9-15-06 The quest for tourist dollars

I have lived in las vegas for 3 years now. And worked several jobs none of which gave me a slice of the tourist tipping pie . I wanted to drive a cab when i first got here , but i had another job that i didnt want to give up at the time > Then I quit that job and , started process of becoming a driver and then the story broke about the cab driver doing a routine pick up at the Olympic Gardeb strip club was doused with a cup of gasoline and set on fire by some maniac trying to rob him . I put the application in the garbage and started looking for other work . So now some 2 years later and 3 odd jobs later , Im back to give it another try . Why am I brave now ? did I yolk up ? Buy a gun ? Or just get stupid! None of above though last is debatable . Actually Now thanks in part to the horrific tragedy at Olympic Garden . The Taxicab Authority has installed cameras in the taxis and crime has gone down against cab drivers . So this is the 1 st entry in a hopefully a series of entries about the places I go and people and experinces I encounter . Years ago before I moved out here i thought it would be cool to have a cabbie diary online . Someone already has one but I think there enough room on the web for 2 perspectives . It will be an uncensored free flowing style with out proper grammer, punctuation or structure . I was never an A student and life is to short to waste time correcting .