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Located in the heart of sunny, downtown Tucson, Arizona, where summer spends the winter, the Hotel Congress is at the hub of Tucson history and nightlife.

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Marie Jouvet: Ah, you've just passed the hotel.
Taxi Driver: Yes, ma'am.
Marie Jouvet: But that's where I wanted to go.
Taxi Driver: You see that car following us?
Marie Jouvet: Oh, what about it?
Taxi Driver: Well, the two men in that car suggested I drop you off at another address.
Marie Jouvet: What are you talking about?
Taxi Driver: Actually it was more like a threat than a suggestion.
Marie Jouvet: They threatened you?
Taxi Driver: Well, one of them showed me his brand new gun.
Marie Jouvet: But who are they?
Taxi Driver: Look, I know you'll think I'm not on the ball, but I neglected to get their names.
Marie Jouvet: You realise this is kidnapping?
Taxi Driver: Yeah. Well, I have to be honest with you. I couldn't come up with an alternative.
Marie Jouvet: You can go to prison for life for kidnapping.
Taxi Driver: Lady, the gun he showed me was a .38 Magnum.
Marie Jouvet: I don't know anything about guns.
Taxi Driver: Well, that gun makes enormous holes in things. I had a choice of kidnapping you, and getting shot with that gun. And to be perfectly frank, I would look terrible and feel worse with an enormous hole in me.

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Ms. Cab Driver

Driving a taxi is one of the most dangerous professions around, especially if you're a night driver. It's the nature of the business: drivers work alone, carry cash, deal with customers in all kinds of altered states, and drive to remote areas.

The International Labour Organization reports that out of all professions that require people to work alone, taxi drivers are the most at risk as far as violence is concerned. Often, customer intoxication plays a role in precipitating this violence. So why do women work as taxi drivers? Probably for the same reason as men do it: to make money on a job that promises every shift will be different.

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According to reports, the cab driver had looked bewildered as he was lead away in handcuffs, asking why they had arrested him and not the man who'd recently painted the town fire engine red and didn't have the good sense to get off the road. He was later released without charge.

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Ten Commandments for Driving the Bus

1. Thou shalt not crank up the heat in the dead of winter unless thou art wearing a sweater and pants and thou doesn't have thy own personal window open. Thy passengers, dressed to withstand the elements, will thank thee for not having to doff their accoutrements.

2. Thou shalt not drive extra slowly so as to miss the opportune green lights. This be known as 'blowing the light' and it be a sin.

3. Thou shalt not ignore profanity on thine bus. Lo, though it be at the back of thine bus, thou shalt take action against those that offend thy passengers. This shall be writ to include those that speaketh too loudly, those that profane and those that play their music unrepentantly.

4. Thou shalt apolgize for being late upon having thine attention called to it. Though the traffic may be mighty, your passengers have been waiting in God's own elements for thou. A blanketh stare willst not cut it.

5. Thou shalt pay attention when one of thine potential passengers beateth on the side of thine bus. Upon such an effort the thing to perform is a 'stop' and a 'door open' if thy art still upon the bus stop.

6. Thou shalt not bear false witness to thy passengers by directing their path in the wrong direction. If thou dost not know, thou must say, "I dost not know."

7. Thou shalt not be early, neither in heaven nor hell. This shall be thy great sin.

8. Thou shalt not be surly with thy friendly passengers. Friendliness is next to Godliness and thou shalt drive thine vehicle with alacrity. Lo, if thou art having a badish time thou art allowed to respondeth in monosyllabic utterances but thou must not be churlish, surly, crabby, cranky or otherwise rude to those that employ thee, union member or no.

9. Thou shalt use thine microphone with a modest hand. If thou feels that thine passengers respondeth willingly thou mayest continue. If thy passengers be not accepting of the microphone thou shalt cease and desist until another time.

10. Long may your days be on this earth and plentiful be your dollars and happiness. In the name of the Metro, and of the Sound Transit, Amen.

Open letter to Tucson drivers

After living here for 18 years I’d say every single driving habit you people can dish out, has rubbed off on me. It’s all about ME now, I don’t give a crap about you and if you’re rushing to visit your dying grandmother in the hospital. I’m on the road and every one of you better get out of my way.

1 - If you’re going to slow in the left lane, you’ll find out quickly, I’ll be tailgating and honking/flashing my lights to let you know. You better be doing at the bear minimum, 10 mph over the limit, if not, move the hell over. Also, if no one is in front of you, move over anyway because I’m trying to keep my steady pace of 20-30 mph over.

