Welcome to my first Sound Off.<\/p>\n
My name is Sam. I think of myself as a personal transport professional. Like every cabbie I have an opinion on every subject so I was chuffed and, I must admit, a wee bit surprised when the guys at Taxi Board Game invited me to share my taxi cab sound offs online. I agreed but only if I could maintain strict professional ethics, like doctors and lawyers have to.<\/p>\n
So, my Sound Off blog for the Taxi Board Game will keep cabbie punter privilege \u2013 what a punter says in the cab stays in the cab \u2013 and still allow me to sound off to even more people!<\/p>\n
So here\u2019s my first online sound off from a recent cab conversation I enjoyed. Cabbie punter privilege maintained…<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere to Sir.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRighto. Leith Links. Here we go. Won\u2019t take us long today. The roads are quiet. \u00a0This Coronavirus is unbelievable. I\u2019ve never seen anything like it before. I\u2019m used to helping people into the back of my cab with all their shoppings bags but you know things are taking a turn for the worst when you\u2019re helping load the cab with bog rolls.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah. Everybody\u2019s gone a bit mad with all this panic buying and stockpiling. There\u2019s only so much pasta anybody can eat even if you are self isolating for two weeks. I must admit though I got a bit carried away as well. I\u2019ve not told anybody else this yet…I bought two cartons of UHT milk. That\u2019s to stay between you and me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAbsolutely. People \u00a0have gone way overboard. You know what they should be panic buying though.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat too. But something even better. Board games.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah. Board Games. Think about it. \u00a0If you\u2019re stuck at home with your family for two weeks then just sitting on the sofa and binging on box sets will quickly get boring. And if we\u2019re all at home streaming on Netflix then the broadband will overload and we\u2019ll all \u00a0be sitting there staring at frozen screens.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRationing data. Interesting. Do you think they can do that? I wouldn\u2019t \u00a0mind. I love board games. A couple of episodes on Netflix, a plateful of a pasta and playing a board game. That\u2019s a pretty good night in and will see you through 2 weeks in self isolation no problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know. And social distancing is the other one. Last year it was all Brexit, Single market, and Customs Union. Now the news is all Coronavirus, Self isolation and Social Distancing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, the partition helps with social distancing. I keep it closed all the time now. I prefer talking with the partition open but I can keep chatting on the intercom. We all have to make changes as wee Nicola keeps \u00a0telling us. For me, being friendly is part of the service so I\u2019m not stopping the banter.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, most people are friendly like you. I had Lorraine Kelly in the back of my cab once. She\u2019s a wee smasher. All I\u2019ll say is she deserves the crown of Queen of Morning Telly. I would happily spend 2 weeks in self isolation with Lorraine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCareful. \u00a0If anybody says anything against Lorraine I stop the cab and kick them out.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCome on. Wake up. Green means you can go. Sorry about that, Sir.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you say?\u201d<\/p>\n
No. Don\u2019t worry. I wouldn\u2019t drop anybody off here.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHibs play at that stadium. And see the cemetery there. The manager of the Hibs team that won the Scottish Cup in 1902 is buried there.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI do as a matter of fact. His name is Dan McMichael.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNice of you to say so. I\u2019m no Fred Housego but I like to think I know a thing or two of interest that makes a journey in my cab a bit more interesting for my punters.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t know who Fred is! He was the cabbie who back in the day became famous when he won Mastermind.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHmm. You\u2019ve got me thinking. 1980 I would say.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI would do alright I reckon. I bet even Fred doesn\u2019t know there used to be until 1923 two teams in the Scottish League with Hibernian in their name.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. Not many people do. The other team was Dundee Hibernian. Now known as?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYep, you\u2019re right. Dundee United. And do you know who United\u2019s loveliest fan is?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNaw. She is lovely but I\u2019m not sure Kylie is a Tangerine. No. United\u2019s loveliest fan is the even lovelier Lorraine Kelly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. That\u2019s not for me. \u00a0The only black chair I feel comfortable in is this one. It\u2019s not the same without Magnus anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDevelop a Board Game. Funny you should say that. Here we are. Leith Links. That\u2019ll be \u00a32 please sir.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Welcome to my first Sound Off. My name is Sam. I think of myself as a personal transport professional. Like every cabbie I have an opinion on every subject so I was chuffed and, I must admit, a wee bit surprised when the guys at Taxi Board Game invited me to share my taxi cab …<\/p>\n