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‘Taxi!’: There’s a ‘sexy’ New York City cab drivers calendar for 2018
11.21.2017
10:09 am
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NYC cab drivers have released their calendar for 2018. Now in its fifth year, the New York Taxi Drivers Calendar features another bunch of hardworking, hunky, and glamorous cabbies photographed in a variety of sexy and amusing poses which should guarantee a smile—if not a lift—throughout the year.

The calendar is a charity project devised by Philip Kirkman and Shannon McLaughlin. All profits from sales go to the University Settlement (“America’s oldest settlement house”) in New York City, which serves “over 30,000 immigrant and working individuals and families every year with basic services like quality education, housing, recreation and wellness opportunities, and literacy programs. immigrant families through education.” Each calendar costs $14.99. Order yours here.
 
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More friendly cab drivers, after the jump…
 

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Posted by Paul Gallagher
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11.21.2017
10:09 am
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Are the streets of London overflowing with Uber drivers’ piss and shit???
06.10.2015
09:57 am
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The streets of London were once believed to be paved with gold, but now it seems they are covered with discarded plastic bottles full of urine and carrier bags full of shit—or so one newspaper reports. Apparently, the lack of public rest rooms in the capital has caused some taxi drivers to “improvise” when answering the call of nature. The problem was highlighted on an Uber forum in March of this year when drivers shared advice on “Toilet issues.”

The thread began with the following question from user Momo, who posted:

Help plz bros! Working 18 hour days I struggle to hold on to a pee for that long. Tried peeing into a coffee cup but only a grande size holds my wee. I overflowed on them petite cup all down my new Primarks! Lol! I find milk and coke bottles don’t fit my willy width. Don’t want a customer to get with one of those stuck. Might not get my 5 stars man! What can I do? Is there a bottle that fits all out there?


Whether this was genuine or just a troll out for laughs cannot be discerned—but let’s be honest, there is something about the wording of this post and the relish with which it is written that makes it seem a little fake. A little too Ali G, perhaps?

In response another Uber driver Backdash offered this advice:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000NV878S/?tag=ubne0c-20
For emergencies only
and this:
When you see a place to piss go piss whether you have the urge or not.

 
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So, it does seem that toilet breaks are an issue for some taxi drivers. Indeed, there’s even an app to help distressed drivers find the nearest “comfort station.” However, Momo was not content with these helpful suggestions:

Working London there is no where to pull up without getting a ticket. I even had to dump in a Tesco bag the other week. Hid the log under the passenger seat until I lobbed it out. Blamed the bad sewers whenever people asked what the smell was! Lol!

By now, of course, this is beginning to sound very much like a troll’s wind-up, but City Metric who covered the story notes:

Public toilets in London, especially at night, tend to be placed in areas with busy nightlife, where drivers are unlikely to find a parking spot. Yes, that driver in the original tweet could have gone to Starbucks – but he could have ended up paying both the price of a coffee and a parking ticket for the privilege.

It’s not just the lack of public restrooms that is the problem. In 2012, one cab driver in Darlington, England was pulled over for leaving his vehicle unattended at a taxi rank to answer a call of nature—it is illegal in Darlington to leave a cab unattended. What’s a poor cabbie to do, modify their driver’s seat into a toilet on wheels? (This would clearly cause a worse sanitary problem, but what at the alternatives?)

Tim in Cleveland chimed in on the Uber forum:

No where to go in Cleveland either. Ohio law requires gas stations to have restrooms, but not a single one in Cleveland complies! Fast food restaurants close their lobbies by 10 pm. You have to wander into a bar or leave the city to get a restroom after that. I hit the 24 hour grocery store that’s in the next city.

London cab users have also witnessed the problem as some have pointed out on Twitter:
 

 

 
Whether this gleefully defecating “Momo” is genuine or not, there appears to be some kind of an issue, though one not everyone wants to hear about:

POST # 11/ @DenverDiane@DenverDiane: These three

Drivers @Backdash@Backdash, @momo@momo and
@sinbad@sinbad are mistakenly thinking
that they are in the London, England SubForum…SOMEHOW!

P….L….E….A….S….E
Use Conversation Feature to PM your
London colleagues. NO ONE wants to
know that your “Willy” won’t fit into
the neck of a Coca-Cola bottle.

As for stashing a Grocery-Bagged Dump
under your seat until you Fling it out
the Window… WAAAAY TOO MUCH
INFORMATION!

City Metric approached Uber for a comment and are currently awaiting a reply.
 

Posted by Paul Gallagher
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06.10.2015
09:57 am
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Wiki-Prank: Taxi for Julian Assange?
08.16.2012
05:20 pm
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Matthew Champion writes on Twitter:

Apparently several taxi firms have fallen for the hilarious gag of picking up Julian Assange from Ecuador’s embassy.

But where would they go?

Posted by Niall O'Conghaile
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08.16.2012
05:20 pm
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A taxi driver’s ultimate revenge on customer through Facebook
12.09.2011
10:37 am
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As Redditor tickle-teh-pickle puts it, “I don’t always agree with cabbies, but when I do, it’s for teaching a douchebag a lesson.”
 
(via The Daily What and reddit )

Posted by Tara McGinley
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12.09.2011
10:37 am
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Cabbie Chronicles: The “Steamboat Willie” of Jamaican animation?

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Jamaica has finally distinguished itself a bit in the global animation community. It’s easy to see why JA animators Allison and Anieph Latchman’s five-minute Cabbie Chronicles: Drive Thru Drama short won the Best Caribbean Animation Award at this year’s Animae Caribe Animation and New Media Festival. It’s some straight-up homegrown Kingston street satire.

Don’t get it twisted—Jamaicans have been doing animation for a minute now—for example, Coretta Singer’s fantastical 3-D work has been shown out in the global animation circuit for a couple of years now. And folks can point to the cutting-edge Ninjamaica, but that was a Canadian production. Cabbie Chronicles is straight from yard, and hopefully one of a long-running series that sets the tone for an era of great ‘toons from the island.
 

 
After the jump: check an interview with the screwfaced Cabbie himself…

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Posted by Ron Nachmann
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12.29.2010
12:48 pm
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