Dumb Vic

I used to live in Sacramento back during the late 70's to the mid 80's it was considered one of the murder capitals. Needing to support three small children, I often took odd jobs which sometimes were not the safest positions to be in.I spent a stilt doing door to door sales. I spent time in telemarketing. But the most dangerous position I worked in was Graveyard Shift Taxi Cab Driving. To remember those days.....I thought I would document some of the less raunchier events on my blog and name them, "The Taxi Cab Chronicles".The first article is rightly named, "To Dumb to Rob!".

As a cab driver in the murder capital, you had to quickly read a potential passenger or run the risk of becoming a statistic!It was about 1:30 am friday morning and I was 1st up at the Main. Taxi Cab Lingo for....first in line for a customer, parked at the Greyhound Bus Terminal.Sounds important....lol.Anyway the guy jumped in the back of my cab and said, "I don't have any money...all I have is a gun!" I started scratching my head real slow and then in the dumbest voice I could muster, I started into a long winded discourse. It went something like this:Duh.....uhh...uhhh.Well sir, I don't rightly know how we need to work dis out. I ain't real sure but da boss done told me in da training class dat starting out if we know dat you don't have da cash, we not suppose to give you da ride. Now I done heard of times when da driver takes a fare to da place dey need to go den find out dat dey don't have da cash......... and den we take a radio or T.V. or sumptin else of value.But I ain't ever heard of a driver takin sumtin startin out, especially a gun startin out when dey know dat da customer don't have any cash. If you want I don't mind callin and askin fo ya doe but da only ting is I think's da boss is gonna get mad at me cause he saze all I do is call in wit stupid ass questions and I'm almost sure dey gonna say no.

After this discourse the guy laughed, closed the door, paid upfront and gave me a good tip. He figured I was to dumb to rob.P.S. He was packin. Whether or not he actually planned on robbing me....who knows.Check back for more "Taxi Cab Chronicles".