Left Ear Driver is a private hire taxi driver character, best described as a calm-natured individual with a hint of rascal, who potters around in his taxi, collecting money to keep his head above water and pay for his daytime studies, of science then media.
Often asked… “Tell us a story from the taxis”… Here are a sample of the stories… some in full and some as excerpts from a future ebook collection.
Many flavours… some good… some not so. I’ve worked out my rule of thumb… 98% are in the good part of the spectrum, therefore 2% are not. Yet, even in this 2%, with somewhat unpalatable and irksome subject areas, such as uninvited approaches and drunkenness within the confines of the car… exist rare “golden nugget”… […]
A country lane at night-time is a wildlife ‘drive-through’. Daytime beings are tucked up, the night shift is out and about and because the vehicle numbers are few and far between… the night shift characters often frequent these road-ways… and meetings occur. . Owl & Mousey The car was halted because of an owl on
The owl, the badger, and the bimbling McFlurry tub. Read Post »
Enter the shop doors, turn towards the seating area and five ladies look up with eager anticipation. One name is announced and four concede graciously with a measured expression of acceptance to their disappointment… “Oh well, I’m sure our taxis will be along presently”… is a typical chorus. The “winner” rises, and I gather the
Shuffle Buddy Shoppers Read Post »
As soon as safe, she erupted into shakes, with bouts of little shallow huff and gulp breathing. She didn’t have a lot of tears, but the few that blurred her eyes, came from the soul. It had taken me a minute or so to rumble the freakiness of the situation. . It was the weekend,
Rumbling the parasitic freak Read Post »
He settled himself into the front seat for the short five-minute journey. His mind was busy, busy, busy and the contents of it flowed freely out into the world, courtesy of there being no re-process department… and no working on/off valves… between it… and his gob. “Coming over here, nicking our jobs…” He gave no
Surviving 5 minutes of toxic babble. Read Post »
With private hire taxi drivers, the jobs are given to the car via an official booking office. This would provide details of the arranged booking, such as pick-up and drop-off places, etc. There was a sad period of time when a purge against picking people up at certain areas around the city became evident. For
Go wait in the loading bay, you old people. Read Post »
‘ Wham! ‘…. I had lifted my arm and it shuddered as it took the full impact of the incoming punch that was aimed at my face. Ow, that hurt, I recall thinking, being somewhat annoyed I had missed-timed what should have been more of a deflection. . The deflection does not attempt to stop
Violent public conduct… part one. Read Post »
. Left Ear Driver is a private hire taxi driver character, best described as a calm-natured individual with a hint of rascal, who potters around in his taxi, collecting money to keep his head above water and pay for his daytime studies, of science then media. Often asked… “Tell us a story from the taxis”…
‘Left Ear Driver’ – Intro Read Post »