed there were two seriously injured people outside of XXXXXX. One person was trying to move and the other was clearly unresponsive and I have heard that he will not survive the night and may in fact already be deceased.

Just sad.

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Older Post Revisited - Don't Drink and Drive

2010-09-11T06:33:00.004-06:00

http://canadiantaxi.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post.html

I never did find out the true story about what happened here but it seems obvious to me.

Paralyzed but Lucky to be Alive?

2010-09-09T07:25:00.005-06:00

A little hesitant to post this...

Apparently a few weeks ago a person was riding his/her bicycle Westbound on Whoop-Up Drive into Eastbound traffic when an oncoming Eastbound XXXXXX Taxi struck the cyclist and sent him/her to the Chinook Regional Hospital where he/she was soon airlifted to Calgary in critical condition.

I have heard that this person "lost both of their legs". Exactly what that means I am unsure but it can not be good.

There is a paved walking path directly adjacent to the main thoroughfare and to decide to ride your bike into oncoming 90km per hour traffic is just crazy. Perhaps signage is lacking to direct pedestrian traffic to the path but who knows, it is not for me to speculate.

I see people on this crossing all the time, either walking, skateboarding, or cycling down this huge hill, I suppose it was just a matter of time until someone was seriously injured. I guess he/she should be happy to be alive but still a tragic, life altering experience.

USE THE PAVED WALKING PATH!

Miss Toronto

2010-09-08T07:53:00.001-06:00

I have to say that not only are you absolutely gorgeous but you were very pleasant to speak with, I only wish our trip together was longer. In fact I answered a lot of personal questions that I do not normally answer.

The only thing I regret not asking you is why would you say something to the effect of "I am from Toronto and I will never come back here again" moments after arriving in our beautiful city.

Were your first 10 minutes here really that bad? I am sorry there is not that much for you to do on a Tuesday night but there is so much more to explore, please enlighten me of why you would say that and what you would be doing on a Tuesday night in Toronto that is so exciting, there must be something.

Perhaps Wedding Gown sales are not in such high demand here? Maybe the Lawyer I picked up later was handling a few divorce cases.

I wish you good luck in school and perhaps you will come back some day and see the true beauty of this great city, other than the airport and your hotel.

The Silent Trips

2010-09-08T06:53:00.002-06:00

I do not always try to strike up any sort of conversation just for the sake of chatting and have learned that sometimes saying nothing is better than hearing everything.

Last night for example; I am sure I picked up a lawyer from the Lethbridge Airport on his way to the XXXXXX (I assumed he was a lawyer based on his oversized briefcase type thing lawyers carry).

After finding out where he was going not one word was spoken between us throughout the entire trip. Perhaps that is how we both wanted it. He was probably travelling all day and was tired and I just wanted to get paid. Had either of us said anything I am sure the other would have responded, but that never happened.

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From the Hospital last night in the early hours of the morning. The woman got in the car and sat directly behind me (which rarely happens with only one passenger) as if to hide herself from me, she seemed a little upset and I said nothing the entire trip. I have learned it is best not to ask how a persons night is going when you pick them up from the hospital. Either they break down on you crying about a loved one or they tell you about every disease and broken bone they have ever had in their entire life.

Don't get me wrong if someone wants to spew their thoughts on me I am usually interested and willing to listen, but at times I try not to encourage them.
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Again from the hospital last night... I picked up this guy that stunk like ass and had bandages around his head and was limping bad. I drove him all the way home without a word being spoken, it really is wierd because most of the time people will not shut up. All I said to this guy at the end of the trip was "good luck man".

What else is there to say? Hey sorry you got your ass kicked and you are lucky to be alive but have you been to this new club?

Every trip is different and sometimes saying nothing is best. I know exactly what to say to open up some sort of conversation in different situations but sometimes I wait for the other person (or passengers) to say the first line. It almost feels like cat and mouse at times.

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A different side to a Hospital trip.... I see this guy walking towards me with from the ER and there is blood all over his pants, upon closer inspection he has stiches on his nose. After finding out where he was going (it happened to be the Lethbridge Shelter) the first thing I said was "What the fuck happened to you man?", sometimes you just can't help but to ask.

