I PAID ONE OF HIS DRIVERS (there are only two him and an employee) $20.00 TO DRIVE A GUY FROM WHERE I LIVE ON HILLTOP, TO MCKINLEY HILL, AND THEN TO 4TH ST AND TACOMA AVE SO.
I HAVE RIDDEN FROM FIFE TO MY HOME IN THE HILLTOP IN A YELLOW CAB FOR $5.00. THT IS A CONSIDERABLY FARTHER DISTANCE AND WITH AN ADDITIONAL PASSENGER
$20.00 IS THE RATE I WAS QUOTED FOR THE COMPLETE TRIP.
BUT THE DRIVER TOOK MY MONEY AND THEN LEFT THE GUY (DID I MENTION THAT HE IS 60 YEARS OLD, ON A WALKER, AND LEGALLY BLIND?) STRANDED ON MCKINLEY HILL.
I DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT THIS UNTIL A FEW DAYS LATER AND, AS ANYONE WOULD BE, I WAS LIVID! SO I CALLED THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY, A GUY THEY CALL SPEEDY.
HE SAID HE WOULD LOOK INTO IT. HE NEVER GOT BACK TO ME. SO I KEPT CALLING HIM. WELL AFTER SEVERAL CALLS HE SAID THAT THE DRIVER THAT HAD DONE THE DEED WOULD REFUND $5.00 OF MY MONEY. I WAS LIKE, "WHATEVER"...
ITS BEEN TWO WEEKS NOW AND STILL NOTHING. I FEEL LIKE THEY OWE THE OLD GUY AN APOLOGY AND THEY OWE ME CASH BACK....
THEN TODAY I SAW THE ACTUAL DRIVER WHOSE HAND I PUT THE MONEY IN AND SO I DECIDED TO TALK TO HIM IN PERSON.
HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD ACTUALLY WANTED TO CHARGE THE OLD MAN $40.00 FOR THE RIDE AND I SAID "THAT WASNT WHAT WE'D AGREED TO"
HE SAID "TOO BAD FOR THE OLD MAN "
WOW, "MERRY CHRISTMAS..."
I SAID "SPEED. I PAID HIM TO DO A JOB, AND HE ABANDONED AN OLD BLIND GUY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN. HE OWES ME MONEY AND YOU NEED TO FIRE HIM".
...WELL SPEED IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU OR YOUR COMPANY LOOK TOO GOOD WHEN YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE ALLOWED TO STEAL PEOPLES MONEY. I GUESS I JUST GOT A LESSON ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS...
I REALLY DON'T HAVE A BUNCH OF MONEY TO BE THROWING AROUND. I WAS TRYING TO HELP SOMEONE TRYING TO GET SOMEWHERE.
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