Special Mention - Immigrants

To every recent immigrant to Canada that I have EVER  met/driven:

Sometimes I have a hard time understanding your English but you are understandable and are constantly learning. Most of the time you hold more than one job and are trying your very best to support your families and be a productive member of society.

In my opinion you are more than welcome in our country. I have nothing but the utmost respect for you and wish you all the best and hope you are able to stay and adjust to Canada easily.

On a somewhat related note I picked up a group of Porterican (sp?) folks from a local grocery store. Upon arrival at their townhouse the one guy told me that he thought I was cute, I brushed it off. He then told me as we were parting that he loved me, I told him I loved him also.

I don't believe that he really loved me but he is learning English and I humored him, maybe he humored me. It takes a little bit of patience sometimes but it is rewarding in its own way.

Random Crackwhore - "I'll give you a blowjob"

I was sent for a call tonight to the XXXXXX downtown. I arrived and this XXXXXX Crack Whore got in. I asked her where she wanted to go and she said she didn't know and just wanted to party.

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I think her plan the entire time was to call for a taxi and ask the driver if he wanted to pay her for sexual favours. In all honesty I think she had executed a good tactic, I estimate she may have been successful in obtaining a trick this way 30 percent of the time.

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After reviewing the video I clearly made the mistake of saying "You seem like a nice lady" after she offered to suck my dick, I immediately realized that this was clearly not the case and cleared my throat soon after.

I remember her telling me that she was XXXXXX, although she was clearly XXXXXX.

She paid me five dollars to take her into the back alley and drop her off by the XXXXXX Inn.

Strange trip, here is a portion of the audio version of the encounter...


XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Video Removed

FUCK YOU XXXXXX- BIG DICKS IN YOUR ASS IS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH

GO FUCK YOURSELF YOU FAT FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT WORTHLESS FUCKING FAG- THE BOUNCER IS NOT ABLE TO HELP YOUR CAUSE SO TAKE YOUR ANAL BEADS YOU SIT ON ALL NIGHT AND SHOVE THEM DOWN YOUR BOYFRIENDS THROAT.

Hold on, I recant that statement, I don't want you to do something that you both enjoy, WHY DON'T YOU FUCK EACH OTHER UP THE ASS, oh wait, again with something you both enjoy.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST HAVE A HEART ATTACK AND DIE YOU WORTHLESS FAT FUCK. FUCK YOU. XXXXXX TAXI, WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST NAME YOURSELF EVERY FOLD IS A DIFFERENT PLEASURE AND FEEL FREE TO DOUBLE PENETRATE MY ASS BECAUSE MY GAY BOYFRIENDS LIKE TO FIND NEW FOLDS AND FUCK ME FREELY (I KNOW IT WAS TOO LONG OF A NAME SO XXXXXX WORKS FINE).

GO FUCK YOURSELF YOU WHINNY LITTLE BITCH. OH I AM BANNED FROM THE PARKING LOT, CALL THE BOUNCERS THEN THE COPS, FUCK YOU ASSHOLE, TAKE YOUR FUCKING SIGN AND RAM IT UP YOUR LOOSE ANUS. I HOPE AFTER ALL YOUR BOYFRIENDS ARE FINISHED TRIPLE PENETRATING YOU THAT YOUR PROLAPSED ANUS WILL FIX ITSELF SOMEHOW, SERIOUSLY HOW DO YOU DRIVE AROUND WITH A PROLAPSED ANUS AND SHOVE THOSE BASEBALL SIZED ANAL BEADS INTO YOURSELF?

BY THE WAY YOUR MAN BRA IS WAY TOO FUCKING SMALL, YOU DEFINITELY NEED TO UPGRADE TO TRIPLE WWW BECAUSE YOUR MAN BOOBS ARE HANGING OVER THE FUCKING STEERING WHEEL.

I THINK I TOOK YOUR TAXI ONCE AND ALWAYS WONDERED WHY THERE WERE TWO MASSIVE SLOTS THROUGH THE REAR OF THE DRIVERS SEAT WITH A SIGN THAT SAYS "PLEASE FUCK ME AND THERE IS A MASSIVE CUSTOM MADE BLACK DILDO AVAILABLE IF I AM TOO LOOSE".

ARE YOU STILL BEING CHARGED WITH DRUGGING AND RAPPING THOSE TWO YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOYS? GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR TRIAL XXXXXX DRIVE MY ANUS TAXI.

But seriously you should lay off the trans fats you fat fuck. Those twenty litre jugs are meant for the fryer and not for drinking like bottles of water.

I am absolutely livid about what happened at the XXXXXX tonight and quite frankly every Sunday we have a similar encounter. Fuck your gay little sign and the 1991 taxi you rode in on. I am surprised that beast actually holds your weight YOU FAT BALD FUCK.


Anonymous said...
Yikes! What happened here?


Well now you have me going again, apart from the City of Lethbridge Bylaws and private property laws BIG GAY XXXXXX TAXI trying to enforce a "Reserved Parking Spot" at the XXXXXX. I should not even bother trying to state my case because your daily family bucket of XXXXXX downed by 20 litres of fryer oil will kill you quick you dumb fat fucking piece of shit.

Go fuck yourself and your 1991 Mercedes Benz you rode in on. Has that beast even past a safety inspection? Fuck you XXXXXX and your illegal/immorally GAY sign at the XXXXXX. FUCK YOU, EVERY CAB DRIVER IN THE CITY HATES YOUR FUCKING GUTS. YOUR SIGN HAS NO LEGAL CONSEQUENCE AND BASICALLY YOU ARE STEALING FROM THE REST OF US YOU FUCKING FAT PIECE OF SHIT, FUCK YOU.

I am more than happy to block your death cab from picking up at the XXXXXX. I consider it a public service to avoid a tragic death from someone entering your death cab.

If I haven't mentioned it go fuck yourself with you illegal sign. You are such a hypocrite, I have seen you downtown fagging at the XXXXXX ignoring the no stopping sign, you ignore a city issued parking sign yet expect every taxi to follow your "Reserved for XXXXXX", fuck you that is no taxi stand, go fuck yourself and have a look at the city bylaws you fat trans fat fucking piece of shit homo fag.

April 11, 2009:

I have found out recently that I am wrong about that sign and the agreement you have with the XXXXXX and will honor that agreement in the future. I apologize for disobeying your precious sign, the same way you disobey the no stopping sign at the XXXXXX on numerous occasions. I apologize for the sign and not for any other comments.

Random Saturday Night - Unedited Recollection

I had a LOUD XXXXXX passenger that was furiously yelling/preaching to me about what a true "XXXXXX" is. Apparantly unless the British Empire had some sort of something or another, blah blah blah. I was trying to tune him out as much as I could because;

1. I could barely understand a thing he was saying, mostly because of his thick accent.
2. He was drunk.
3. I could care less unless you speak proper english and stop yelling in my fucking ear.

So you are a true self proclaimed/British labeled "XXXXXX", Congratulations.

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I picked up a couple of crack dealing bitches from the XXXXXX Inn tonight. I asked the one girl if she was a crack dealer and she said "no, I am a crack hustler". I recorded most of the trip. I do not know the legalities of posting the video and probably will not. They succeeded in their crack deal at the XXXXXX Bowl. One woman said "We are slutting it up tonight", and I was impressed with their honestly to my questions. I mean I blatantly asked "so are you really a crack dealer?", and no I do not want to get shot in the back of the head but I read the situation and it seemed like an acceptable question to ask.

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I have to say I am starting to enjoy when women start breaking down balling about their boyfriends to another friend. It allows me to concentrate on the road much more.

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I had a few self proclaimed "newfies" on Friday night. Our conversation was awkward and was mostly about having sex with cougars. In their case the cougars happened to be over 40 and upwards of 57 years old. The one guy wanted to cum in the grandmas mouth and she said she wanted it inside of her, he said he was worried about getting her pregnant and she said she was past due for having a baby (sort of speak), the other guys oldest was 53. So I picked them up again tonight and they recognized me, but I did not recognize them. It suddenly hit me that they were the granny newfie fuckers and I told them that I could not stop thinking about what they had told me. I told them I was at the XXXXXX Garden later Friday evening and saw this much older lady, I mentioned that I envisioned them fucking the shit out of her, the laughed. It was fucked. I really believe these early 20 somthings really get there kicks out of super old ladies. Next time I will recommend the extendicare.

