3/20/08

FOTD X - Deadwood

Deadwood, South Carolina is a well known gold rush-era town most recently made famous by the HBO series of the same name. I have watched all three seasons of episodes and enjoyed the show and characters indubitably. This FOTD begins across the street from where the last one left off, at Hooters Casino.

Normally I do not pick up from Hooters because it has minimal traffic, usually 3-4 cabs already waiting, very close to the airport (~$9 fare). Even if I drop off I usually go back across the street to MGM. Today was different, the birds were singing, the sun was shining and my shift was coming to an end. So I just cleared there, noticed that there was only 1 cab waiting so flipped a bitch and posted up.

I'm on the nut when I see three drunk dudes come out and I open the doors for them and they get in the cab. They want to go to the Rio (~$14) so the best way is to go right on Trop, right on Duke Ellington, right on Reno, right on LV Blvd, left on Trop, 15 North to Flamingo, but due to the afternoon traffic I go right, right, right, left on Mandalay Bay Road across to Hacienda, right on blah blah blah.

After some Q&A these guys are from Deadwood, SC (pop 3000) and are in town for the last days of ConExpo. I open up discussions about their town and the show and gold etc then switch it up and ask about the strip clubs in their town. They mention that as recently as 1984 they still had a red light district out there which naturally lead to.... "which strip club is the best out here in Las Vegas"
Me: "I'm glad you asked, have you guys been to SRhino before?"
Them: "LET'S GO"

Anyways, I roll these gentlemen to the Rhino at 430pm and collect, plus the fare ended up being $21.50 and even though I told them don't worry about it, SR will pay it, they insisted on giving me $28.

This FOTD wasn't anything special, just a 3-pack to the Rhino which just does not happen every day.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Gettn paid to be a hero.