Vacations Anyone?
This question isn't for Wil - Living in Paradise, everyday gets to be your vacation ;).A driver this weekend said that there were fewer rides around these days (DC usually goes on vacation in August), and had been for a couple of weeks. So I asked him if he was going on vacation and he said, "oh no!" That he didn't take vacations, kept working.
So how about the other drivers - ever take vacations when the city population is lower for whatever reason?
posted by DC Cab Rider @ 4:45 PM
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This question isn't for Wil - Living in Paradise, everyday gets to be your vacation ;).
I actually do take a vacation every 3 to 4 years and go back to see my kids & grandkids in California. Usually take them on a loooong road trip.
What can I say? I love to drive and a chance to drive without turning back on myself is a treat. Lets face it. Its an island. How far can I go?
I try and get away for one or two weeks every year. Being part Spanish I always go to Spain and will be going there on September 9th for a week.
Like charterjames, I find myself working intensively and then working sparsely. It's a pretty cyclical thing: my absolutely favorite part about this job is that I work as often and hard as I choose to - I don't even need to call in if I wake up and don't feel like going to work.
I'm not working again until a week from last night for example, taking a road trip out to Montana so that I can indulge one of my hobbies. I'll be spending a couple weeks up in Seattle in September for hobby-related stuff and a noise music festival, visiting my aunt in France in the spring, probably make it down to Memphis and maybe Dallas in the spring as well...
So um, yeah, now that I think about it I'm very much on the "take a vacation" side of things.
It should be noted that this is a luxury that comes with making a respectable income but not having a family to support or any significant financial responsibilites outside of a pretty cheap rent and typical bills. Though now that I think about it, many of the cab drivers I work with seem to take a big two or three week vacation out of the country at least once a year, or go on tour with their bands, etc.
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