He was cool and said he was waiting at the XXXXXX Bus Depot minding his own business when three guys jumped him in the alley, beat him up a bit and took his money. He mentioned he was on his was back to Brocket after attending a detox/addictions program and was looking forward to becomming reaquainted with his young family when he was assaulted. (When I think of Brocket I think of a XXXXXX person/stereotype, but that was not the case).

I actually felt kinda bad for the guy, here he is trying to get his life in order, trying to do good for himself and his family and he was brutally assaulted at the bus depot in the middle of the afternoon, lost his money and was sent to the hospital and had no way of getting home after and ended up spending the night in the shelter, not fun I am sure.

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Students are Back

2010-09-07T05:09:00.012-06:00

So the last couple of weeks the University of Lethbridge and Lethbridge College students have been trickling into town. Last night (Monday) they made their presence known at XXXXXX. There must have been a decent line forming around 8:30pm. I was flagging trips from the University going to XXXXXX as early as 7:30pm. I received very few trips from dispatch all night and solely relied on the University and XXXXXX to make any kind of cash.

It was a decent Monday night, I must have went up and down Whoop-Up Drive 40 times going to and from XXXXXX and the University (gets boring after a while). Of all the Students that were at XXXXXX I only had two trips to the College.

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Later on......

Three girls decided they were all going to flash me just for the fun of it when I asked if anyone was up for a short video clip, one female agreed on the condition of anonymity and covered her face.

Here are a couple of pictures from the video. I enjoyed the audio portion of it more than the actual nudity because it is not anything I haven't seen before, but a first for this blog.

Notice how her friend is the one to lower her top at first, lol.

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VIDEO REMOVED

"Put em back, put em back", LMFAO!

Lethbridge Scenic Drive XXXXXX Hepatitis A "Outbreak"... My Opinion

2010-09-05T08:18:00.012-06:00

It was a serious enough of a concern that Alberta Health Officials set up a free vaccination clinic within the city. I am unsure of the details about Hepatitis A other than do not eat someones shit who has it or you will die from it in the long term. So basically Alberta Health is warning residents that over a three day period in August you may have contracted the virus by ingesting human fecal matter infected with Hepatitis A, sounds appetizing doesn't it.

Thank you XXXXXX for not only serving shitting food but shitty toppings as well. I wonder how much fecal matter people who eat at XXXXXX actually congest in any given meal, it is only brought to the publics attention when Hep A is in the equation. So had this person not had Hep A he or she would have been hapily serving human fecal matter laced XXXXXX burgers to your children. "MMMM......XXXXXX.......Sweet an ass pube."

I am not here to report the story but in my opinion they should have conducted the Hepatitis A vaccination clinic in the parking lot of the downtown business to send a message that this is unacceptable. This XXXXXX employs many workers and clearly some person did not wash his hands after taking a rancid shit all over and then prepared food and/or served customers without washing his o her hands during a three day period.

I am sure XXXXXX has some sort of sign in the staff washroom that says "Wash Hands After Wiping Your Ass," but they should still be held liable for their neglect in training staff and I hope a class action lawsuit is launched against XXXXXX over this issue. I wonder how many employees had any sort of Food Safety Training.

This businesses should be held more accountable. Did this location ever stop serving food or close for any period of time in order to disinfect the restaurant? (That likely did not need to happen with this type of illness)

The Alberta Health Website Restaurant Inspection has not reported any problems with this location whatsoever, so what good is this service if it is not up to date? The restaurant has been inspected since then but there is no indication that there was such a serious Health risk what so ever. If you do not get your Hep A vaccine by today (Sunday September 5th) it will not be effective.

http://www5.albertahealthservices.ca/bins/inspection/inspect_main_history.asp?f={95E13B10-4C10-415F-AC30-FDECEE60558C}

I guess they had a message posted on their homepage.

So was this employee terminated or did he just start washing his hands? Why only a three day period?

Another Puker...

2010-09-05T07:40:00.006-06:00

My Friday night ended with a trip from the XXXXXX Trailer Court to the North Side, I picked up this middle aged guy from a trailer (mobile home) at approximately 3:30am.

Less then half a block away he asks me to stop so he can puke, hell yeah I am going to stop for that and fast. He was apologetic and I emphasized "OUTSIDE THE CAR", he said he was alright and I started driving when a short distance later, he asked me to stop again.