2 - If I want to get into your lane, trust me, I’ll get into your lane at all costs. If you try to keep me from getting into your lane by tailgating the car in front of you, then I’ll just move up and get in front of the car in front of you. No matter what, I’ll be ahead of you and you’ll be pissed.

3 - If there is a long line of cars for an exit or to make a turn, I’ll be cruising down the adjacent lane waiting for that one person to delay moving forward so I can jump in line. If not, I’ll just go up to the front of the line and cut in at the last second.

4 - I don’t let anyone merge in front of me but expect every one of you to let me merge in front of you. I’ll honk and get pissed off if this does not happen every time I’m on the road.

5 - Any thing you do that makes me step on the brake pedal, I’ll be pissed and have to honk at your ass.

6 - If your car is not at least rolling the moment the light turns green, you’ll get an air horn up your ass.

7 - If you’re on the phone and cut me off or something, you’ll get a “get the $#@% off the phone asshole!” out the window, even if I have to put the person I’m talking to on hold.

8 - The right turn only lane is so I can get in front of all your slow asses going straight the moment the light turns green. Same goes for left turn only lanes that don’t have a separate turn arrow signal.

9 - If you pull out in front of me, I’ll wait until the last possible moment to hit the brakes to give you the illusion I’m about to slam full speed into your door. Then I’ll honk and yell obscenities.

10 - Last but not least: God forbid you don’t know where your going, if your rolling along a single lane semi busy 45 mph road at 20 mph looking for a specific street that could be anywhere for the next 10 miles. I'll be honking and flashing my lights at you to pull the fuck over so I can get to my destination before my next birthday. If you don't pull over, or tap your brakes to try to intimidate me, i'll cross over the double yellow and pull in front of you and slam my brakes back at you.

That is all; screw you all for making me drive like this. I used to be nice and courteous on the road long ago when I lived in a small town in NY. Now I’m a bastard because of you. Thanks, my mom would be proud that I learned from the best

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Taxi Cab confessions

1. I very rarely puke, but it seems that whenever I puke it happens to be while getting in or out of a taxi (I always tip like $20 so he can get it washed/compensate for my horrible act)

2. One guy insisted that I have to go with him to his special place (I got out of the taxi at a light after I realized he was going to take me against my will) I still don't know what the special place was, but since it was Vegas I'm guessing it was a strip club or something similar

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Blue Steel (1990)

Nick Mann: Y'know what I love about this city? You can throw a stick up in the air and it'll land on a taxi or an ambulance.

Deliverance (1972)

Taxi Driver: This is the best thing that ever happened to this town. We might have to wait a minute until the church gets outta the way.

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Dr. Egon Spengler: I feel like the floor of a taxi cab.

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“Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair”

“If, in New York, you arrive late for an appointment, say, "I took a taxi”

"Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps a-ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still.”

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Family guy driving quotes

Stewie Griffin: All right. So, instead of driving down this sun-parched highway... we've now got to walk.

Tom Tucker: Mr. Griffin, you can't possibly expect me to believe you. That was clearly a scarecrow dressed in your clothes. And when I freeze-frame [rewinds the tape on the VCR, then pauses] that's *you* driving the car.

Peter Griffin: [a scene similar to the roadrunner cartoons appears as well as the roadrunner. When it stops, a car comes and hits it. Peter is driving the car] Oh, God, did I just hit that ostrich?

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A Rant from a Cop

Folks;

I actually took this career path because it disturbed me to see so many victims and I was sure I was the one who would make a difference.

During my career, I have employed compassion, empathy, negotiating skills, and decency in an effort to be someone who people would actually be left with the feeling that you mater after we leave. I could write a book, no, ten books about the things I've seen in your living rooms, bedrooms, streets and alleys. But I won't because I am not talented enough and most of it would be in poor taste.

I see that this forum has a variety of genre. I see the intelligent people trying to provoke thought and engage other people’s minds. I see the sick, disturbed people who have found an audience for which they can share their disturbing thoughts. I see those in between who are just passing through musing at the fodder of all the rest. And of course we now know that Kim Jong lives in the Salt Lake Valley. So, perhaps this is to fall upon deaf ears. But what the hell, I can't send it to the paper because they sell entertainment and this isn't very entertaining. But at the risk of boring, pissing off, maligning, inadvertently offended, or maybe even causing someone to think a little, here goes.

