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S.O.C. business diary 12-28-2010
Today I wanted to start working on my Send Out Card business again. I joined Send Out Cards last year. I attempted to build the business but got sidetracked with work and school. Now, that I have more control over my time, I thought it would be a good idea to start it again. Starting I believe is the hardest thing to do. What to do is next. The first question I asked myself was “who are my customers? I had met another network marketer at a holiday networking party last week. He was a distributor with Organo Gold. I called him up, talked a bit about what I felt about his product since I was sipping on a cup of the coffee while we were talking. Then I found out … Read entire article »
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New Chicago Taxi Drivers- Choosing A Taxi Affiliation
My first week of driving as a Chicago cab driver, I choose the first company that I interviewed with. My reasoning, it was close to home. This turned out to be a big mistake that cost me money in the long run. Everyday I worked, I lost time trying to find a cab that was drivable. I found cabs that were left dirty, trunks that wouldn’t open, back seats that weren’t secure, and locks that were frozen or the wrong keys that were issued to me. The final straw was when I took two customers to O’hare airport and the credit card machine said that they were “bad swipes.” I eventually lost $75.00. The company wanted to blame it on the customer rather than admitting it was the new credit … Read entire article »
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The Chicago Cabbie – 12-17-2010
Today was a total disaster which pushed me to leaving my cab affiliation. My day started out perfect. It only took two testing of cabs to find one that I was satisfied to drive for the day. My first customers that I picked up, I knew direction to take without hesitation. My problems started when I took a radio call. A woman wanted to got to O’hare airport. She was a freshman photography college student at Columbia College. She wanted to use a credit card. The swipe went bad. She said she had just used it last night. I read the numbers to the dispatcher over the phone. She said it came back insufficient funds. Rather than call the police, I chalked up the ride as a loss. I did … Read entire article »
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The Chicago Cabbie – 12-15-2010
I decided to blog about my new experience as a Chicago cab driver. I’ve been driving for only five days now. Each day brings a new experience and a new understanding of what it’s like to earn a living as a cab driver. I thought I would use my blog to give insight to cab drivers looking to enter into the profession, as well as those outside the industry who want to know what life is like as a Chicago cab driver. This morning started out great. I arrived at the garage and picked out a cab without having to check a number of different cabs to get a good one. The night before, I left my snow scrapper in another cab. Luckily for me the cab was in the same … Read entire article »
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