if this keeps up... we'll all have to make more videos to keep you going in those dry spells...
@darkshei17567 сағат бұрын
Am glad your last night went well , mine was boring to be honnest am kinda anxious because Tuesday i will be back in school meaning new ppl , new teacher , new and possibly worst time table not to mention i have to wear glasses all the time now because i have astigmatism and myopia now i dont know how am gonna tell my friends why i got glasses , i'm really not excited for next week i atleast pray i wont have school on saturday again thats the least i hope for but enough of me i hope you will enjoy your week end to the full , good health to you my man
@MonicaTheMad8 сағат бұрын
I'm so glad your week picked up near the end. I was worried there for a while.
@foodquig8 сағат бұрын
Believe me, I was more worried than you! I'm glad my weekend is here...
@k9nick9 сағат бұрын
Do your see ubers running around? Usually a prius.
@foodquig8 сағат бұрын
I see them on rare occasions. I think the bigger problem is the recent rise in the costs of living and renting so that the general public haas less and less disposable income. I mean, a taxi is a luxury. People can walk wherever they need to go as long as they have enough time to do it... Well, except those who can't walk due to injuries. Oh. Over here, most of the ubers that I have seen are Teslas.
@joejustjoe8351Күн бұрын
I grew up in Pierrefonds eating at Chenoy’s.
@theresaurus98202 күн бұрын
I suddenly and out of nowhere remembered your old “Inbedlam” video and I’m surprised you’re still on yt. Good luck!
@AxeMoose5 күн бұрын
I can't see things getting better any time soon. Everything is expensive and wages are not going up any time soon.
@foodquig5 күн бұрын
No, I don't see things improving either...
@k9nick6 күн бұрын
I have a class 2 licence. Means I can drive a coach or school bus. 16 ton rigid trucks even. Don't know how it works out there. Point is, you have another string to your bow. Maybe a school bus driver. Be available for the charters that come up. Don't know what the normal hourly rate is there, but 20 hours a week with no expenses ain't up be sniffed at. Then there's the charter work. So swimming, foot ball etc
@foodquig6 күн бұрын
You do have a point. My problem is that I like the lifestyle and the freedom that I have. I like working on my own terms rather than taking a pre-set route, I could always drive something else, but that would probably mean I'd be driving in ttraffic during the daytime. Traffic is stupid here in the daytime. No thanks! If I'm going to make amove, I'd like to work in a liquor store even though I have a class one license which allows me to drive anything except a motorcycle.
@k9nick6 күн бұрын
@@foodquig dove a school bus in the country.??
@foodquig6 күн бұрын
@@k9nick Suppose I could try it someday...
@dagocleo7 күн бұрын
What I have found is that those electric bikes (if that was the case) come a lot faster than expected… had a few close calls as well…
@foodquig6 күн бұрын
I don't recall if the bike was electric or pedal. If it was a pedal bike, he should not have been there... Maybe it was electric.
@DonnerPassWhisky7 күн бұрын
Where I live in the foothills of northern California paying with $100 bills = Pot grower or someone who works for Pot growers.
@foodquig6 күн бұрын
Could be, but pot is legal here, it's grown on farms, and they even have cannabis shops on almost every corner...
@DonnerPassWhisky6 күн бұрын
@@foodquig Here too at least by state law but the illegal market is thriving because playing the legal game in California requires a lot of money
@darkshei17567 күн бұрын
A pretty rough week indeed my week was fine the usual i hope you have a great week end and is your car fuel problem fixed now or its still unfixed?
@foodquig7 күн бұрын
THe fuel problem seems to be sorted now... It was just running too rich...
@darkshei17567 күн бұрын
@@foodquig thats great news you will make more profit now hopefully and lets hope another problem doesnt come up
@foodquig6 күн бұрын
@@darkshei1756 Problems always come up...
@MonicaTheMad7 күн бұрын
I guess people don't have wallets as much anymore. I carry a little bit of cash in my phone case, but only big bills and no coins so it doesn't take up much room. Mmmm, canned herring is lovely once in a long while. I have to leave a lot of time between but sometimes it's good.
@foodquig7 күн бұрын
I'm eating a bit of tuna in olive oil right now :)
@nobbynobster18 күн бұрын
good to see you are still at it. i havent tuned in for years. i think when i did last ttime you were trying to give up smoking !
@foodquig8 күн бұрын
Oh wow! That would have been around June of 2009...
@AxeMoose13 күн бұрын
Man, you're not doing well the last couple of months. I know people here have been crushed by inflation. Food has more than doubled in a year. Rent for most places is way the hell up.
@foodquig13 күн бұрын
I'm being crushed on both sides. People have less disposable income, so I make less money, and then on the other side it costs more to buy things. Good thing I have credit, and I can pay later while hoping that things will get better. I did have two good nights this past week, and that helps a lot!
