Cab #369

Date: 12/10/06
From: North and Clybourn
To: Wicker Park

The Cab: A Crown Vic bathed in the scent of Monster energy drink.

The Driver: Surly. Right off the bat, I was berated for wanting to go in the "wrong" direction. I countered that I had waved at him to make a right on North Avenue so I could cross the street and get in with the cab pointed west; driver reiterated his original complaint. Driver was also eating "Taco" flavored Doritos. This struck me as odd.

The Driving: Confusing. Driver's solution to getting us reoriented to go west on North was to bypass a parking-lot turnaround and head north to Courtland. A brief tour of Finkl Steel followed, with lots of awkward gas-brake transitioning. He did tend, though, to shut off the cab at red lights, conserving trace amounts of gasoline.

Overall rating: 1.5 extended arms.

- Will Cleveland

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