Is anyone groping anyone? No? Then I guess it’s not.
(hijack) of sorts…
I just heard a good one from a friend, a parish assistant…
His (very religious) father was moving into a new house and desperately wanted it painted before he moved in. he couldn’t find a painter on short notice so he drove down the strip and found two working girls. They said they’d do anything for 100.00
He said " okay…come paint my house".
They did a fabulous job.
So how does one get started as a cab driver?
It’s the easiest job in the world to get, White Lightning. While some cities require you to get a special license (which is not difficult at all), here’s how it’s done in Phoenix.
Call one of the big cab companies and say you want to be a driver for them. They’ll tell you when the next orientation class is, usually M-W, 8-3.
Got to motor vehicles and get a copy of your three year driving record. You can’t have any chargeable accidents or DUIs and you can’t have more than 1 moving violation on your record in the last 2 years.
You show up on your orientation day with your 3 year report and your valid AZ driver’s license, showing you are at least 25 years old. You fill out an application, which is your name, home address and contact number, three references and your criminal history. My favorite question on that part is: Are you currently on parole? If yes, may we contact your parole officer? Guess what, if you say they can contact your PO, you’re in.
Then you sit through a 6 hour class that tells you how different local zones are broken up, gives you some map reading exercises reminds you to be extra careful, what the radio procedures are, etc.
Within the next two weeks, you have to take your on the road training. You go out with another cabbie for 8 hours, 4 with you driving, 4 with him. He evaluates how you handle the car, read the map, interact with customers, etc., and shows you how to do your paperwork.
At that point, you’re free to start operating your own (cough choke hack wheee) small business on wheels.
Christ I need a dayjob again soon…
Dumbguy, I figured the ratio would be high, but this just blew me away.
Rhubarb, had I, in fact, aken a working girl home to meet mom (RIP), she would have been the perfect model of grace, tact and southern hospitality. I don’t think she would have batted an eyelash.
Of course, the next time I saw her, Mom would have asked something like, “Are you sure this is a good idea and you know what you’re doing?” But that would have been as far as it went. My mom was all class. She thought her kids were raving loons from time to time, but she was all class.
Is it a common requirement that you have to be 25? I’m supposing not, due to the mention of it being a good way to work through college.
Thanks for the info, FallenAngel.
To do any type of driving job, be it taxi driver, bus driver, or truck driver it is common for you to be at least 25 and in some places 26. The companies don’t want to pay the extra cost of insurance if you are under and won’t hire you. You can get around it if you go into business on your own.
a) I think the “working their way through college” was in reference to the prostitutes, not the taxi drivers.
b) Many people go to college long after they’re 25. My mother is working on her (third) degree at 54.
So how does one get started as a street hooker?
Why not ask GingeroftheNorth? I remember her starting a thread about working as a receptionist at an escort service. It isn’t quite a street level thing but I am sure she can point you to the appropriate place if you really want to be a hooker.
I knew a girl who worked her way through college hooking in Tallahassee. She usually hung around the capitol, particularly when it was in session. The politicians paid better than normal johns, usually the price for a night to obtain a quickie in the hotel room. She went through FSU and got her engineering degree, so I guess it works for some people.
I always wanted to try a professional, but just couldn’t bring myself to do it, even one I knew.
Yes, the 25 YO requirement is pretty much standard due to the difference in insurance rates at that cutoff point.
I think if one wants to become a street hooker, the way to go about it is to find an unoccupied corner in a heavy traffic area and dress something akin to the part. 
As to wanting to try a professional, that’s a really common point of curiousity among American men. I think it’s because there’s no expectation of any kind of emotion or commitment, and the thought that a pro will probably know a few good (pardon the pun) tricks in the sack. I haven’t ever done it either, but if I were to indulge, I think I’d go for an escort, rather than a street girl, since there is a higher screening option on the part of the girls and a slightly lower risk factor all around.