I realized at this point that this was going to be a long ride if I kept stopping all the time, so with his window rolled down I asked him to just puke out the window if he needed to all the way to the North Side and said that I would stop if he wanted.

He obliged and kept apologizing the entire way, I really was not concerned in the least because he was making a good effort to puke out the window of the car, which was fine with me. I can wash the outside of a vehicle easily, cleaning puke from the inside; I don't even want to think about. In general I would estimate that I have driven a person that has needed or has puked during the ride less than .01 percent of the time. If my math is correct that is 1 out of every 1000 passengers.

I don't want to say much about this but he was "confused about the fare" and the lack of funds in his wallet. I convinced him otherwise.

Drunk Fucking Selfish Fat Ass XXXXXX Cunt..... Random Rant

2010-09-05T06:46:00.006-06:00

Impulsive Post.... edited

So I flagged a trip last night at the XXXXXX at 1:40am. Two women and a man get in the car, all of different race.

The XXXXXX lady, if you will, decided she had to get off sale liquor because she was not "black out" drunk enough. Her friend and the guy she picked up at the bar wanted no part of it and just wanted to go home, but she insisted so off we went to get off sale at XXXXXX.

The bar was busy and she asked me if this was the only place to get liquor, I said no and that the Lethbridge XXXXXX store down the street was open for twenty more minutes. She said that would be better so I started driving, a block later she freaks out, "where the fuck are you going, you dumb taxi driver, I want to get some liquor", I explained to her that I was proceeding to the liquor store down the street at her request, obviously she had not remembered what had happened less then 15 seconds ago.

So we get to the Lethbridge XXXXXX store and I am surprised they sold her any sort of booze.

All her friend and the guy she picked up at the bar wanted to do was to go to XXXXXX to get a coffee on the way back her place and did not seem interested in any more liquor. Once this bitch got her booze she became the most selfish fucking blob I have ever encountered. She refused to allow her friends to stop at XXXXXX to get a coffee because she had to get home as soon as possible and told all of us to go fuck our selves and on and on, her mission was to get home and to get as drunk as possible and fuck her friends, fuck me, and fuck everyone else (not in a sexual reference).

Against this selfish fucking whores demand I stopped at the XXXXXX on 13th Street North so the guy could get a coffee, which he did, the bitch cracks up "buy me a pack of cigarettes", she also previously requested that he buy the liquor which he may have done because he went into the store with her. I spoke with her friend in the car while they were in the store and she seemed relatively sober and in good spirits and was in fact a pleasure to speak with. She was telling me about her teenage children and such (these were older folks).

So while this guy is in the XXXXXX getting his coffee these two women (well one woman and one fucking vile excuse for a human being) start bickering and yelling at each other, "you fucking bitch, you are such a whore, go fuck yourself," and on and on an on, I seriously thought they were going to scrap right then and there, inside the car. I glanced over and the woman in the front seat had her fist clenched and was just waiting for the other girl to start first. I do let a lot of things slide and just kept looking forward and did not say a word (minding my own business). They clearly had some issues.

So the XXXXXX bitch decides the nice decent XXXXXX woman is not going to come over to her place at XXXXXX Court. So the girl says fine and I start driving to her place up thirteenth. The XXXXXX cunt starts bickering at her friend again and the sensible woman in the front seat turned up the music to drown out her constant bitching, thank goodness because I was tired of this cunt in the backseat not giving any sensible respect to her friends or I.

At one point I lowered the volume on the stereo to ask where abouts the woman lived when the fat fucking whore in the back seat leans into the front and cranks the volume to deaf defying standards, I pushed her arm away and lowered the volume, I don't mind listening to good music at a decent volume level, but when I push your arm away and say "STOP" the last thing you should do, especially at your age, is to try again to blare the music at a mind numbing level.

So I was going through the 18th Ave N and 13th Street intersection on a flashing yellow when this cunt grabs my arm and shoulder area and tries to turn up the volume again. She pulled my arm off the steering wheel and SCREEEECH, I stopped hard and yelled at her "STOP, STAY IN THE BACK, AND SHUT THE FUCK UP" (or something of that nature), she demanded to be let off, I agreed and they all got out, I demanded the $20 fare up until that point which the male was happy to pay against the blacked out drunk XXXXXX piece of shit fat ass whore's request not to pay me while yelling derogatory comments at me.

