Comments on: Halloween fightin’

By: Easy-E

Easy-E — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:28:38 +0000

In fact, the fare outside the 5 boroughs is whatever you and the driver negotiate it to be, it says so in every cab.

I never pay more than $40, $35 if I can get it. That’s flat, no tolls, no tips. Don’t be a sucker and pay more than that. It’s never more than $12 with the meter running, I know because I have been in several where they left it on.

By: MauMau

MauMau — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:39:58 +0000

A cab from the city is technically double the meter once you cross the NYC/NJ line in the tunnels. Try explainging that to a cabbie (good luck) or negotiate a flat rate off the meter. If the cabbie is playing thick, take a cab to a street close to the tunnel entrance, then get out, then grab another cab to take you through the tunnel. You’ll save double the NYC fare. There’s always cabs in the tunnel neighborhoods.

By: TBizzle

TBizzle — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:58:25 +0000

BMac- the plane is flying to Florida with or with out you….if a cabbie takes a job to Hoboken, that’s 30-40 minutes he’s not picking up short rips in NYC at $10-15 a pop.

By: hobokentownie

hobokentownie — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:31:29 +0000

zxcv wrote:

Seen coming home from the PATH just after 5am: At the corner of 3rd and Washington, an incredibly drunk, fat yuppie guy trying to run from a NYC cabbie, trying to beat the fare.

The cabbie easily catches him and wrestles with him and yells for me to call the police. I oblige, and they arrive within 60 seconds or so, at which point drunk, blubbery guy begins to profusely apologize and…cry.

So pathetic…

Hapu v. Lardass – very funny. You think wrestling with the customer hurts the tip?

By: bmacqueens

bmacqueens — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:21:34 +0000

zxcv wrote:

Seen coming home from the PATH just after 5am: At the corner of 3rd and Washington, an incredibly drunk, fat yuppie guy trying to run from a NYC cabbie, trying to beat the fare.

The cabbie easily catches him and wrestles with him and yells for me to call the police. I oblige, and they arrive within 60 seconds or so, at which point drunk, blubbery guy begins to profusely apologize and…cry.

So pathetic…

I would have some sympathy for the cabbie, except that the rates they try to charge to come to Hoboken are absolutely extortionate. I can fly from here to Florida for about $127 right now, if I do it on the off-hours. Or, I can pay fifty bucks to get a car to Soho, which is all of about three miles from here. Ferfuxsake, I can SEE the goddamn place, with clarity. If you can identify actual buildings by unaided visual acuity, the price should be less than $50 to get a cab from here to there.

By: zxcv

zxcv — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:12:47 +0000

Seen coming home from the PATH just after 5am: At the corner of 3rd and Washington, an incredibly drunk, fat yuppie guy trying to run from a NYC cabbie, trying to beat the fare.

The cabbie easily catches him and wrestles with him and yells for me to call the police. I oblige, and they arrive within 60 seconds or so, at which point drunk, blubbery guy begins to profusely apologize and…cry.

So pathetic…

By: bmacqueens

bmacqueens — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:07:05 +0000

Holy Christ, do you mean to tell me that FOR ONCE the cops bothered to pay some attention to 14th and 15th Streets? Jaysus, I wish they’d set up a DWI checkpoint here. You wouldn’t believe how many people I see blowing through the stop signs over here, driving across the double-yellow lines to avoid the speed bumps, etc. It’s the same shit every night, from Wednesday through Saturday — blatant disregard for anything resembling a traffic control device (lines, signs, customary practices, etc.)

I swear to you, some day there’s going to be a head-on collision or a pedestrian mow-down on 15th between Washington and Bloomfield (i.e., between the Tea Bldg.’s driveway circle and the parking garage) because, apparently, all vestiges of the traffic code have been repealed by Trenton with respect to this particular block.

Of course, the governor was living here, and he went through the dashboard at 90 mph, courtesy of his own chauffeur/state trooper driver, so I suppose we know what Trenton thinks of driving regulations.

By: johndoe

johndoe — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:59:44 +0000

I just thank God that all the fights, unruly crowds and near riots didn’t disturb the police horses from getting a good sleep.

By: FMTVENG

FMTVENG — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:24:29 +0000

was driving home last night and saw about 4 police cars by the parking deck over by the Tea building. popped on the police scanner and heard the above, definitely seemed like they had their hands full.

…but considering at first glance I thought perhaps it was a DUI checkpoint, i was relieved to find out it was all ‘just’ for somebody getting a bottle cracked over their head… phew

By: Foster

Foster — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:24:07 +0000

hmmmm….where are all the witty quips about “the melee” at Teak or the “animals” at Duffys.