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February 17, 2006
NYC Cabbie Finally Finds a Way to Beat the System
Ray Kottner, an 80-year-old NYC cabbie, is profiled in this New York Times piece as to how he finally gets all those #$%@ b--tards to tip.
Kottner, who probably prefers being called a "hack," doesn't have a meter in his 1982 Checker cab. He tells fares the rides are 'free" and that they are likewise "free" to tip.
I would have liked to know how many miles the Checker has on it, and how many rebuilds, but the article is pretty fun, though it ends on a patented bit of faux elegy. And then it's gone.
Posted by Frank at February 17, 2006 9:36 AM | Filed under 5th Wheel
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