Fuck you bitch. I was more than tolerant of your behaviour until you blatantly affected my ability to drive safely, only then did I become upset and I did not even kick you out of the car, YOU asked to be let off.

I felt bad for the other two passengers and would have gladly taken them anywhere they wanted, I even would have taken them all (including the Fat Fucking XXXXXX Whore) where they wanted to go had no further issues arose.

I hope your XXXXXX friend beat the shit out of you and left you for dead while the decent guy went peacefully on his way.

Can you tell I was pissed off?

You know I sat in front of a busy nightclub waiting for a fare watching all the beautiful woman having a good time and strolling by and who decides to get in my cab? Not them, the fucking piece of shit I just picked up, that's who.

Impaired Driving?

2010-09-03T07:43:00.008-06:00

The police definitely made their presence known around closing time last night at XXXXXX. I am unsure whether the police were called out there or they were just doing some preventative maintenance against street fighting and drunken driving. I believe that the Lethbridge Police did an excellent job last night enforcing their drinking and driving policies. The Police clearly made their presence known outside the only busy bar in town, which probably gave some people the last incentive they needed to take a taxi.

I was driving Westbound on Third Avenue South last night at approximately 3:25am and was just past Fourth Street when I noticed the police had pulled over what appeared to be a blue Ford Focus (or a similar vehicle).

Sitting on the back bumper of the downtown beat unit van was a young female, maybe eighteen or nineteen, handcuffed and sobbing.

It was clear to me that the woman had probably just been pulled over and charged with Impaired Driving.

I assume that this woman had waited an hour after the bar closed, waited for the police to leave, and proceeded to drive home drunk. Either way she was pulled over less than two blocks away from the bar.

I could have taken a picture but without any confirmed details I give people the benefit of the doubt.

Do not let this happen to you and take a taxi, any taxi.

Lethbridge Restaurant Inspections

2010-08-29T19:34:00.004-06:00

I stumbled upon the Alberta Health Services website today and was left with an uneasy feeling in my stomach. Needless to say I will be avoiding these restaurants in the near future.

If you have fallen ill after eating at the Park Place Mall Smitty's or the Center Village Mall Smitty's contact the owner directly at 403-328-0753, or 403-394-1840, 39 Tudor Court South. Isele Hans, and give him a piece of your mind.

Smitty's Family Restaurant (PPMall)
501 - 1 Avenue S
Lethbridge AB T1J 4L9
Owner: Hans Isele

No less than 32 non-compliance issues within the last six months. Has not received a pass rating in recent history.
http://www5.albertahealthservices.ca/bins/inspection/inspect_main_history.asp?f={07E55851-1801-4534-845B-D29A871FF2B8}

Humpty's Family Restaurant (Scenic Dr.)
205 - Scenic Drive S
Lethbridge AB T1J 4M6

No less than 26 non-compliance's related to food safety and health violation issues within the last six months.
http://www5.albertahealthservices.ca/bins/inspection/inspect_main_history.asp?f={1589F0B3-276A-48BB-8E7F-42EB1A13B66D}

Smitty's Pancake House (CVM)
10 - Centre Village Mall N
Lethbridge AB T1H 0E4
Owner: Smitty's Pancake House operated by H. Isele Ltd.

Although they have received two passes by the Alberta Health Inspectors within the last six months no less than 51 non-compliance issues have been reported.
http://www5.albertahealthservices.ca/bins/inspection/inspect_main_history.asp?f={925447AA-05D4-4D6E-8E68-C647A42CC904}

Pulse Nightclub Opens August 27th, 2010

2010-08-28T15:43:00.009-06:00

Pulse Nightclub opened their doors for business last night in Lethbridge with mostly positive reviews.

Some people were disappointed they did not make more changes to the former Roadhouse Bar and Grill (AKA The Stab House). One such customer said "All they did was paint the walls grey and threw up a couple of banners".

Other customers commented on the increased security and in general most people seemed to have had a great time.

Another customer said "It doesn't smell like piss anymore, it actually smells clean, they moved the men's washroom to a more central location and added additional stalls so guys can piss, puke, and bleed in a more convenient location".

