Taxi Mark's Life on the Road

Views of a Taxi Cab Driver in Tucson.

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Sunday, January 25, 2009

Girls are funny

Picked up 4 lovely sorority sisters from a house party. Made fun of the poor, short, fat guy from Yuma. Personality was C minus, and looks were a D.
"D! No way! An F!" One girl exclaimed.
Giggles all around.
"Uh, not like a zero F, but more like a 40% F.
And another guy who was getting critized for texting the whole time. DUDE!
Put the phone down.

Its tough out there guys. Be careful.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Changing lanes

Do you want to know the secret?

You are suppose to speed up to change a lane. DO NOT SLOW DOWN!
When you spot an opening, turn on your blinker and speed up into the open spot. You do not try to slow down into a spot, it causes buildup and breaking.
Come on!
You are either part of the solution, or part of the problem.

Monday, January 19, 2009

Quotes from Falling Down (1993)

Sergeant Prendergast: You're mad because they lied to you? They lie to everyone! They lie to the fish!

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Captain Yardley: I don't like you. You know why? You don't curse. I don't trust a man who doesn't curse.

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D-FENS: I'm the bad guy? How did that happen?

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Nazi: You and I, we're the same.
William: We are not the same. I'm an American. You're a sick asshole.

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Korean Shop Owner: Take the money!
William "D-FENS" Foster: You think I'm a thief? You see, I'm not the thief. I'm not the one charging 85 cents for a STINKING SODA! You're the thief! I'm just standing up for my rights as a consumer.

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[William "D-FENS" Foster is sitting on a concrete ruin filled with graffiti, resting, and 2 Hispanic guys walk up to him saying he is trespassing]
William "D-FENS" Foster: I didn't see any signs?
Dude 1: [pointing at a graffiti skull] What do you call that?
William "D-FENS" Foster: Graffiti?
Dude 1: No no, it's not fucking graffiti, that's a sign.
Dude 2: You can't read it man.
Dude 1: I'll read it for you. It says this is fucking private property. No fucking trespassing. That means fucking you.
William "D-FENS" Foster: It says all that?
Dude 1: Yeah.
William "D-FENS" Foster: Well, if you maybe wrote in fucking English I would fucking understand you.

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[William "D-FENS" Foster picks up the flat hamburger he just ordered, comparing it to the picture behind the counter]
William "D-FENS" Foster: Can anybody tell me what's wrong with this picture?

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Annoying Man at Phone Booth: Excuse me... Hey, exCUSE ME! I don't know if you have noticed it or not, but there are other people waiting to use the phone here.
William "D-FENS" Foster: There are?
Annoying Man at Phone Booth: Yeah!
William "D-FENS" Foster: People want to use the phone?
Annoying Man at Phone Booth: That's right, you selfish asshole!
William "D-FENS" Foster: That's too bad. You know what?
Annoying Man at Phone Booth: What?
William "D-FENS" Foster: [firing a machine gun into the phone booth] I think it's out of order.

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William "D-FENS" Foster: [to The Golfer that is having a heart attack] Yeah! And now you're gonna die, wearing that stupid little hat. How does it feel?

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Car Cam Downtown Tucson, Arizona

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Troublesome girl

First call of the night was "T" at an apartment at Wilmot/Speedway. She had one of those callback tunes on her phone so the auto callout would not work. So I had to dig out my phone and give her a call. She says she will be right out. After about a 5 minute wait, she hops in and wants to go to TD'S. 1/2 mile down the road. Oh boy. And then when we get there she pulls out a $20 bill to take all my change. Just another stripper that goes around putting other people out and thinking the world revolves around her.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Experts say bad economy could hurt Tucson's prime tourism events

At the cusp of Tucson's prime tourism season, the vision is changing: Hordes of defrosting Midwesterners and other visitors are no longer expected. Neither are their dollars.

Hotels are reporting as much as a 25 percent drop from last year in reservations, many linked to the city's crowd-drawing events.


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Thursday, January 15, 2009

City takes over ailing Fox Theatre on Feb. 6.

The city will assume all employee matters Feb. 6 at the Fox Theatre, including laying off half the staff.

The move comes as the Fox Tucson Theatre Foundation finds itself with $40,000 in the bank and about $60,000 in monthly expenses, said Rich Singer, Fox's executive director on loan from the Tucson Convention Center.


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Monday, January 5, 2009

Stripper Night

They are always the funniest.

One who got thrown out of the club and had to pull over to throw up.
One who was out on the town with her Mom.
One who was in the middle of Baby Daddy drama on the phone.
And two girls at one time from Tens. Who were slightly drunk and confused about the percentage of their house fees. Who had me take them to McD's around 2:30 and gave the poor guy a hard time about not being able to get breakfast. Them asked me if I wanted to see their "gIna's" and got all pissed off when I said "No".

Good Times.