1. Complaints from citizens

People, for the love of everything holly, why do you call us for some of this absolute shit? People are always saying "don't you guys have anything better to do?" when we show up at their home for some moronic reason. Well guess hat? They are right! We have so much more to do. Why do you use us as swords to wield at your neighbor? Why do you use us as leverage mechanisms in you’re screwed up personal relationships? You say we are all fat, lazy, or no good. So why is it every time you want to threaten, scare or piss off an ex, a neighbor, a family member etc. the first statement that rolls off of your lips is "I'm gonna call the cops on you if,,,,,,

Let me use yesterday as an example. Noon, its 59 degrees and I get a call from a guy whose neighbor’s dog has been left in a car. I get there, the windows are cracked, and the dog has only been in there 20 minutes. It’s 59 Degrees! It’s not summer and if it were the dead of winter I'd say the car is a $20,000 dog house. But it turns out this guy has a running dispute with his neighbor so guess who he calls to irritate the guy a little more? Me. When I go to leave, the asshole that called this in yells, "hey, aren't you gonna do anything?" I explain why I am not and he says "great, I'm writing a letter to the paper" Holly shit. Now I'm the bad guy because I didn't embarrass your target enough for you? Grow the hell up.

1:30 PM. Mom calls in a child abuse report on the ex. Turns out the only abuse was that he is a half hour late returning from his turn with the girl. The poor guy has two of us at his door and all his neighbors watching. But we have to respond and gladly respond to every call because of the fact that every now and then, it’s real. So we can't pick and choose and no, I don't have a crystal ball installed next to my MDC so I can see into the future. Another 90 minutes wasted on a revenge complaint. And yes, the ex got what she wanted. All the neighbors are now murmuring that this guy might be a psycho because after all, there were police officers in his home. Now his neighbors have a hard on for him and they are going to start calling us everything a bike gets stolen or a potted plant comes up missing. 3:15 PM. Car just stolen from the parking lot of a grocery store. The RP left the car running for just a minute while she went inside. Dispatch gives us a description of the car. The first thing we do is spread out into a grid of sorts hitting the main routes people would use to leave the area and we actually look for the victim’s car. Believe it or not, a great many times we actually locate the car and return it to the victim. But after 30 minutes, if we haven't found it, it's either in someone's garage in the hood, or it's out of the area. So the next thing I do is respond to where the woman is to take a report. Guess what? I get out of my car and this irate woman comes rolling over and yells at me right there in front of the super market "Where the hell have you guys been!!" She goes on a tirade about how she'll never get her car back now because we didn't respond fast enough and we could give a shit about here because she's just another dumb ass taxpayer. So I try in my most composed voice to explain "maam, when your car is stolen, the one place you won't find us is the place we are sure the car is NOT" Now I'm being a smart ass and she wants my supervisors name.

People, most of you are decent, hard working, family loving, flag waving contributors to your society. And it’s because of this that I approach everyone with dignity and respect. But to that loud minority that tries to use us to get even with the neighbor down the street, or the ex, or the boss. You are the ones that are doing everyone a huge disservice. You are the ones that take us away from the people we should be watching. You are the pathetic, bored, angry, insecure misfits of society. So the next time one of you is sitting at your barstool lamenting about how "the cops are never there when you need them" there's a reason.

To the rest of you, I'm truly sorry if it takes us a little longer than it should to get there. I know who the gang bangers are. I know most of the tweekers. I know where to go and look for your property when you've been ripped off. I know where to go and look for the guy that that just jacked your wife’s purse because as soon as I heard the physical description I recognized him and a repeat offender trying to get together some cash for his habit. But I cannot tend to these real emergencies if you are going to call us because you think someone stole your paper or the neighbor is watering his lawn on an even rather than an odd day or because the kids down the street are on the damn skateboards again. Hell, we were kids once. Leave the kids to be kids. Oh, and to the guy who called us during the busiest time of night to complain that your neighbor across the street was parked too close to the corner, real funny. He's a cop and you don't like cops so you try and use other cops to harass him? Get a life.

Live like decent people and yes, absolutely call us when you see something real happening. I'll do everything in within my ability to help you. Disclaimer. I know there are asshole cops just like there are assholes in any and every profession. I know some of the guys where like me, idealists who wanted to make a difference but now suffer from a thing we call “compassion fatigue” Most of us really do give a damn about you and when you are in trouble, we haul ass to get there before it’s too late. Even then someone will always call in to complain that I was driving to fast and ‘must have been late for dinner” But I’ll tell you what, when we get a 911 call at 2:00 AM and all the call taker can hear on the other end is a woman screaming, it still gives us chills and yes, we’re gonna drive like hell to get there as quick as possible because whoever is doing whatever to her needs to be stopped and we’re the only ones that are going in. So cut us a break. It could be your wife, or mom, or girlfriend or daughter