Day 1 FOTD XV - Handi Van

Since the new bid took effect, I get a handi van on Wed/Sat. There was a call this morning to pick up a handi call at Terrible's Casino so I shoot over there real quick from the Rental Car Center. I park the van get out talk to the bellman who points to luggage that's off to the side, I load it up and this dude comes out in a motorized scooter. I put down the side ramp and he gets in. I ask him which airline and he says:

-Greyhound.
ok

We pull out of the casino and make some small talk

-Can you believe I lost $4500 and this fucking place wouldn't even comp me a room, fuck vegas I hate it here and I ain't coming back.
forty five hundred?
-Yeah these cheap fucks.
where you going back to?
-Phoenix, and then tonight we fly into Los Angeles to see the Lakers game. I got six seats, paid $6000 cash for each of them.
Wow.
-Hey, I hope this won't cost more than ten dollars.
Ummm, yes we're going downtown to the bus station, it'll be around 18-20
-Well you need to pull over, I'll take the bus.

So we're driving down paradise rd., just past flamingo and I don't see any bus stops, so me being a nice guy and wanting to help fools in wheelchairs (he just had a broken foot), I turn the "time" ($28/hr idle time when traveling < 8 mph) off and take him up to Las Vegas Blvd and Convention Center Dr where I know there's a bus stop to run him straight downtown. We get to the Walgreen's parking lot and I pull over, lower the ramp, help him back out - take his luggage out of the trunk and pile it up thirty feet away at the bus stop. So this dude is in his chair and he starts to drive away from me. The meter reads $8.10.

Hey, it's eight dollars and ten cents.
-I don't have any money.
What? You said you had ten dollars.
-No I didn't, I said, "I hope this won't cost more than $10".
WHAT? You got in my cab with no money? YOU'RE TRYING TO STEAL FROM ME? YOU OWE ME EIGHT DOLLARS!!!!,
-I TOLD YOU I LOST FORTY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
So? YOU ARE A LOW LIFE PIECE OF SHIT SCUMBAG, TRYING TO STEAL MONEY FROM ME, I WORK FOR THIS MONEY YOU NEED TO PAY YOUR FARE

At this point I talk shit to him a little more, I do not cuss at him as I walk with him towards Walgreen's.. I say once again, you better get me that money. I get in the cab, call the dispatch, tell them I need the TA (taxicab authority) and Metro (cops) to get over asap, this guy owes me EIGHT DOLLARS AND TEN CENTS... I repeat it back to dispatch and inquire if it's petty of me to which they reply it's up to me, the cops will show up and issue an expensive citation ... I WANT BLOOD, but I say to them hold on, dude mentioned he had a credit card and I'm willing to accept $8 in goods in lieu of payment... so I go in Walgreen's and the mother f*cker is no where to be seen..

I get back in the van, call up dispatch and ask if I can take this guys smelly ass luggage hostage, and yes I can .. I just have to grab it from the bus stop put it in the van, take it to the yard, fill out a "lost and found" slip then we can hold it hostage until the EIGHT DOLLARS AND TEN CENT ransom is paid. I walk over to grab the luggage and one of the guys that work the sidewalks getting people to go see a timeshare asks how much I am owed, I reply how much .. he offers to pay it, I politely decline, I FUCKING WANT BLOOD, but then a half second later, I relent and thank him for helping out the gimp with the broken leg, and I accept $10 as payment, thank him again.. turn around walk back to the cab and four Brits are asking me for a ride to Planet Hollywood.

Viva Las Vegas.