My First Goose Egg...

Thursday night was the first and hopefully last that I ever end up after 8 hrs on the bike and show a no hitter . Since I was a business major I think I can equate the night to this formula.


Wage=(( # of customers*length of ride)+(hrs of work/opportunity cost))* 1/alcohol
   This pretty much means that I need people in my cab enjoying themselves while I figure out whether I should ride around or wait in order to attain more riders, while all this is inversely/ related to their alcohol consumption. I should have been in A Beautiful Mind...
 
Although I know many of you enjoy hearing my ride stories, during my downtime (8hrs) I was able to observe the wonders of Thursday night patrons of the downtown Austin nightlife. To start I want to preface the night with a definition from dictionary.com:

ra·tion·al [rash-uh-nl, rash-nl]adjective

1.agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.

2.having or exercising reason, sound judgment, or good sense: a calm and rational negotiator.

3.being in or characterized by full possession of one's reason; sane; lucid: The patient appeared perfectly rational.

4.endowed with the faculty of reason: rational beings.

5.of, pertaining to, or constituting reasoning powers: the rational faculty. 

 

To start the night a guy,by himself, attempted to enter Logan's on 6th street. With a combination of being extremely intoxicated and handing the bouncer a credit card instead of an ID he was denied entry. Did I mention this was at 10:45 at night, as I watch this failed attempt of rational he did the next best thing. As he attempted to sleep of his intoxication he found himself at the tree adjacent to the entrance. So, to his credit for 30 minutes he leaned against the tree with one arm and passed out. This being a sign for me that "Dirty" 6th was going to nothing but trouble, I moved on. Now waiting on the west side I follow the rumor that the UT law school was having a class party at "J Blacks". With this large amounts of downtime thanks to the empty spaces hitting capacity at many of the bars we have very few options. Thanks to my extreme sarcasm and passive aggressive nature I was able to keep a positive outlook. A cab pulls up with a couple in the back and a girl driver. The guy starts by asking how much is it for a ride from east to west, my response is, "we work for just tips, so it is up to whatever you feel like paying"  once again he ask how much...  and I reiterate my previous statement. emphasize that everyone can pay what they want. Since he doesn't catch the premise very frustrated he ask If I can make change for a $20 so I check my pockets. Down to my last $15 I don't have it. His response, I'm not stupid that's not enough.... DING DING DING show him what he has won! As much as I love irony he accuses me of not being able to add. Thanks UT LAW, and Thank you THURSDAYS.

Keep reading and I'll keep riding...