~~~SANDBOX 77~~~

Yo is there an effective way to call cab drivers out on shit like that?

Yes, but it's more than $5 worth of hassle.

when that happens I usually pee on the floor

(for anyone familiar w/ Chicago who cares, a normal route from my house to work would be Clark to LaSalle, to one of various Loop streets, to Peoria + Jackson. this guy took LSD to lower Randolph, which Google maps says added 1.9 miles)

that seems weird but aside from asking him to state his intended route before you enter traffic, what are you going to do, argue about it? probably not.

you could just give him what you think is the right price and leave

Usually I don't think they're hustling. They're either totally unfamiliar w/ the streets (no "Knowledge" tests here) or they think it's the best route.

I have spoken up before the driver got huffy and sort of argued (yeh yeh it's the same, the same) and I compensated for the difference by not tipping.

Today I just didn't have the energy, and honestly, the route he took was faster, despite being 2 miles longer.

cab drivers in beijing were pretty terrible - as soon as the cab started the driver would ask you what route you wanted to take, if you gave the wrong answer s/he would know you were not a local and would take you for a spin

my dad and the gutter guy have been arguing for nearly an hour now - I don't think this work is getting done

oh wait - he just took a new gutter off his trailer - we may have some action

http://soberingconclusion.com/movies/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/pcu.jpg

You know what I hate? Is when the cabbie gets patronizing and starts explaining why his fucked up route is correct. One cabbie who was routing us around his asshole to get to his elbow relented and took my route, but then he turned super (passive-aggressively) servile at me. Blech.

I would bet dollars to Ding Dongs that this sort of cabsplaining is far more common for lone female passengers.

Yes, but it's more than $5 worth of hassle.

OTM. I called to report a driver who ignored my requested route and went a totally fucked up way and when I got salty about it, yelled at me that it only added a few dollars to the fare. Asshole.

Anyway, you call 311 to register a complaint and then they send you paperwork to fill out and sign and by then I had cooled off and didn't care anymore.

That dude was easily the worst but as you (Jesse) know, my sense of direction is horrible so unless I am really familiar with a route, I'm pretty compliant w/ the driver's choice.

I do have unusually strong feelings about accessing LSD via Lower Wacker when coming from work, though.

Strong feelings for or against?

For. Mostly I hate the stop and go motion-sickness-factory that is LaSalle during rush hour so the sooner we're off, the better.

I wish there was a good way to complain about can drivers that ride the breaks. I guess I could just barf in their cabs.

Last taxi I got seemed to have rigged the meter. I noticed halfway home that it seemed to be going up faster than usual. The final price was about 1.5x the usual, and we'd gone a direct route with hardly any traffic.

I felt too timid to say anything when paying (it was a short trip so more of an annoyance than a big deal) but I have his numberplate in the "your car has arrived" text from the cab firm, so I should probably have reported him. Might still do, now this thread has reminded me.

can't you get a quote from the cab company? altho they might always try to screw you $40 for materials

heh that was a problem in china too. you'd get into a cab and there'd be wires hanging out of the meter and the interior would be stripped. xp

open question for people who have a different sandbox user name than their well-known user name on ILX and then force people to try to figure out the connection over the course of several weeks and refuse to confirm or deny the connection: why do you do this? it's not even a bad thing, i just can't understand.

not trying to call out anyone on this thread btw, mainly just thinking about nu-gabbneb

Hi!

oh, see now i'm noticing that he posted on this thread earlier! anyway, again i'm not trying to criticize, i'm just wondering why

lol xpost

WHY!?!

I wondered this too.

i think its to see how obvious it is who you are. i think i posted like three times before it was obvious.

There are some people I know now, but it's still an extra step to go
curious orange = ENDBB = Er!c@

There are others whose ID forgot and I just gave up (e.g. nuhnuhnuh).

xp - no one was obvious to me even on real ILX. Well, a few exceptions, I guess. Most everyone else blended together.

For the most part from coming here in 2004 until late 2010, I only distinguished the identities of people I had met IRL.

I do not blend in. I am liek the lump in the oatmeal.

well see this is part of the fun. i could probably have figured out who dealwithit.gif was from the name alone for eg. but i mean

for the sandbox record, i will state that of those who are using different usernames and keeping it a mystery, i have no idea who 95%+ of you are, and have given up trying

i guess i fail at the game or whatever

Sorry to read about your grandfather, tehresa (and your mugging, Hoos). My grandmother similarly basically chose not to keep living, though she did in fact face an almost certainly fatal illness (but could have lived longer, perhaps more than most, albeit not in great comfort).

This may not be relevant, but I've noticed (in addition to all the December deaths - what's up with that?) a pattern where people die shortly after receiving an award or some other sort of affirmation. In wondering why, I've speculated that it may be that people just want to "go out on top," as it were, having capped a satisfying life in some significant fashion. Conversely, if someone is ill or simply very weak/tired, they may prefer death sooner rather than later, expecting things to get worse (there may be an interrelationship with depression here, for some). Perhaps it's simply (and understandably) about a desire to exercise a measure of agency over a process in which agency is ultimately taken from you.

No more relevant, perhaps, but the only time I've ever been mugged (on a populated high street in broad daylight) was after spending most of a month in the wilderness. I tend to think I had taken off my city "armor."

I do not blend in. I am liek the lump in the oatmeal.

Aimless, you were one of the ones I knew.

But we met. I think?

How long was the sandbox of our discontent back in 2005 (or was it 2006?)? I remember it lasting a whole summer, but I could be wrong.

I have met no ilxors irl. The nearest approach to a meet-up came was when I attended a poetry reading by casuistry here in pdx, but he was so mobbed by well-wishers afterwards that I didn't wade through the crowd to introduce myself. I find it difficult to meet new people voluntarily. They might expect me to be not dull.

I picked my new username bcz it was all the rage and I thought it was an obvious enough spoonerism, but I don't post that much on either ILX so I guess maybe people are seeing my name and (having never noticed my real-ILX persona) wondering if I might be someone they should know about. but anyway

hi, I'm (a passing) spacecadet

and I hope real-ILX comes back because I am pretty sick of this stupid username already

i've noticed - and it took me a minute to figure out - which is about as much time as i feel like devoting to the issue at this point.

Should be "a sassing (case spudette)," perhaps?

I picked up on the spoonerism.

Aimless, I must have you mistaken with someone. But who? A former Chicagoan, that I know.

oh, spacecadet, i did not realise who you were! mostly cos i thought yr sbox username was "casa spudette".

I know one ILX dude who respects boundaries by not posting here even though it kills him. (Hi!!! You rock, ILX dude! xoxo)

― wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Tuesday, December 27, 2011 5:01 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

MY FUCKING FINGERS WERE FLIPPING OUT WHEN I READ THIS. I WAS LIKE ME! ME! IT'S MEEEEE!!!!!

The were previously flipping out when I read Jagweed Holland's posts.

I don't think it was you.

I made a thread.
Girls thread cont.

Oops, not that one.

Re girls only

This is getting messy.

It wasn't you specifically, although you (and Jeff) also deserve credit for your boundary respecting skillz.