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XXXXXX I love you, XXXXXXI am even in more love with you. Fuck there are so many hot girls out there. I am tired of working every fucking weekend. ......................................................

I hate anticipating bar rush on a Saturday night and then getting stuck on the North side with a bunch of people going to work nights in the industrial area, it ruins the mood pretty quick.

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Awkward........people get in a XXXXXX Hatters and the one girls boyfriend says "show him your tits" it was not a very appropriate thing to say but she was so fucked up, she kept assaulting him the entire way,,,,,

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Are You Fucking Serious?

I picked up some college guys from XXXXXX last night and as we were approaching the college one of the guys practically propositioned me in front of his straight friends that if I were to go through the XXXXXX drive through that he would suck me off.

It seemed like a serious offer. I was flabbergasted to say the least, especially since XXXXXX had been closed for hours.

Enough about that.

Marianas Trench...

... played the XXXXXX last night.

Crack Whore Supposedly Robbed

I was sent for a trip at 2:45 AM to the XXXXXX on 19th ave Mayor Magrath and I see my fare.

She is a sketched out crack addict, apparently she had been robbed and only had 5 dollars to get downtown. Another cab driver from another company was on the scene and explained the situation.

Pretty much all I said was "take her if you want, I want nothing to do with her".

Some people come up with the craziest excuses sometimes. I mean you want me to believe you were robbed and you still have 5 dollars on you? Probably no police report, no nothing, you should have spent the five dollars updating your wardrobe.

I imagine hookers that at least look somewhat classy can demand a higher dollar. Get your face out of that pipe woman. At least the other cab driver had some compassion, which I often do, but I know who you are and I don't fucking think so.

You are just another random crack whore to me. Which = zero favours. I don't want your favours, expect none from me.

XXXXXX the Professional Crack Whore

XXXXXX must be out of the psych ward because she is back working the streets. I saw her tonight apparently working 4th ave and 5th st S.

It really is sad because there is very little hope for her. She is going to end up on a Lethbridge "Pickton" farm eventually.

http://canadiantaxi.blogspot.com/2009/01/crack-whore-in-psych-ward.html

Unedited Reader Comment - Racism in Lethbridge

I was asked to post this message and am happy to. I also assumed you wanted to remain anonymous and did not give you credit for the letter. I also I have no idea who you are. I do not agree or disagree with any of the following:



"The letter that I sent you was in response to the article in the Herald last week about the protest ralley to end Racism in Lethbridge"


"Hi, I drive for one of the other companies and was wondering if you could post this on your blog. It was a letter to the editor that I had written. But since it don't praise the XXXXXX , it will never get printed.

I am also afraid that this could cause some real tension between the XXXXXX and XXXXXX, but I believe it needs to be said.

Thanks and I also love your work, people need to open their eyes and see what this town is really like. It is far from the nice sweet innocent Mormon town that people think it is.

The People of Lethbridge are NOT Racist...

I have driven cab in this town for quite a few years and I have to say, racism is not the problem. The problem lies with a select a select number of the population of this town that are crack heads and drunken bums. This unfortunately shows the XXXXXX population as being in majority. Unfortunately, this attracts negative attention towards the good natives of Lethbridge and makes it ten times as hard for them to support their families and raise their kids. These members of the XXXXXX society should be commended for the roles they play. It is not easy having to live thinking everyone is watching you to make sure you don’t steal, or whatever.

I want to focus on the other side of the fence. People are good or bad. We should not paint any race with one brush. However, it seems that there is quite a number of XXXXXX in this town that have 0 respect for themselves, yet alone others which are not of their own ethnic background. For some reason there is a growing number of people (which seem to be primarily XXXXXX) that are commiting crimes such as; theft, physical violence and yes, I will say it RACEISM TOWARDS XXXXXX. Most of the crimes you hear of around here are perpetrated by XXXXXX persons. Whenever you read the court pages in the paper you see that most of the defendants are of XXXXXX decent. Most of the time you see drunks passes out in the parks, storefronts and malls, they are usually XXXXXX. 9 out of 10 times that I have been ripped off in my cab it has been by a XXXXXX person that knowingly don’t have any money to pay for my services, but they take the trip any way. These are the reasons why XXXXXX seem to get signaled out. They find it hard to find affordable housing because that landlord has had XXXXXX living in their apartments before and have found them to be destroyed after several months, to the point of being condemned. These are the true reasons why the XXXXXX are being signaled out. I admit, I get concerned when I pick up XXXXXX customers, because I am afraid of not getting paid. I hate myself for feeling this way, but as previously mentioned, most of my nonpaying customers are XXXXXX.

I have also had XXXXXX in the car that say they hate XXXXXX, and enjoy committing injustices against XXXXXX. They see it as we owe them. Sorry, I never took your land. I moved here from the East.

Yes, there were many horrible injustices committed to a once proud nation, and these should never be forgotten. Now for the, butt! This happened hundreds of years ago. So, don’t blame the great grand kids for what their forefathers did. Let’s try and live together, and help one another.

I do not hate XXXXXX, however I hate the XXXXXX that are a drain on society. If all they want to do is get drunk or stoned, then go back to the Reserve and do it. However, if you wish to be a contributing member of this fine city, then welcome my friend how can we help you.

I have had friends, co workers and employers from every walk of live, and I can say that I have nothing short of the utmost respect for them. It is not easy to leave their families, friends and even their own kids behind to come to Canada and make a better life for themselves. I believe these people deserve our utmost respect. It is the dregs of our society that I believe should be sent on a one way trip to an abandoned island and left to fend for themselves."

A Taxi Driver

Sexy XXXXXX

I picked XXXXXX up from a party on the West side. She was going to the Uplands, a fair distance in Lethbridge.

We started chatting and she asked if she could give me a hug. She was sitting in the back seat and put her arm around me and began trying to make out with me. I was trying to concentrate on the road and she was really only able to catch the right side of my mouth. It was a little surprising.

Throughout the journey we kept chatting, she told me she loved me more than 10 times and continued to slobber all over my neck, face, and ear and was trying furiously to get her tongue down my mouth. I was not at all objecting but kept my eyes on the road (a true professional). A couple of times she reached over and kissed me and started rubbing my balls and of course my rock hard cock (through my pants of course), this woman wanted it bad.

I knew she was hammered and I was not going to do anything that would get me into trouble, although had she pursued further I would not have objected.

She asked me how old I was and I told her. She said "I am eighteen", and here comes the catch, "well almost eighteen". I could not believe that she was a minor after all that.

Long story short she asked me to park a few houses away from her house. At this point I was able to give her a little action back and it was exhilarating to say the least. Nothing illegal or immoral (depending on your values) was ever performed.

XXXXXX I know you will probably not remember most of your night, but I sure will remember part of it.

P.S. to XXXXXX: If you are reading this post you should close your browser now because you are not of age to review the content contained within this site.

Are You Prejudice Against XXXXXX?

I had a weird trip and the woman was going across town and voluntarily gave me ten dollars up front. I assumed it was all she had and told her it was going to be much more than that. I kept explaining that I was going to let her out of the car after the ten dollars expired. I made it clear there was no deal to get her the whole way, she kept saying she would take care of me and blah blah blah. I said I didn't want her to take care of me and only cash did that, and if all she had was ten dollars she was shit outta luck.

I pulled over after ten dollars and she hands me another $20 and asks...

"Are you prejudice against XXXXXX?"

I responded to the effect "Yes, as a matter of fact, most of the time I am."

Special Mention

Most crack whores occupy 5th street S. There is a newer girl that has been working 5th ave and 6th st S. She is a decent looking XXXXXX girl (for now) and I have had suspicions that she is an undercover police officer although I have seen a man in a grey civic drop her off there. Who knows.

XXXXXX The Tweaking XXXXXX Crack Whore

I pulled up to the XXXXXX Hotel looking for XXXXXX. Let me be clear it was not the XXXXXX Lodge, but the XXXXXX Hotel. There is a significant difference.

I noticed another cab driver kicking her out of his cab. I decided to take her. I believe it is common knowledge that XXXXXX is a XXXXXX cock sucking crack whore from the XXXXXX Hotel with the most fucked up face and teeth I have ever seen, clearly a drug addict. She was tweaking out waiting to get her next crack hit. She said she was 26 and started smoking crack 25 years ago, that's right, when she was 1. I think she was just confused and she could not have actually meant to say that. I never asked her to clarify.

