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Kingston Taxi Tales
by Dalia Gesser
When Dalia’s husband Dave started driving, then owning, two taxis he relayed many unbelievable and entertaining situations he was privy to or became involved in with his passengers. Dalia decided to use this opportunity to put these stories to paper for others to enjoy. These slice-of-life stories, told by the cab driver, offer insight into some humorous, relatable, unusual experiences. Some stories include mature content.
Taxi drivers are part of the pulse of any city. Being a taxi driver, no two days is the same. They chauffeur anyone from a prostitute to the mayor and receive requests to be on the lookout for missing persons or criminals in getaway cars.
Similar to bar tenders, cab drivers are given a window into people’s lives. They attract individuals who take comfort in sharing personal details with a stranger and they are the recipients to some of the local gossip with or without their consent. At times, they offer sympathetic ears, even filling the role of armchair therapists. Other times, they are fly-on-the-walls, as some clienteles don’t hesitate to say anything in their presence. Where cabbies differ, is that some passengers will do anything in their presence.
About the Author
Dalia Gesser was born and raised in Montreal. She told stories through her original one-woman mime, clown mask and circus shows for children, which she toured all over Ontario for twenty years.
Following her performing career, Dalia began channeling her interests into teaching theatre arts in elementary schools and later senior groups funded by grants from the Ontario Arts Council. She brought her appreciation of storytelling to all her theatre arts workshops. Dalia’s passion for writing stories came out of helping her two sons with their high school assignments. She began writing her own stories and never looked back.
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ISBN: 978-1-998656-00-4 | WMPub#1323 | 6 x 9"
312 pages; trade paperback | $29.95
Table of Contents
5 INTRODUCTION
9 KIDS
9 Summer Jobs
10 Could It Get Any Worse?
12 Every Cabbie Needs a Hat
14 Happy Meal Justice
16 Bird Watching
17 Amish Drive Through
19 I’ll Do Anything for You
22 TEENS
22 I Wasn’t Born Yesterday
25 A Dangerous Game
27 The Arm Wrestle
29 Chicken Fingers
32 Never Buy a Second-Hand Couch
34 A Cheap Stunt
36 The Jumbo Jet
38 Busking
42 COLLEGE STUDENTS
42 Cutting the Apron Strings
44 The Corn Roast
46 Snow Forts
47 It’s All About the Image
49 Foreign Students
52 It’s in the Bag
57 The Icicle
54 Revealing the True You
61 Phone Calls
63 Sleeping Beauty
66 Clown Car
69 Homecoming Shoe
72 Snow Sculptures
74 UNRULY DRUNKS
74 Privileges of a Business Owner’s Wife
77 A Healthy Snack
79 End to a Wonderful Evening
83 Birds of a Feather
85 Fort Drum
87 An Unforgettable Forgettable Memory
90 Boobs of Convenience
92 Do You Know Who My Daddy Is?
94 The Final Straw
96 What the…?
98 Weighing the Options
101 Overnight Guest
103 Easy Money
106 Alternate Payments
109 Fun at the Police Station
111 Drinking & Driving
114 Getting Your Story Straight
116 Racists
118 Drunken Idiot Fire Drill
120 QUESTIONABLE CHOICES
120 The Baguette Thieves
123 Don’t Look Back
125 Coke
128 The Counterfeit Trail
132 Bank Robbers
134 Regrets
137 Prison Time is Just Part of Life
139 Once a Brat Always a Brat
141 Bartering
143 Wrong House
146 Half Pay
148 Weekend Getaways
153 Christmas Shopping
151 A Military Disgrace
155 Halfway House
157 Sophie & the Cook
160 Wanted
162 TROUBLED SOULS
162 A Helping Hand
165 Hot Dog Lady
167 Food Bank Turkey
169 Consequences
172 Sixteen’s the Perfect Age
174 Hanging onto the Past
176 McDonald’s: Choice of the Masses
178 On the Same Wavelength
180 Native Sons
182 Pseudo Fame
187 Precious Cargo
184 Motel Rescues
189 ADULTS
189 All Cabbies are Thieves
192 Return My Cell Phone
195 Guns
199 Changing
201 Calling His Bluff
204 The Cure
206 Making My Way Home
208 Stan’s Christmas Party
210 Just in Time
212 Pleading
214 My Daughter
217 Duck
219 Friend of the Groom
221 Too Much Information
224 Exposing The Girls
226 Defeated
229 Acci-Dents
232 Marriage Advice
235 Where’s My Wallet?
237 Green Sweatpants
239 My Precious Car
241 Little Big Man
243 Demonic Mother-in-law
246 Say Yes to the Dress
250 New Year’s Scotch
248 Your Secret’s Safe with Me
252 On Holiday
254 Doing the Right Thing
257 Eggnog
259 Betting
261 Cutting Me Off
263 Convenience Store Display
265 PETS
265 Charlie the Hedgehog
267 Our Little Pony
269 She’s All Bite
271 Lizards
273 The Thanksgiving Duck
275 Bat Man
277 Little Bo Peep
279 SENIORS
279 My Grandfather
281 The T.V. Remote
285 Dishonesty May Not Be the Best Policy
287 Red Lights
289 Mystery Gifts
290 We All Drive Cabs
292 Gracious Tipper
295 Creating Your Own Happiness
297 With Urgency
299 Stink Bombs
301 The Dolls Are Watching
303 A Teen Again