@dagocleo14 күн бұрын
I would find it very difficult to wait as you do at times
@foodquig13 күн бұрын
I used to bring books to read while waiting. Nowadays, I watch KZfaq on my phone and fall asleep. I find the waiting more relaxing than the driving...
@MonicaTheMad14 күн бұрын
Ahhhh, don't you just hate that "check engine" light. So many cars drive around with that on. I find it's usually best to say nothing.
@foodquig14 күн бұрын
I ignored the check engine light on my own car, and it went out all by itself... We used to cover that thing up with black electrical tape, or trace it out with magic marker back when the taxis were running on propane. I only look forward to the fuel consumption problem being solved once and for all.
@AbdelStatistics18 күн бұрын
😢
@AxeMoose20 күн бұрын
I miss my mom.
@foodquig20 күн бұрын
I miss mine too. Dementia takes them away slowly.
@MonicaTheMad21 күн бұрын
I wonder if the mechanics were not certified to work on a car like that and messed it up.
@foodquig20 күн бұрын
Something definitely got messed up. I texted the owner, and he said he'd get it sorted next Tuesday... That means that the car will be a pig on Sunday and Monday nights for me.
@dagocleo21 күн бұрын
Our moms were born the same year. Happy Birthday to her !
@foodquig20 күн бұрын
Happy birthday to your mom too!
@DonnerPassWhisky21 күн бұрын
Happy 🎉 Birthday to your Mom !
@foodquig20 күн бұрын
She never thought she'd make it to ninety, she told me this morning...
@DonnerPassWhisky20 күн бұрын
@@foodquig Congratulations to her. Today is also our 33rd Anniversary here
@foodquig20 күн бұрын
@@DonnerPassWhisky Way to go! Congratulations!
@AxeMoose27 күн бұрын
I see deer at night here.
@foodquig26 күн бұрын
I see them at all hours,.. I also see raccoons, rats, rabbits, owls, but I have yet to see a cougar in town...
@k9nick28 күн бұрын
You're in summer out there aren't you? Deer coming into to town looking for food?
@foodquig27 күн бұрын
Deer are always in town. They are everywhere, They come out of hiding when there's little or no traffic like at 5:30 AM, and there are plenty hedges, bushes, and shrubberies for them to much on. The bucks are especially building up their strength for the Autumn rut..
@nyr48428 күн бұрын
Have you considered speaking with the owner to shift from a fixed lease cost to a percentage lease that helps you make money on slow nights? You are taking all the risk of a slow night.
@foodquig27 күн бұрын
As it is, even on a slow night, I don't do much worse with the fixed lease than I would do with a percentage. With a percentage, I'd be losing out on the busier nights. I have been doing the business this way for over thirty years through the good times and the bad times, through prosperity and recession, and I always managed to make it. I'm only five years away from retirement, so why change things now? To me, going to a percentage would be like going to work for an hourly wage in a brick and mortar establishment with a boss leaning over my shoulder, telling me all the time what to do and how to do it. I hate micro-management. I prefer no management at all! That's what has kept me doing the cab thing for so long even though the hours are long, and I could make more money doing something else. After more than three decades of being my own boss, with all the benefits, freedoms, and risks involved, I would be miserable and feel imprisoned as an employee.
@nyr48426 күн бұрын
@@foodquig 50/50 until lease is paid, then 100% for you. If the owner would really be struggling without you he might be willing to do it.
@MonicaTheMad28 күн бұрын
People must have trouble typing numbers into their little phone keypads for you to have it go wrong so often.
@foodquig27 күн бұрын
No. The problem was that two streets have the same name. I thought we were going to the Juan DeFuca Highway in Sooke, But our destination was Juan DeFuca Road in Shirley. The text message was "2966 Juan DeFuca," and my passenger said that it was in Sooke, and there is no 2966 Juan DeFuca Highway. With GPS, it's garbage in, garbage out.
@MonicaTheMad27 күн бұрын
@@foodquig Frustrating.
@MonicaTheMad28 күн бұрын
That buck was so cool! Must be the season for them.
@foodquig27 күн бұрын
The real season for them is around October when they resemble boys wrestling...
@MonicaTheMad27 күн бұрын
@@foodquig Right, I know that. Strange then.
@dagocleo28 күн бұрын
I really get annoyed at how many people just take a cab and have no intention of paying…
@foodquig27 күн бұрын
I'm sure that I get more annoyed than you do... I know bad drugs has something to do with it. It's just like that guy a few weeks ago who put all kinds of garbage in my car and wasted the whole morning half of the shift. People don't usually talk the way these two annoying people did.
@shikarisahib6054Ай бұрын
I know it well. Great place if you love endless grey days and endless rain.
@mrpap7613Ай бұрын
Taxi driving is soul destroying
@angusorvid8840Ай бұрын
Do more awesome science fiction reviews. They are awesome.