She was wearing red spandex/sweatpants, if you can imagine that, and of course for easier access no panties to speak of. I think about it now and you really can't be a crack whore and wear panties, it just doesn't make sense to. What if one of your tricks cums on your panties, you don't want your next trick to see that (I have also heard around that swallowing is an implied agreement of the crack whore/client contract pricing). At least cum on the body is easier to clean off. Also just for ease of access, if you are fucking some guy beside a dumpster you don't want to have to take your shoes off to get your panties off, not that you necessarily have to remove the panties although when you fuck 10 or more guys a day and their cocks are constantly rubbing against your panties you could experience some sort of wear and tear. Sorry I got a little off track there.

She said her ex-boyfriend got her hooked on crack. The man in the backseat with the cash was telling her to shut the fuck up because she was clearly telling me to much. I told them I knew what they were up to and said I didn't care. That is the only thing you can say.

It was weird because she called the man "Dad", I don't believe it was her father and he was probably just some dude she finished fucking so he would buy her crack, but it could have been her dad because of his age. Maybe he was her dad that just finished fucking her, it would not surprise me. The guy kept calling me Lorenzo Foronzo or something like that, apparently his favorite race care driver.

I am prohibited from releasing confidential information but it you live near 2nd avenue north and 17th street your neighbor could be a crack dealer.

Another Drunk XXXXXX

So I am cruising along Southbound on 7th Street South approaching a solid green light at 3rd Avenue when BAM! some older XXXXXX guy with a cane steps out into traffic. I laid down rubber and had to swerve to avoid him, coming to a screeching halt not far from him.

He must have appreciated my effort to avoid seriously injuring him because he promptly gave me the finger.

I was still impressed with myself for not possibly killing him but I laid on the horn for a good five seconds after he gave me the finger.

I guess you wanted to be killed? Had I not been paying close attention you probably would be dead. So you can take that finger and shove it up your suicidal drunk XXXXXX ass.

In addition I only assumed that he was drunk. No sober person would step into traffic like he did, with no regard for their own safety.

Some Friend You Are

I am not sure why the title of this post is in Arabic or some foreign language but it reads "Good Friends".

To the young hoodlum XXXXXX bitches (mostly) that I picked up from the XXXXXX Lodge tonight.

I am glad you did not have nearly enough money to pay me for the one way trip to the West Side, never mind the return trip back across town.

I was more than happy to leave you stranded on the West Side in the middle of a snowstorm. You have only the bastard birthday girl to blame. Apparently she had told the other girls she was only picking up her sex toy and then going back to the XXXXXX Lodge, but upon arrival to the West Side she could only come up with $5 dollars and she decided to spend the night at her booty calls house, leaving her friends to fend for themselves after promising to take care of them.

Some bastard friend you are. It was quite entertaining for me because the birthday girl was playing the "dumb fucking XXXXXX birthday slut" and she played her friends for fools or at least lied to them.

It hate getting ripped off but at least it was somewhat entertaining. The XXXXXX guy the birthday girl was going to see had no money either, and probably no job for that matter. He and I agreed to a couple of DVDs in exchange for the cab fare. His roommate arrived at the house during this time and they began arguing about who pawned of what DVDs and they started fighting with each other (at least verbally).

I told the girls that I called the cops and they started freaking out and took off from the scene. I mean it is within my right to press charges for transportation fraud and it would not have been the first time.

I actually did not phone to police because it was not worth it. They had paid me $10 on a $25 fare so at least some of my expenses were covered and I could have waited at the house for over an hour for the police to come during Saturday night bar rush for a misdemeanor offence.

The only time the Police have ever been quick in that situation is when I have secured someone into custody. I was able to secure one of the girl's purses as collateral while she was outside of the car bitching at the birthday girl but I am not an asshole like that.

Looking back on the trip the funniest thing was that the girls, one in particular, did not want to go to the West Side if they were not able to get back to the South side (home). One of the girls even said "if we are going to be stranded on the West Side drop me off here" (at XXXXXX).

Random

To the cute Land Reclamation graduate from Olds College: If I had stopped rambling on I might have been able to ask your name :(

Some trips are just too short.

Homeless Person/ Fucked Up XXXXXX... Hand In Hand...

It is quite obvious to me that somebody is sleeping underneath this makeshift "tent", if you will.



The sad part is that the shelter is a block away and most likely this individual was banned from the shelter for not abiding by the Lethbridge Shelter rules, which I believe are very basic and have assumed the following to be the rules of entry into the Lethbridge Shelter...

1. If you ingest Lysol do not come to the shelter.
2. If you drink mouthwash do not come to the shelter.

Rambling on... my first trip from March 15, 2009 was from the hospital. If I could have refused the trip upon arrival I would have but I am unsure about the regulations.... blah blah blah. I knew the trip was on a charge account with our company and most likely was going to the shelter (9.25 times out of 10.00)

I arrived at the Emergency entrance to the Lethbridge Chinook Regional Hospital and immediately found my "customer". He was in a wheelchair and I asked him if I could offer any assistance, not knowing the full extent of his disability.

Long story short this 72 year old XXXXXX had pissed himself, it was quite clear from front and back while trying to load his drunken ass. I am glad the security assisted him into the taxi. When I say glad I mean if they had not I would have left him on the emergency ambulance loading ramp to get run over.

I took his bleeding pissed soaked ass to the shelter and practically carried him into the doors.

On a random note I picked up a young XXXXXX individual last night that actually had a job, good for you buddy.

City Alley Comparison

Random biased samples of neighborhood alleys in Lethbridge Alberta.

The following photograph was taken in a North side alley within the city of Lethbridge Alberta...

Added March 29, 2009: "If you look close you might be able to see a few needles."




The following photograph was taken in a typical South side alley.




I would have posted a picture of a randomly selected West side alley although I am still panning for gold in that area of town.

Did I make my point?

Please refer to the first sentence of this post.

10 Minute Rant About Hand Jobs

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You have to wonder about the death of Frank Fair Chief Calf

I originally hesitated to post this comment but have since obviously had a change of heart.

I believe that someone must ask this question... was the suspicious death case of Mr. Frank Fair Chief Calf a murder or an accidental death?

Did the police exhaust all resources to conclude that the death was the result of a pre-existing medical condition?

To my knowledge the case is still open pending toxicology results, even though the police have concluded the death was non criminal (pending the results of the toxicology report of course).

I want to know what happened to the video camera that was so clearly positioned to have some sort of view of what may have happened in the adjacent lot of the XXXXXX Restaurant downtown, where the body was discovered.

Originally I believed that the victim was just passed out in the snow, after coming back to the scene I was informed by police that he had died. The ambulance was still on scene and was possibly still trying to revive him.

As soon as I was able to ascertain that the victim was Frank from the shelter (source: a shelter employee) I began to wonder, was Frank the victim of a senseless homicide or did he just pass out and die in the frozen snow as a result of a preexisting medical condition?


If so where was his walker and how much cash did the police find on him? He was known at times to have a significant amount of cash on him, upwards of $500 and probably the result of a welfare check or land claim settlement.

I found him deceased near the end of the month. Did he received his welfare check and was he murdered for a petty amount of cash? Again where was his walker? Perhaps disposed of? I wish that when I had found him that I had checked out the scene more thoroughly but realized that the police have a job to do and I did not want to compromise the scene. Perhaps his walker was present and I had not seen it. Also my initial response to the police dispatcher was that he was around 35 years old, so clearly I did not have a close up view of the person (Frank was 66 years old).

In conclusion, did the police exhaust all resources in determining the sudden death conclusion or did they find that Frank was a homeless man and concluded the case closed because Frank was a homeless older Native individual?

In my non expert opinion I believe that Frank Fair Chief Calf was the victim of a senseless homicide. Most likely the result of having too much cash and being in the wrong place at the wrong time, that place and time being in the presence of his piece of shit XXXXXX alcoholic friends from the shelter. My personal opinion is that those XXXXXX piece of shit's murdered frank for his money and went to the XXXXXX Liquor store near by to get more booze.

Could this be your Daughter...

passed out in a Lethbridge Alberta taxi?

