deejStuff Is Here!! (Part Four!)
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Happy Labor Day Weekend everyone
Yesterday I went to visit Dad. I usually catch the 12:40 train that gets me there about 1:20. Unfortunately, I set my alarm clock for 10pm instead of 10am. Everything got pushed back an hour.
Arrived at the Tarrytown Train Station around 2:20. Got in a cab for the 3 mile due north trip. There's always a line of cabs waiting and they ask you where you are going so they can pick up multiple fares going in the same direction. I've often had one or two mile detours which is fine with me. Other than on the days I'm accompanying Dad to a doctor's appointment, I'm not on a tight schedule.
Also arriving on the same train was a group of around 20 people. He asked where they were going. They said something and he had 4 of them get in the SUV. He said he would drop me off first. I said I could be a few minutes late. Okay.
He pulled out of the station and turned south. After a turn there were signs for the Tappan Zee Bridge. I said "Are we going to the bridge? I don't want to go over the bridge!" He said "Yes, the bridge" and got on it. He spoke almost no English.
We were going to Nanuet -- about 15 miles away and on the other side of the Hudson. He passed his GPS back to them to enter the address (as he spoke almost no English.) He was still getting confused enough that one of the women who spoke a little Spanish got on her phone's GPS and was giving him directions.
I arrived at Dad's at 3:40. Had I waited an hour for the next express train and taken a cab straight there, I would have beaten myself by 10 minutes. As I got out he asked me if I wanted him to come pick me up when I was done.
The visit itself was very nice.
Yesterday I went to visit Dad. I usually catch the 12:40 train that gets me there about 1:20. Unfortunately, I set my alarm clock for 10pm instead of 10am. Everything got pushed back an hour.
Arrived at the Tarrytown Train Station around 2:20. Got in a cab for the 3 mile due north trip. There's always a line of cabs waiting and they ask you where you are going so they can pick up multiple fares going in the same direction. I've often had one or two mile detours which is fine with me. Other than on the days I'm accompanying Dad to a doctor's appointment, I'm not on a tight schedule.
Also arriving on the same train was a group of around 20 people. He asked where they were going. They said something and he had 4 of them get in the SUV. He said he would drop me off first. I said I could be a few minutes late. Okay.
He pulled out of the station and turned south. After a turn there were signs for the Tappan Zee Bridge. I said "Are we going to the bridge? I don't want to go over the bridge!" He said "Yes, the bridge" and got on it. He spoke almost no English.
We were going to Nanuet -- about 15 miles away and on the other side of the Hudson. He passed his GPS back to them to enter the address (as he spoke almost no English.) He was still getting confused enough that one of the women who spoke a little Spanish got on her phone's GPS and was giving him directions.
I arrived at Dad's at 3:40. Had I waited an hour for the next express train and taken a cab straight there, I would have beaten myself by 10 minutes. As I got out he asked me if I wanted him to come pick me up when I was done.
The visit itself was very nice.
It's usually no problem. It's always people going in the same general direction, sometimes to the same location. Or going to the hospital -- Dad's community is on land leased from the hospital. Cabbies always cut through the hospital parking lot to save time getting there. At most it's a few blocks out of the way.
There are usually only 5 or 6 cabs waiting at the station so, without sharing, you'd have to wait if you're not one of the first people off the train. And unlike in places like NYC where they get one fare after another, they often have to wait quite some time between fares so allowing them to collect multiple fares at a time keeps the prices down.
And, for the first time in the 8 years I've been going, I did not tip.
There are usually only 5 or 6 cabs waiting at the station so, without sharing, you'd have to wait if you're not one of the first people off the train. And unlike in places like NYC where they get one fare after another, they often have to wait quite some time between fares so allowing them to collect multiple fares at a time keeps the prices down.
And, for the first time in the 8 years I've been going, I did not tip.
Aw Poeia... what a mess! I liked your post though because you had a good visit w/your dad (not for the unsolicited adventure) 
LOVE this pic Trav!
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Howdy Deejsters!
LOVE this pic Trav!
Hope you tipped him well!
Actually that sucks, dunno if I'd be down with "ride sharing" so much.
Howdy Deejsters!
Is Kitty a driving instructor (in a car with 2 steering wheels) or do I have to go to England to get a lift from her?
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