I just told a customer we won't pick him up because he pisses himself in the car.
It was quite satisfying.

Have you ever had fun while breaking bad news to someone?
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 10:20, 11 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Do you drive
the sunshine variety coach? The windowlicker one?
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 10:58, Reply)

Nah
I work on a cab desk.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 11:08, Reply)

I used to do that
long time ago, then got in to teaching. The kids were actually better behaved than the cab-drivers.
There's nothing funnier than a 40yr old man having a full-blown temper tantrum because he had a bum run.
( Sunburn Go on.... It's character building!, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 11:13, Reply)

It's not my first choice of job, but it's ok.
The money's fucking rubbish though.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 11:40, Reply)

The all-nighters were brilliant,
could get through a novel a night no problem once the pubs had kicked out. About 2 jobs an hour after that, bliss.
( Sunburn Go on.... It's character building!, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 11:52, Reply)

I average 120 jobs on an eight-hour shift
So I'm not massively busy. If I could do all my work at once, I'd probably get it done in thirty minutes.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 11:59, Reply)

Are your jobs computer allocated,
or are you going from paper & memory whilst frantically flicking through an A to Z?
( Sunburn Go on.... It's character building!, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 12:03, Reply)

The latter
Fortunately it's a medium-sized town and some villages, so local knowledge is pretty good. I've managed to scrounge a copy of Autoroute which has dragged us into this century.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 12:18, Reply)

Old-school!
*hi-fives*
Sounds exactly like my old job. You're not in North Wales are you?
( Sunburn Go on.... It's character building!, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 12:31, Reply)

Nah, Buckinghamshire.
I only intended on doing the bloody job for six months to tide me over. I've been here eighteen months. Stupid rubbish job market.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 4 Aug 2009, 12:35, Reply)

Back when I was an Army messenger I did get in trouble for the whole
"I bet you £50 you're the widow Smith" incident

/Pratchett theft
(bill, Wed 5 Aug 2009, 3:54, Reply)