This was not my fare but apparently she passed out in the cab. The driver had to look through her purse to find out where she lived. Once they arrived at her house she awoke briefly only to find she didn't have any house keys. She was locked out of her house. She passed out again.

The driver had to phone her mom in a different city to find out what to do with her. She had passed out in the car for around an hour, if I got my story straight.



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At least she got stuck with a decent driver who probably would not have assaulted her in any way.

Not like certain day drivers who molest handicapped women.

I guess the handicap molester was never formally charged because he asked her if he could touch her and she said yes (in her mental capacity it should have sounded like a no).

But she still takes rides with us so maybe she made it up, maybe she liked it, who knows. Enough about that.

I just remembered about another day driver that was caught by a police officer while he was licking some random woman's pussy. I think he ended up with just a verbal warning. Obviously in this case the woman wanted it and hopefully was not mentally challenged in some way.

"Eating Out"

Suspicious Death - Case Closing

Sounds like police are closing the sudden death case as non criminal. The police are attributing the death to a pre-existing medical condition. They also acknowledged the 66 year old was Frank Fair Chief Calf (sp?). The case is expected to be officially closed pending toxicology results.

Random Video

From a taxi drivers perspective I enjoyed this video.

Suspicious Death

The police released a statement that they had found a 66 year old body in down town Lethbridge at around 4 am Saturday morning. That statement conflicts somewhat with my story I had posted earlier.

It was not until 4:34 am (according to my phone record) that I informed the police that the body was there. It took me literally seven minutes to explain exactly where he was, partly because I left the scene but I still knew where he was, he wasn't going anywhere.

It turns out the man was XXXXXX from the shelter (name not yet released). I don't know his last name but I have taken him on numerous trips in the past year or so.

I know that XXXXXX has a walker but I definitely did not see one when I found him laying motionless in the snow. It now sounds like the police are treating the death as suspicious and foul play has not been ruled out pending an autopsy.

There was a surveillance camera on a building about a block away from where he died and it was pointed directly at the scene. I wonder if that offered police any clues. I was also suspicious knowing that Frank relied heavily on his walker and how or why would he have chosen to maneuver through the uneven terrain where a building was recently demolished? Doesn't make sense does it?

Every time I saw XXXXXX with any of his so called friends or family from the shelter they always were trying to take advantage of him. It was a disgusting way to treat an elder in my opinion.

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The video camera is there. Look for yourself at 2nd ave and scenic downtown on top of the adjacent building West of the Castle Apartment Complex. The video camera is white in color and is very visible to the naked eye.

I removed the video in this post and replaced it with a picture, now you can at least see that the video camera is there.



These pictures, also taken 48 hours after the fact show the type of terrain he would have been walking through unless his body was dumped there. Also the snow melted since I discovered him and took these photos. He was pretty much laying where the white object is on the bottom right of the darker photo with the building in view. His head was closest to the sidewalk with his legs furthest from the sidewalk. This would suggest that he did not fall while walking on the sidewalk.

I have seen XXXXXX with his walker and there is no way he could have maneuvered this terrain by himself, but maybe he tried. I will certainly never know for sure. I hope the police can figure it out and that the autopsy provides some details.




Rest In Peace XXXXXX.

Wierd Conversation

I picked up this guy tonight and he commented on how cold the weather has been. I mentioned that I had found a guy who had froze to death the night before and he told me that while he was working in Vancouver he had a crushed a transient to death with his garbage truck, accidentally of course. It was awkward and we had an even more awkward laugh together. Perhaps because we didn't know what else to do. It was strange conversation.

Clueless Hooker Rant

I picked up a woman from XXXXXX tonight and this was pretty much our conversation:

Me: "Where are you headed to?"

Her: "Downtown"

Me: "Where abouts downtown?"

Her: "Anywhere is fine"

Me: "Well do you have the money to pay for the trip" (being suspicious)

Her: "Oh of course I do"

Me: "Well all I need is to see the money"

Her: "Well that's the thing I only have five bucks"

Me: "I am sorry, we are busy and that is not nearly enough money to get you downtown"

Her: Pulling out a new hat and offering it to me along with the five dollars "Will this do?"

Me: "No I don't want your hat but I will take you as far as five dollars will go"

Her: "Ok fuck whatever, take me downtown"

I took her five dollars, started the meter and began driving. She started pleading with me that she absolutely had to get downtown. She told me that she was a hooker, not just any hooker, but king shit of hookers in Lethbridge. I can not remember seeing her before but she said she had to get downtown and wanted me to extend credit to her because she must get her next trick so she can buy drugs and booze.

She asked me if there was anything else she could do for me to get her downtown. I told her I was not into that sort of thing. She said "I didn't mean it like that" but I know she did. She was clearly a cock sucking crack whore, by her own admission. She also mentioned that a lot of other cab drivers would have taken her (well not me you stupid bitch).

I took her quite a bit further than five dollars would have normally gotten her and she was pretty pissed off about how much further she had to walk. She had assured me that she was in the cash business and I was sure to get paid had I taken her the entire way.

If I trusted every one of you cock sucking XXXXXX crack whore bitches you would all owe me cash. How do you think I am actually going to collect my money at a later date from a prostitute? Walk up and ask them for cash, lol, forget it. I keep my distance from you whores for a reason, because you are trashy XXXXXX hookers, enough said.

If you were as smart of a prostitite as you claimed to be you would have been downtown much earlier because the pow wow was in town. It probably would have cost you a two dollar bus fair and you probably would have fucked or sucked five or six guys before I even saw you. Just think of all the crack you could have smoked. You could probably afford to take a taxi anywhere you wanted to in town, depending on how much you had left after the crack.

LethbridgeXXXXXX Poser

I picked up a couple of guys from the XXXXXX tonight and one of the males asked if he could charge the trip to the Lethbridge XXXXXX.

The Lethbridge XXXXXX do have an account with us but I have never picked up any player from a bar before. I was a little suspicious.

I don't follow the WHL that much but I knew the XXXXXX were not playing at the XXXXXX center tonight.

I called him on it and he said had come back from Medicine Hat. Another driver told me the game was in Swift Current. He then said his name was Max XXXXXX and he was injured and was not on the road with the team.

He was somewhat convincing but I declined to allow him to charge the trip to the XXXXXX because he did not have player ID, not to mention the players I have taken before always have there own charge slips.

I told him I would give him a receipt (which I did) and he could try to claim the trip with the team. He was not very happy about it.

I got home just a few minutes ago and looked up the player Max XXXXXX on the Lethbridge XXXXXX website and found that he was listed on the official roster lineup in Swift Current and received a major fighting penalty in the second period.

I am glad I called you on your authenticicy you piece of shit. How could you have possibly played a hockey game in Swift Current, come back to Lethbridge and get completely smashed, when the actual Lethbridge XXXXXX play the Regina XXXXXX tonight in Regina (my home town by the way).

I would call you a complete dumbass if you hadn't almost fooled me. Also the picture of the real Max XXXXXX was not you.

http://whl.ca/stats/official-game-report.php?game_id=1005963

Dead Body Downtown

At around 4:30am today I found a dead body in downtown Lethbridge. I am not going to give many details and I really do not know a whole lot myself. The strange thing was it looked like he had made a snow angel with his arms where he died. The temperature in Lethbridge dropped to a chilling -22C tonight and I am pretty sure he must have froze to death.

The police taped off the scene and brought in the CSI van. I think they were treating the death as suspicious but I am not sure.

This short clip was taken after giving my statement to police.

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Video removed.

Company Policy

Some interesting conversation in the office today. I had to pay this driver $10 to repeat what he said for a short clip. Apparently this statement came directly from the owner of the company, although that can not be confirmed.

Wierd $4.00 Trip

I pulled up to this function downtown on Valentines Day and there were four absolutely gorgeous women loading there stuff into a parked vehicle. They were wearing miniskirts and other very revealing clothing. In my amateur opinion they looked like professional porn stars.

I was sent to pick up a man and he got in the cab upon arrival. I asked him how his night was and if he had just finished up with a bachelor party. I only asked because I assumed the women I had seen were strippers.

I could not have been more wrong. The guy proceeded to tell me that the function was a gay and lesbian alternative lifestyle swingers party (or something to that effect) and that he was a gay man.