XXXXXX suffered the most notable loss in business to Pulse and I fully expect that trend to continue. In my opinion XXXXXX is a hole in the wall and it would not take much for Pulse to provide a more aesthetically pleasing atmosphere.

I am not surprised a lot of my suggestions of what they should do with the building actually happened (link to post).

I believe Pulse will continue to be a popular hot spot for the younger crowd, as the Roadhouse once was.

Party Bus Allegedly Pulled Over For Underage Drinking...

2010-08-25T01:11:00.006-06:00

A XXXXXX Limousine party bus was pulled over Monday evening before midnight at 3rd Avenue South and 5th Street.

At first it appeared as though the police were dumping liquor on the ground outside of the vehicle. I pulled up beside the scene a fair distance away and could hear someone say "Is anyone here eighteen" (I am unsure whether or not it was the police or a passenger). The police were interrogating the passengers as they were lined up on the sidewalk with multiple police officers on the scene. There were approximately twenty passengers.

At least four police cruisers were involved in the situation as well as two bike patrol officers.

The crowd slowly dispersed after questioning and a female passenger was especially upset about the incident. The police dumped a lot of liquid onto the street (I am sure it must have been alcohol). At one point there was liquid being dumped directly from the rear underside of the vehicle. I was unsure of what it was but it was streaming from the bus, maybe there is a built in bar with a keg or something on the bus.

Anyway.... I do not believe any arrests were made but I do believe that the driver of the party bus received some sort of ticket because he was looking at a piece of paper as he walked back to his bus from the police cruiser.

The people that were on the bus dispersed into Galt Gardens.

First Couple of Days Back..../ Parked Car Incident

2010-08-22T07:42:00.006-06:00

I was pretty nervous on Friday night. I had not driven a taxi for around 4 months and was worried I would fuck up somehow or not remember where even the simplest of places were.

My second trip I picked up a family at XXXXXX. I got out of the car to help with the groceries and immediately noticed the daughter, she was maybe 18ish. She was wearing a revealing top and must have had EEE tits (if there is such a size) just dangling from her young chest. My god I tried my best not to look but just could not help myself.

So this girl decides to get in the front with me while her mom and guy get in the back. Long story short I was nervous. I mean come on, having the most gigantic tits flopping around on a young woman right beside you while her mom is in the backseat is nerve racking.

So I was about two houses away from their place when BAM! I hit a parked car, the noise was loud and it was obvious. I acknowledged that I thought I hit the vehicle on this narrow side street while passing an oncoming vehicle. I got paid and they said the other car was too far away from the curb, which it may have been but I still hit the fucking thing.

I helped them with their groceries and had a "second, or third and fourth, look if you will", I know I probably sound like a pervert right about now but that is untrue, I am just male.

So I went to look at the car I hit and there was no damage whatsoever, our mirrors had contacted each other and there was nothing further to be done.

If I have anything else to say about this post it is this... to the mother "I know it must be hard, and perhaps even expensive, finding a suitable bra for your daughter but you have to come up with something, next time I am going to pop a huge boner while I unload your toilet paper and other shit. I only wish she had somehow drowned so I could have given her mouth to mouth.

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I met a guy Friday that was telling about when the XXXXXX was foreclosed by the bank and the new owners had found about 30 mattresses in the basement, along with syringes and crack pipes. He promised to get a hold of me so I could upload the photos that were taken, I am unsure whether that will happen or not but I believe the story, which may be completely false. If I had the pictures I would be able to prove the story, but until then it is just here say.

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Saturday night was slow as hell, I think I made three dollars during my first two hours on shift. It ended up as a somewhat decent night. Basically I worked for eight hours for absolutely nothing but was rewarded handsomely during my last few hours during the bar scene.

XXXXXX was crazy tonight and I believe that when XXXXXX opens next week they will lose a lot of business. Apparently DJ. XXXXXX is playing the old XXXXXX for their opening.

That's enough for me tonight.

One More Time

2010-08-19T15:41:00.001-06:00

I will be back in the drivers seat tomorrow evening and you can expect more stories to follow.

With the influx of new students in Lethbridge it just seems like the right time to get back into the business. I basically took the entire summer off and am bored out of my mind. I need some excitement and believe me driving a taxi can be an invigorating experience, to say the least.