It pays to listen to directions.

[lovable_leo]

I had a 4:30 appointment with the director of the DSS office at GWU to get my paperwork started. I stood outside my office for nearly 25 minutes before the shuttle finally came to take me to the Pentagon City metro station. I hopped into a cab at 4:25 and we headed into the district. I knew we were in trouble when the driver began turning around

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[kb5elv]

Oy. How tempting was it to stiff him? In my hundreds of years of riding in taxis and other public conveyances, I've only stiffed a cab driver once...but he totally deserved it. He tried to play the "Let's run up the meter on the blind guy" game, with a touch of "I'm a new driver and don't know where I'm going", even though I *did* give him explicit directions, as did Melanie (on my cellphone), which he very definitely didn't follow. Once he got me somewhat close, I hopped out, slammed the door, and walked off without paying him one red cent. Oh man I was pissed. I can't really say I felt very bad about it either, but just in case you're wondering--no--I definitely don't stiff service professionals on any sort of regular basis...but he really deserved it. (When they start calling you brother, you know someone's gonna get screwed.)

[puppybraille]

Sorry to hear you had such a jerk for a cab driver, but I'm glad the dss people seemed to be good.

[rdfreak]

yep! exactly the same as the cab system over here! doesn't surprise me I hate to say it! *grrr <333

[djdrocks]

Hi There!
Been reading your livejournal, and have enjoyed it. Saw a link to it in a mutual community that we belong to. Good work on this thing.
Also wanted to know if you happen to know a girl named Golden Nicole, or just Nicole as she is generally called, from Indiana? I wouldnt ask in a comments page, but you don't have any contact info, and she had a best friend with the same name that she lost touch with. So was just wondering.
Anyway, great journal and I look forward to reading more.