I am not against what people want to do with their lives but it really got me thinking; were those absolutely gorgeous women I had seen leaving the party actually men dressed in drag? I would like to think not, but I will never know for sure. If they actually were men, which I really hope they were not, then they definitely pulled it off and it makes me feel kind of weird about the whole thing.

Anyway I mentioned that I thought it was interesting that they have that sort of thing in Lethbridge and that naked lesbians running through the party would be cool to see (apparently it happened).

I think I said to much to this gentleman because I received an invite to the next party.

Enough Said.

Homeless Lysol Mouthwash Bums

As soon as I pulled into the XXXXXX parking lot and saw my passengers I just wanted to drive away and next time I will. This is why:

Slumped over one another were three XXXXXX men and a XXXXXX woman. Against my better judgement I decided to load the passengers. I loaded the woman's wheelchair into the trunk, keeping a close eye on the guy in the front seat.

They do not really know what is going on or where they want to go. The wretched smell of lysol, mouthwash, alcohol, piss, and a little diarrhea consumed the air in the car and was absolutely unbearable. I rolled down my window and proceeded to XXXXXX on the North side so they could buy cigarettes.

We get to the store and the guy that wanted to buy the cigarettes did not understand why we were there. The woman in the back seat insisted he buy cigarettes but he would not. We start driving towards the South side when the people in the back ask me to pull over at the XXXXXX bank. One of the males asked me to "pop your hood", "pop your hood, we need the wheelchair eh".

So I pop the trunk and they get the wheelchair and are on their way. The guy sitting in the front wants to get liquor from the South side and now that the wheelchair is gone, so is my collateral (it is sad to say that the wheelchair was collateral to get paid, but that is just the way it is, I sure as hell would have kept the wheelchair if I was not paid, which I was not anyway).

The guy soon realizes that his friends took his bottle of mouthwash and he started blaming me and was holding me personally responsible for his "friends" taking his lysol or mouthwash or whatever it was. I said I did not give a shit what they took and demanded cash to continue on the with the ride (I was getting fed up at this point). To my surprise he pulled out maybe $500 in cash. I asked for a $20 deposit to continue on with the ride. He refused.

I was looking at his face and his bottom lip was protruding from his mouth around 1.75 inches and it was massively infected or something else was definitely wrong. From his lip saliva was dripping down onto his shirt where it had been collecting for some time I am sure. He was fucked up on something and I told him to get out of the car. He refused.

I turned the car off and got out. I went around the vehicle and opened the passenger side door where the drooling drunk drugged up piece of shit homeless lysol ingesting man was sitting. As much as I wanted to grab him and throw him to the curb, touching him or any of his clothing was definitely going to be a last resort.

I finally coaxed him into getting out of the car and the best part was I did not have to touch him and risk contracting some sort of virus or infectious disease.

I learned my lesson and next time I see you there is no way in hell you or your bum friends are getting into my taxi.

To the guy with the badly infected eye who thought he was taking such good care of his piss soaked wheelchair bound girlfriend. You should smell her or look at her when you are not fucked up on mouthwash and lysol and maybe then you will see what a terrible job you are doing taking care of her.

Superbowl Sunday

I picked up a man from the North side following the Superbowl. It was a good thing he was wearing his seat belt because as I made a left turn his door flung open and he could have easily been ejected from the vehicle. He reacted quickly and closed the door.

The only warning sign I had was that I could hear the wind coming into the car. I brushed it off thinking he had opened his window. That was not the case. The door had failed to close properly but the lights went off and there was no indicator on the dash that the door was ajar.

It was quite the shock for both of us when his door opened in the middle of the intersection.

$200 8-Ball

After a hard night of drinking at the XXXXXX the two oil workers decided they needed an 8-ball of cocaine. We stopped at literally 7 different banks and bank machines and they could not get the $200 for the cocaine. It looked to me that there was something wrong with the bank machines, most of the them were temporarily out of order.

Finally the XXXXXX gave him $240, we went to the place, one of them bought the cocaine, they were all fucked up, they left me a $35 tip on a $65 fare. Not a bad end to the night.

Miss AAA - Lethbridge

I use the name AAA because I believe there are three A's in your first name.

I wanted to say that I really enjoyed being a part of your adventure to the West side to find the two naked guys who were walking up Whoop-Up Drive on Saturday night. You were great conversation as well as stunningly beautiful.


I posted the following March 22/2009.

If you ever read this I just wanted to mention that I wrote about you as part of a journaling exercise for my University writing course.

"
3. Describe a person

Miss A. is a waitress at a bar and she is also a full time student. She has silky smooth naturally blond hair. I am sure that her light colored skin would be soft to the touch. Her supple wet lips are aching to be kissed and her nipples stand strong at the tips of her perky breasts, seemingly always aroused and waiting to be caressed. After a hard night of working the bar the scent of her perfume and sweat wafts its way into the air creating an exotic, pleasurable smell. Her confident demeanor and outgoing personality always make for a pleasurable encounter."

I am sure you will never read this so I do not mind being honest about it.

Drunk Driver Rolls Truck - Almost Kills Girlfriend

Click on photo to enlarge.





This single motor vehicle accident happened on January 18, 2009 at approximately 11:00pm. Apparently the male driver had been drinking at LA Lounge before deciding to take his girlfriend home. He made it approximately three blocks South of the bar before striking the center median at the intersection of 2nd ave a and 13th st N. After contact with the median the truck flipped over, spun around, and came to a stop before entering the intersection.

I had a fare not long after the accident and she claimed to be an eye witness to the rollover and was first on the scene. She said that the male driver fled the accident and the female was screaming for her life. When the witness approached the vehicle she said the passenger was bleeding from her neck and was spitting out glass. The witness then tried to brace her neck and calm her down. It sounded as though everyone lived but the woman sustained serious injuries.

The witness was obviously in shock as the told me the story. I did not witness the accident and relied solely on witness information to form my story above. To my knowledge there was no article in the Lethbridge Herald.

The following was added March 10, 2009: So while I was giving my statement to police about the dead body that I had found downtown I asked the police officer what had happened at the rollover described above. I told him what I thought I knew and referenced the woman who told me the story. She could not have been more inaccurate with her description of what had happened. Apparently there were three occupants in the vehicle. No one was drunk and no one fled the scene. The police officer said something to the effect that she was a little loopy.

Crack Whore in Psych Ward

http://canadiantaxi.blogspot.com/2008/09/hooker-gives-herself-orgasm.html

I will not post her name but it is rumoured that this women has been in the phsych ward at the hospital for some time now. It does not surprise me whatsoever. The amount of crack she has probably smoked has messed up her brain.

I remember this other time she was high on crack and she flagged me down downtown. I made her pay me upfront and her pupils were very wide. As I was pulling over and was not even stopped yet she started freaking out that the door would not open and that I was trying to trap her. Once I put it in park the door unlocked and she managed to escape. That one actually frightened me quite a bit.

Here is another post about the same crack whore... http://canadiantaxi.blogspot.com/2008/05/crack-whore-in-action.html

Punched in the Face

I picked up a younger couple from a South side apartment on news years day at 5:00AM. I began driving down Scenic Drive to the West side of Lethbridge. The male was pretty much passed out in the back seat when he came to and punched me in the side of the face. I stopped the car immediately and told him to get the fuck out.

All he said was "cuz ur XXXXXX" and stumbled across the street and into someones back yard. His girlfriend was crying and asked me to call the police. I was not hurt and it was more shocking than anything. I did absolutely nothing to provoke the attack.

What troubles me the most is that he could have knocked me out and I could have crashed into a pole and his girlfriend could have gone through the windshield and died.

I also made the mistake of pulling over into the turning lane to kick him out. He could have easily been hit by a car and killed while stumbling out of the car and across the road.

I gathered from his girlfriend that he was XXXXXX, 21.

I never did file a complaint although I think I will eventually.

After reviewing the message I recorded during the altercation I believe now that his name was XXXXXX.

Fare Paid

http://canadiantaxi.blogspot.com/2008/11/bad-decision-after-getting-ripped-off.html

I was surprised when I walked into the office and was handed $63. I imagine the guy probably went to court and was ordered to pay me. I do not know for sure that it was from the story I linked to above but I could not remember anyone else who owed me $60, except for crack head Ernie.