@foodquigАй бұрын
It has been a while since I read much science fiction...
@clcarlso1Ай бұрын
I'm sure you've already thought of this but what about working some weekends or day shifts? I know it's not your preference but could there possibly be some better business there?
@foodquigАй бұрын
I have talked with drivers who work weekends and day shifts, and their experience is not much better than mine...
@AxeMooseАй бұрын
That was not good at all. Maybe it's time to change jobs. Can't keep this up.
@foodquigАй бұрын
I still have time to decide what I'm going to do...
@benrlegoАй бұрын
My dad is actually in a very similar situation right now with his job, he’s been looking at other jobs lately but it’ll be a rough transition. What sucks is he’s already retired, but it’s nowhere near enough. He has to work for at least 8 more years then he gets an increase on his pension.
@foodquigАй бұрын
I could apply for a pension right now, but I'd only get three or four hundred dollars a month. I will get a lot more if I wait five years, and after those five years I can also get old age security...
@k9nickАй бұрын
When I was working corporate, a restaurant I made regular pickups and drop off too, SPQR in auckland cbd, popular with high profile people, went into liquidation. This slowdown is a worldwide thing. You are not alone. I’d tough it out. Recessionary times only last a while. You’ll be on 500 nights again soon. Remember, the only constant in life is change. Remember 2008?
@foodquigАй бұрын
Oh yes, I remember 2008... But back then we didn't have UBER.
@k9nickАй бұрын
@foodquig ahhhh. I remember suggesting, when you said uber was coming to town, plan do something else. Uber decimated the taxi industry here. If you wanted to buy shares in a taxi, Co-op taxis for example, Two hundred thousand dollar shares halved over night. I was corporate cabs. I saw the writing on the wall. To buy in to corporate, was 30k. Then you buy the car etc on top of that. I got out just in time. Didn't make a loss. But a lot of guys that hung on, they lost money. Just have up their licenses. Couldn't sell them.
@foodquigАй бұрын
@@k9nick I'm just glad that I never bought a taxi. I can walk away at any time. I'm just not ready to do that yet...
@dagocleoАй бұрын
Not easy and I really feel bad for you… we can only hope that it will look better as the summer progresses, take care.
@foodquigАй бұрын
Things would still be better without UBER taking away some of our business...
@MonicaTheMadАй бұрын
I hate to see you in a week like this.
@foodquigАй бұрын
I don't exactly like it either...
@MonicaTheMadАй бұрын
@@foodquig No, not a good week. Hope it turns upwards soon.
@fiwongoinrvАй бұрын
smokin on that dad pack🚬🚬🚬
@nononsenseBennettАй бұрын
Look! It has a liquor store! Hilarious.
@AxeMooseАй бұрын
You did good.
@foodquigАй бұрын
Yes I did.
@MonicaTheMadАй бұрын
I don't use Uber.
@foodquigАй бұрын
GOOD!!!
@MonicaTheMadАй бұрын
Every time I go to the theatre with Veronica, when we go to Stratford, even if it's extremely interesting, I end up almost falling asleep. It's so very dark there and we have lunch just before. It didn't happen when we went to The Mousetrap in Ingersoll because it wasn't dark like Stratford.
@foodquigАй бұрын
Yes, darkness helps me sleep too...
@benkohlmann347316 күн бұрын
The mousetrap? I just saw that in London in May!
@dagocleoАй бұрын
True with your description, Friday is taxi vlog night ! Nice to see the airport again !
@foodquigАй бұрын
Yes, seeing the airport again was a treat for me, but seeing it twice in a row was right over the top!
@MonicaTheMadАй бұрын
Yaaaay Friday!!!
@foodquigАй бұрын
LOL
@cookingfanman1234Ай бұрын
As always, many thanks for the uploads. Glad the Sunday was busy.
@foodquigАй бұрын
The week turned out alright!
@AxeMooseАй бұрын
You could write a book on strange customers.
@foodquigАй бұрын
The good part is that I can forget about them after a while...
@dagocleoАй бұрын
I always enjoy your stories with those strange people… comforts me that we are all more “normal” that people say ! Seems like really big weeks are not for the foreseeable future. I read that taxi drivers are suffering bad over here…
@foodquigАй бұрын
It's a global phenomenon that we're suffering. The economy and Uber are hurting us...
@bleebloe4610Ай бұрын
how much do u have saved so far for retirement?
@MonicaTheMadАй бұрын
Oh wow, it's Friday! I didn't realise until your video popped up.
@foodquigАй бұрын
I try to put them up on time :)
@AxeMooseАй бұрын
I doubt mine is better than yours.
@foodquigАй бұрын
It's all relative...
@k9nickАй бұрын
Andy. When you talk with other drivers in the night, are they having tough times too? Those working the city etc