Taxi Fare Breakdown

Drivers keep their tips and split the meter fifty-fifty with the company. From the driver's fifty percent he has to pay 76% of gas and a $16 per day lease charge. Drivers also get $50 a head from the strip clubs. I can't wait to get one of those rides!

Monte Carlo Hotel en Fuego

I just dropped off this dude at the Monte Carlo yesterday. He was from Oklahoma and in town for the "World of Concrete" convention. Five floors plus seem to be burning at this moment and hardly under control.

Yes I am a Taxi Driver. Four days of 5am - 5pm non stop action driving like a maniac in all corners of this city. So far I've booked on my meter $200, $209, $184 and $285 in my four days with an avg of $40 in tips.

I'm still working out the kinks, but I realize that I can BS with the best but with a level of sincerity that is rarely seen from TD's. I've been able to relate to the 60 very different passengers that I've driven.

Also, Miss USA is in town this week and I drove a "former contestant" who's in town with her mother to root for Miss North Carolina and Miss Virginia who are both from her home town. She was not too hot, just tall and thin.