Random

To the Mexican (I think) chef that could not find a hooker; What were you going to do if we found one? Bring her home to your wife?

Random

Hey Don from the Coalbanks. I think you need to change your diaper or underwear and stop drinking so much. My cab smelled like rotten shit for over an hour even after a good dousing of air freshener and Lysol. Three trips later I had a guy comment to his friend "Man, did you just shit yourself?".

Thanks a lot asshole.

Downtown Lethbridge

Something bad happened near the XXXXXX, pretty much next to the XXXXXX Inn. Police had the scene taped off and the CSI van was present.

XXXXXX Gang Beating

Apparently this guy got in a fight in the liquor store and beat up the other guy. When he came outside the store he was beaten up by all the other guys friends. As the police arrived on the scene he managed to gain consciousness and get up off the ground. You can see the manager of the liquor store trying to protect the scene, he is holding the bat like object.

Random

This strange lady was in her late 30's or early 40's and had an 18 year old son.

Me: "Is that a cat in your backpack?"

Her: "Yes I hope that's ok."

Me: "Yeah that's fine. Where are you off to?"

Her: "I want to go to Studio 54."

I start driving and about half way there...

Me: "So are you actually going to take the cat into the bar with you?"

Her: "What have you never seen a girl with a pussy in the bar before?"

Me: "Not a girl with two, I guess now you can go around and ask all the guys if they want to rub your pussy."

Her: (Silent)

Me: (Wondering if that was appropriate)

So we arrive at the bar

Her: After pulling her money out of her bra "Damn these big boobs come in handy sometimes"

Me: "They sure do"

Highway Rollover

It looked as though a few vehicles were involved in this crash. Apparantly the person whose vehicle rolled into the ditch was trapped under the vehicle and died while being removed.

XXXXXX Villa Fire

I could only post the ones that were under 100 MB.
This fire occurred Monday November 17 at approximately 3:00 - 3:30am. The fire department evacuated the building and the residents were taken by a city bus to an unknown destination to spend the night. From what I could tell at least a few units in the apartment were damaged.
On a related note and from the Lethbridge Herald Wednesday, November 19, 2008 (unnamed author):
"Grow op discovered during fire investigation
Two people are facing drug charges after a small marijuana grow operation was discovered while fire officials were investigating a blaze at Winston Villa apartments on Monday.
Members of the fire department discovered the grow op in one of the neighbouring suites located in the apartment complex. A search warrant unveiled 37 marijuana plants in the early stages of growth, along with 115 grams of packaged marijuana and a butterfly knife.
Ashley Miedema, 26, and Jarrid Gfrerer, 24, both of Lethbridge are charged with production of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking, possession of marijuana and possession of a prohibited weapon.
The pair is scheduled to appear in Lethbridge provincial court Dec. 19."
If my math is correct that is around a quarter pound and they will probably receive a suspended sentence.

Flustered Care Worker

I picked up a mentally challenged man and his care worker at the Movie Mill and apparently he had become aggressive and the decision was made to leave the theater (or they were asked to leave, I am unsure) .

The plan was for me to drop the woman off at the care home and take the guy to the hospital, while the care worker followed in her own car. It seemed to me as though she did not want to be driving with him alone, which is understandable.

Once we get to the care home the guy is upset and tries to hit the female care worker. She assertively said "that's enough" and he sat back in his seat. It was not like he tried to punch her, it was more of a waggly flailing of his arm towards her.

She was really unsure of how to handle the situation and was calling everyone to try to find her supervisor for advice on how to deal with the situation. The care worker saw no need for the guy to go to the hospital and he would not get out of the car.

She finally got a hold of her supervisor and comes to my window and tells me that he can only go to the hospital under police escort. She then asked me to do whatever it takes to get him out of the car. I really have never dealt with a mentally challenged person before and was unsure of how he would react. During the previous ten minutes or so he sat in the back seat and really never said a word or did anything, but he wanted to go to the hospital and no where else.

I hesitated and finally turned around and sternly said "listen, we are here and we are not going anywhere else, it is time for you to get out."

At this point he kind of freaked out, he had been so calm up until I told him to get out and he called me a bitch and slammed the door as hard as he could and stormed off. I gave the cute care worker a smile and she smiled back. She then mentioned how she needed to find another job.

You really had to be there, it was one of the most entertaining ordeals I have ever witnessed.

I mentioned what happened with another driver and he said he had seen them a short time later at the hospital and the police were there as well.

I felt bad for the care worker because she continued to deal with this man after I was gone. I also felt bad for kicking him out of the cab. I do not know of his medical condition but it made me realize how lucky I am not to have to live like that.

Random

To the girl wearing the black panties with white polka dots from Kainai House: Thank you for puking your guts out in front of the Lethbridge Lodge and not in my car. It was greatly appreciated.

The Negotiation

I flagged a trip from Ezzies tonight and three young women get in the cab. I could tell from their accents that they were foreigners but never did find out where they were from. The conversation went pretty much like this:

Girls: We want to go to Boss Hogs (the newest country bar in town).

Me: Boss Hogs it is (and start driving).

Girls: Has anyone ever given you a blow job while driving a cab

Me: Well not exactly (for lack of anything better to say and to see where the conversation went)

Girls: What about a hand job? Is there anything we can do for you to get a free ride?

Me: There are lots of things you could probably do.....

Girls: What if we all show you our boobs?

Me: That might work

...One of the three girls said she wanted no part in showing her breasts to me. But the other two said they would and seemed enthused about it...

Girls: So if us two show you our tits you will give us a free ride?

Me: If I can take a picture

Girls: No, you can not take a picture but I will let you feel them (she sat up and started rubbing my chest and said "see, just like this"

Me: Ok I guess I could go for something like that

So we arrive at the bar and the two girls pull down their low cut tops and give me full viewing pleasure. I never went for a feel until she said it was ok (lets not forget these are my customers and I do try to be a gentleman lol). I did as was told and fondled the girls breasts.

All in a days work and the total fare the girls would have had to pay $5.50.

They were not drunk as far as I could tell and were just looking for a little excitement. I think I got most of the excitement out of that one.

Cab Driver Stabs Four People

I almost forgot about this incident that happened at the Corner Pocket in Lethbridge a few months ago.

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=884980e2-806a-4c22-8521-0ab8bb169b49&k=45589

Man in custody after quadruple stabbing

Jamie Komarnicki, Calgary Herald

Published: Saturday, March 15, 2008

One man is in custody after a quadruple stabbing in Lethbridge early Saturday morning.

Four victims were taken to hospital after receiving non-life-threatening stab injuries at Corner Pocket Billiards at about 1:30 a.m.

All were later released from hospital.

The stabbing took place in the parking lot of the bar.

Police say the incident doesn't appear to be random, and stemmed from an escalated verbal dispute.

Ahmed El-Meadway, 45, of Lethbridge, is facing nine criminal charges relating to the incident, including four counts of assault with a weapon and three counts of assault causing bodily harm.

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Apparently this was the owner of Luxury XXXXXX and he freaked out on the bartender, a bouncer, and two patrons of the bar, stabbing them all.

I remember the next day after it happened I picked up the bouncer who had gotten stabbed and he said that if he wasn't as large (fat) as he was it could have been a life-threatening stab wound. I was surprised that he was back to work the next day, bandages and all.

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I believe as of today the bar is still offered for sale at $1,600,000. This asking price was reduced $150,000 from the initial asking price on the mls commercial listings.

Saturday Night

Some random events of this somewhat interesting evening.

I picked up this woman from XXXXXX, which is surprisingly not a strip club. Before we leave her friend comes running out of the bar and tells me that she is going to kill me if I do anything to my customer (her friend).

My Customer proceeds to tell me how her friend just killed himself and that it was his funeral today. She was drunk at this point and wanted to stop by XXXXXX Sports Bar to see if any of her friends were there. We arrive and I am hesitantly convinced to accompany her inside as her friend/date. We go in the bar and look around and she starts feeling me up in front of pretty much everyone. I am sober (obviously) and am looking around the bar and it seemed like everyone was looking at us.

It was interesting yet awkward and I can envision her friend telling me she is going to kill me if I did anything with her and we left soon after. We arrive at the woman's home and she wants me to come inside. Number 1 thought: her friend is going to kill me, #2 she is drunk, #3 she is married, #4 just no.

