| January 26, 2006 |
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New York Hack
In  Martin Scorsese's 1976 classic "Taxi Driver," cabbie Travis Bickle mutters: "Twelve hours of work and I still can't sleep. Damn. Days go on and on. They don't end." Melissa Plout can relate. This New York City cab driver sports plenty of attitude, works grueling 12-hour shifts, and doesn't shy away from, ahem, colorful language. But that's where the similarity stops. Melissa is one of just 197 female cabbies in the Big Apple, and even after her long day behind the wheel, she still finds time to write up her daily trials and tribulations on this blog. Be forewarned -- her gritty accounts of life on the streets are not for the faint of heart. Melissa talks about everything from the dire traffic, her close calls with other vehicles, and the aggression that sometimes comes her way. In the end, it all makes up for a sometimes painful, but often fascinating, portrait of a real-life job in a real-life city. (in Blogs) |
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