Off to the Shed

I was driving home last night from a night out with my girls, and we were following a number of taxis that were doing their usual to-ing and fro-ing for a Saturday night with the many people who rely on them for a safe ride home in whatever state.

I have often been a tough critic on taxi drivers for their general road manner, particularly staying in the right lane on a freeway sitting just under the speed limit and not letting anyone pass! Arrrghhh!! But I thought I would focus on this entry about what the taxi drivers have to put up with on a daily basis with their sometimes grossly intoxicated occupants.

I have many times required the services of a taxi ride home after I have had that ‘one too many’ and always got home safely and in the most cases the most direct path to my place of residence. I have seen on the television and first hand what some taxi drivers are put through during a normal day at work and I think it is unfair and wrong, that any person can be treated like that carrying out their daily job to earn a living and support a family.
So today, I just wanted to say a big thank you to all those taxi drivers that work the late shifts and take us all home safely. Please consider the people who work in this tough job and provide us with a service that is a relentless unrewarding task.