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Do not forget your ID.


I picked up a few students from the residence at the Lethbridge College. We arrive at the XXXXXX when one of the girls realizes she does not have her ID. I ended up driving them all back to the college and then back to the bar with every ones Id's. Total extra cost: $35.

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My night ended as a witness to a senseless assault outside of the XXXXXX in front of a XXXXXX hot dog stand. Two males were pretty much facing off. The victim of the assault was just standing his ground and did not provoke any sort of attack. The assailant apparently bought the victim a hot dog and the victim did not want it. The assailant became enraged and put the hot dog on the ground. He kept telling the victim to pick up the hot dog.

At this point I have a prime time view and begin video recording (I just knew something was going to happen, something always does). The victim finally reaches down to pick up the hot dog off the ground when the assailant kicks him in the face hard. The victim fell to the ground unconscious and I phoned for an ambulance. When he finally woke up he did not recall getting kicked in the face and didn't really seem to care. He was drunk and definitely needed medical care and taken away in an ambulance..

Now I have another fucking police report to fill out, which ended my night early. Not to mention I have to come down to the station so they can get my video evidence.

It seems like every weekend there are police at or around the XXXXXX and assaults are common place. Only tonight have I had a prime view of just how senseless these attacks are.

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From a few nights ago:

A teenage white male was stabbed in front of the 5th avenue MM XXXXXX by a gang of XXXXXX teenagers. I believe native should be capitalized but I refuse to show such respect.

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I picked up a XXXXXX male tonight from the hospital, which is not uncommon. Sure enough the hospital (taxpayers) are paying for his ride to the shelter. Along the way he tells me it is my job to convince to shelter workers that he should be able to stay there. Normally everyone is able to stay at the shelter but he tells me he is banned from there.

I was not impressed. My rant I never said: "You piece of shit drunk, you get kicked out of the shelter, most likely for being a drunk piece of shit, you have no job and you receive free care from the hospital facilities. You receive a free cab ride on the tax payers dollar only to ask a tax paying citizen to fight for your case to be able to stay at a shelter, where you are banned from, go fuck yourself".

So I ended up pleaded his case to the shelter worker. I can not just let someone spent the night outside, no matter how much I hate their lifestyle. I believe he was allowed to stay the night. The Lethbridge Shelter is definitely overcrowded and you drunk XXXXXX better get your shit together because more well deserving individuals require your bed.

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Lesson Learned

So when a staff member comes out of the XXXXXX (bar) and gives you money to take someone home, refuse the trip and drive off immediately. I accepted the trip and had to stop a couple times to let the young woman puke her guts out. I had to clean up a little bit after her but at least nothing was left on the seat and only required a spray at the car wash. No more bar paid trips!

I have had enough for the night.

Bad Decision After Getting Ripped Off

I received a call to XXXXXX South at around 1:45am. I arrive and a XXXXXX guy gets in and tells me to go to XXXXXX West. He is drunk (as are a lot of my customers at this time of night). His name was XXXXXX and he was wearing an orange polo shirt and a dark coloured hat.

We arrive at the address and I wake him up and tell him he owes me $18.10. He tells me he has to get the money from inside. At this point I get that feeling that this is not going to end well.

He stumbles up to the front door and I hear a honk from a car. Apparently his drunk friend passed out in the drivers seat of his car in the driveway and was trying to get his attention.

I soon learned that neither individual has the money to pay me for the ride. It is not the first time I have been stiffed for a fare and began suggesting alternative measures such as collateral and so on and so forth. They are both drunk and the one guy says "we have a very reasonable cab driver here". The less drunk XXXXXX piece of shit comes back and hands me his tax exempt treaty card and says "that should cover it, eh". I say "no I need something worth more than the fare to ensure future payment".

Long story short they began speaking to me with a racist tone "this white guy thinks he is getting paid" followed by laughter. I took a lot of abusive language from the soberest drunk XXXXXX during the negotiation phase of the incident before deciding to get the police involved.

I requested the police at around 2:00am.

Long story short I waited over an hour for the police to arrive and decided to keep the meter running (against my better judgement). When the police arrived the fare was $68.10, of which I owe the company 52 percent of.

The police officer arrives with a student from the Criminal Justice Program. I explain the situation and the officer says "we can not get a warrant to enter the residence if there is a back door". I am not really sure what the back door has anything to do with getting a warrant but I guess maybe they could have escaped the house.

The officer repeatedly knocks on the front door and I knock on the window trying to wake up the passed out XXXXXX piece of shit on the couch.

Anyway, I should have cut my losses at $10 approximately and proceeded to make money during bar rush (which I missed most of) instead of waiting for the police to arrive and not get paid anyway. Not to mention the extra $25 out of pocket I had to pay for keeping the meter running while waiting for the police.

In total after shelling out $35 for the fare I was not paid I lost out on approximately $200 in additional fares. The total loss for me amounted to approximately $140.

I know this story is a bit all over the place; mostly because I am still irate at the entire situation.

During the repeated knocks on the front door by the officer one of the drunk XXXXXX bastard pieces of shit answered the door and now the officer has entry.

To end this post and get to bed the officer ended up arresting XXXXXX and of course I want to press charges after all this bullshit. XXXXXX is off to the drunk tank. I have a blank police statement to fill out and get back to the officer with. I also am expecting a summons to appear in court.

You better believe I will show up in court and plead my case to a judge and ask for the maximum sentence (which I believe could be as high as a $500 fine).

I believe that I now have no recourse to collect on the fare except for perhaps a small claims court judgement.

What a waste of a Saturday night bar rush. I have had enough with these XXXXXX pieces of shit and took a stand in a civil manner. I was more than enthused to ensure vigilanty justice was accomplished but that feat was not undertaken ... yet.

Two accidents in one day

Both were pretty minor at speeds between 3-10km/hr.

Accident 1 : I hit a curb. I looked ahead at the sidewalk and it had a rounded edge. Where I tried to park and pull up on the sidewalk a bit it was square so I hit it with the front end and caused paint and minor body damage. I wrote up an accident report and the company pretty much said because I was honest about reporting it they would not make me pay for the damage (hurray!).

Accident 2 : I stopped behind a vehicle at the Roadhouse and the vehicle in front of me reverses and the back end of the other vehicle clears the front end of the taxi and is now in the wrong lane when he swings the front end of his vehicle right into the front of the taxi. Bang. No real time to react to that one (not really sure what he was trying to do either).

The funny thing about accident 2 is last night I flagged the owner of the car who hit me from University Drive. He gets in and tells me he has to go to a certain bar. He proceeds to tell me how he just fucked this woman and bolted from her place when she went into the bathroom. I can only imagine the woman coming out of the bathroom to find her "date" gone. I have no reason not to believe his story. He recognizes me and tells me about the accident from the week before and wants to settle. I passed on the new info to the owners.

Elderly Lady Robbed Downtown

I was driving my own vehicle downtown about a week ago when this old lady flagged me down in front of the XXXXXX bank on 5th street S.

She told me someone stole her purse and her car keys. I didn't have my phone on me (stupid me) and could not really help her. I asked what they looked like and she gave me a common description and the direction they went. I told her she could phone the police at the payphone across the street.

The direction the guy ran in was towards the alley behind the XXXXXX. I drove down the alley and there was a gang of XXXXXX outside the back door. I drove by slow and did not see a purse. I was not about to question them about it either. I probably would have been robbed and they would have stole my car.

The following is the itinerary for a XXXXXX criminal living in Lethbridge Alberta. Please note that this is not an itinerary for XXXXXX people, but XXXXXX criminals.

7:00am - Four day peyote trip wears off
7:01am - Sleep
7:02am - Wake up to police asking why I am sleeping in the park downtown and have pissed and shat myself
7:30am - Arive at the police station in the patty wagon with all my other buddies
10:00am - Given a hot breakfast and fresh clothes
12:00am - Released because of over crowding. (Welfare checks were issued the previous day and many are completely wasted drunk and rounded up and they need the room)
12:30am - Cash my welfare check
12:45am - Hit the XXXXXX Liquor store on 6th ave and 5th street, buy a Big Bear beer,
12:46am - Drink the Big Bear beer
12:47am - Back to Lethbridge Liquor for another Big Bear beer
1:00pm - Hit the XXXXXX to find some crack and maybe a hooker or two
1:01pm - Fuck a hooker while she hits the crack pipe (think: damn your good)
1:20pm - Back to the XXXXXX and get in a fight with four horns donky lover wolfchild
1:30pm - Buy another Big Bear beer at XXXXXX Liquor
2:00pm - Get weed from the drug dealer living at the XXXXXX
3:00pm - Steal something from a pawn shop
3:10pm - Pawn stolen goods at another pawn shop
3:15pm - Get transportation from the nearest Elementary School before class ends and steal some little kids bike
4:00pm - Cruise downtown and try to make a couple drug deals
4:01pm -Get a Big Bear beer from XXXXXX Liquor before drug deals
5:00pm - Pass out drunk behind XXXXXX Liquor store, or wherever is close by
10:00pm - Wake up
10:05pm - Get Big Bear beer from XXXXXX Liquor and head downtown
10:15pm - Notice someone riding the bike you stole fair and square from the elementary school and give chase
10:20pm - Give up on chase and puke out guts, (think: if I were at the police station or in jail I would get something to eat.)
10:30pm - Rob some poor old lady in her car in front of the bank
10:35pm - Empty contents of purse and discard anything not of value
10:40pm - Blend in at the XXXXXX as to not get caught as easily
1:30am - Get thrown out onto the street before closing time because I pissed my pants and smashed a Big Bear beer bottle on the floor
2:00am - Buy a lot more crack (think: when is the next welfare check coming)
3:00am - Cruise the neighborhood looking for easy scores
3:30am - Get stabbed behind the XXXXXX for asking and elder to suck my dick
7:00am - Wake up and think: all in a days work, I wonder what good deeds I shall do today.

I guess I got off topic about the old lady getting robbed. The police arived shortly after and I think the Lethbridge Herald said she was 83 years old. I felt bad but she should have had more common sence to know not to withdrawal money downtown at 11:00pm alone.

Taxi Spy Cam

So I have been doing a little investigating into whether or not I am legally allowed to put a video surveillance system (with audio) in a taxi to record events that transpire throughout the night. I have spoken with the Staff Sergeant on duty (through a third party) of the Lethbridge Police Service and was told that unless the company installs the camera I would be violating the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP).

What does the company installing the camera have anything to do with it being legal or illegal? I am a contract driver and receive no paycheck or compensation from the taxi company. I pay the company to operate a vehicle. I have my own business licence and can claim expenses so why can I not choose for myself whether or not a recorded video surveillance system is appropriate?

I briefly spoke to three lawyers today and none of them would really provide me with a definite answer. They pretty much said they did not think it was a problem unless I distributed the content of the video (which I disclosed I was intending on doing). A certain lawyer referred me to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta where I was able to find more information on the FOIP act and more specifically the "Guidelines for Overt Video Surveillance in the Private Sector".

http://www.oipc.ab.ca/ims/client/upload/Video_Surveillance_Guidelines_20080306_e.pdf


"Private sector privacy laws require that organizations’ need to conduct video surveillance must be balanced with the individuals’ right to privacy, which includes the right lead their lives free from scrutiny. Given its inherent intrusiveness, organizations should consider all less privacy-invasive means of achieving the same end before resorting to video surveillance. "

Commenting on the above it would be hard to lead a life free from scrutiny if someone at your office found a video of you picking up drugs and hookers in a taxi.

From my understanding of the guidelines it would be legal to install video surveillance in a taxi but the video must not record audio and must be properly destroyed soon after. Also people need to be informed that they are on camera.

This is all fine and dandy for security purposes but not for the purpose of distributing the content of the video (such as on this blog).

I think the only way I would be able to post videos of taxi rides would be to have oral or written consent from the passengers at the time of the recording. The Personal Information Protection Act states: 8(1) An individual may give his or her consent in writing or orally to the collection, use or disclosure of personal information about the individual.

I think it would be difficult to convince someone who has probably done something illegal or completely stupid to consent to the distribution of the recorded video. I would be scared to ask.

Consequences: From the Privacy Protection Act

"In addition, the act allows for fines of up to $10,000 for individuals who:
• willfully collect, use or disclose personal information in violation of the privacy protection part of the act,
• make a false statement to, or mislead the Commissioner, or his officers or any other person under the act,
• fail to comply with a commissioner's order, or"

In conclusion: Some laws are meant to be broken, maybe not this one.

CALLAGHAN GARRETT ROBERT CALLAGHAN

CALLAGHAN GARRETT ROBERT CALLAGHAN, beloved companion of Mackenzie Becker, of Lethbridge, passed away suddenly on Friday, October 10, 2008 at the age of 21 years. A Celebration of Garrett's Life will be held at CORNERSTONE FUNERAL HOME, 2800 Mayor Magrath Drive South, Lethbridge, on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. Cremation.

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This must have been the guy that was killed in the head on collision on highway #3. Apparently from rumours I have heard he was not intoxicated but somehow was driving on the wrong side of the highway when an oncoming vehicle struck his van. I believe he was the only one involved in the collision who died. Apparently two other people were airlifted to Calgary but survived. I also heard that children were involved but their child seats prevented them from injury.

Head on Collision

Apparently a 21 year old male was killed in a head on collision on the number 3 highway within city limits at approximately 11:30 Friday October 10th. Of course the Lethbridge Herald doesn't even run an article on it because they are run by Mormons and anything bad that happens in Lethbridge is not newsworthy.

$40 Blow Job

I picked up this guy from the XXXXXX Pub and he was intoxicated. He wanted to get a hooker. I asked over the air if any drivers had seen any girls working and where they might be. I was told by another driver to head downtown. So we get downtown and onto 5th street and stroll by the XXXXXX and the XXXXXX. You are pretty much guaranteed to find a hooker around there. I could not see any girls and asked over the air where the other driver was talking about seeing them. I could see him parked in front of the XXXXXX Bank and he told me to pull in behind him.

I pulled in behind him and out jumps this blond native women and she strolls over to talk to my customer. In the meantime three other girls are walking by and the one caught my customers attention. The conversation went pretty much like this.

Customer: Want to make some money?

Hooker: How much you got, eh?

Customer: I have $40.

Hooker: What do you want for $40?

Customer: I want the whole thing baby.

Hooker: You are not getting that for $40.

Customer: How about a blow job then?

Hooker: Sure (and she got in the cab).

In the meantime the first hooker starts bitching that he was her customer and that the other hooker stole him from her and she started freaking out about how the other cab driver told her to come talk to my customer and make some money and that she wasted her time. I am really wondering what the hooker was doing with the other cab driver downtown at 2:00am. The other cab driver claims to know what all the hookers nipples look like and comments on them often.

So I start driving and they want to do it in the back seat. That's the last thing I need is a cum shot on the back of my neck from some drunken idiot. I said no and took him to where he was staying. There was absolutely no conversation between the hooker and him and it was strictly business as usual I am sure.

Piece of Shit Ernie

ROOM 235 – ATTENTION XXXXXX INN RESIDENTS AND GUESTS. A CRACK DEALING PIMPING GUIDO IS SLEEPING AMONG YOU.

YOU PIECE OF SHIT CRACK DEALER. WHERE IS MY MONEY? DO YOU ENJOY MANIPULATING AND STEALING FROM HONEST HARD WORKING STUDENTS?
IF YOU TOLD ME YOUR REAL NAME, OTHER THAN ERNIE, I AM SURE I WOULD FIND INFORMATION THAT YOU ARE A CONVICTED PEDOPHILE.
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I FORGOT TO MENTION: GO FUCK YOURSELF


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Long story short I ended up lending this guy money out of my own pocket expecting to receive interest on the loan. I knew this guy for about three weeks and knew where his parents lived and I figured he was good for it. I was wrong.

I do not know for sure if he is a crack dealer and he probably is not a pedophile. He is no longer staying at the XXXXXX Inn. I needed some closure on the issue and was/am very pissed off. I went around town and posted about 40 of these posters around the XXXXXX Inn and at various major intersections around town. Not surprisingly, about 75 percent of the posters were removed within 48 hours, most notably around the XXXXXX Inn. I posted one on his parents garage as well.

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Can you tell I was pissed off? It took me around 2 hours to find the right spots and put up my message. I finally have some closure.

In addition he actually only owes me $60, but that is besides the point. It is the principal of the matter.