Reprinted from May, 2006 Cabbie Guide Magazine
Mike Sanchez was refusing a fare. A man had just jumped into his cab at the
airport. The customer told Mike to head
up Russell Road
The customer got out of the taxi and notified airport taxi
officers of this cab driver’s insolence.
Still, Mr. Sanchez refused to drive the man without a destination
address. And the man still refused to
give it. The Taxi Authority and airport
police arrived.
The man was asked for his identification and he presented a
license. The police checked the man out
with their dispatcher. Suddenly, the
policeman handcuffed Sanchez’s passenger.
Seems a little extreme, doesn’t it?
Turned out the man was wanted in
connection with a bank robbery. Instead
of a ticket for refusing a fare, Mike received a $2,000 check in the mail from
Bank of America, thanking him for his part in the capture of the bank robber.
Hussein Abdelgilil was hungry. He drove his cab to the drive-thru at the Burger King on Tropicana near Valley View. Hussein ordered his meal at the intercom, pulled up to the window and paid $6 to the female cashier.
An angry employee at Burger King came up behind the cashier and asked Hussein why he had not ordered his meal back at the intercom like he was supposed to. Hussein told the man that he did order on the intercom. But the employee continued to argue with Hussein. Maybe he didn’t like cab drivers. Maybe he didn’t like Egyptian-Americans. Or maybe he just didn’t like Egyptian-American cab drivers.
To avoid further trouble, Hussein asked for his money back. The irate employee at Burger King began throwing ketchup packets at Hussein as he pulled away from the window.
Unfortunately, the Burger King employee did not know who he was dealing with. Mr. Abdelgilil is President of our local Steelworkers Union 711A, which represents drivers from six companies. Hussein doesn’t take injustice lightly.
Many years ago, Mr. Abdelgilil was suspicious of a one-hundred dollar bill he received from a customer dropped off at the Boulevard Mall. Hussein went to the bank across from the mall, found out the bill was counterfeit, and contacted the Secret Service.
The Secret Service arrived quickly at the mall. Even though it was a busy Friday afternoon, Hussein found the man who had passed him the bill. The man was fromSpain United States
Hussein got a letter from the Secret Service to give to the cab company (Whittlesea), which reimbursed him for the hundred-dollar loss. Hussein says the company later received a reimbursement from the government.
After leaving Burger King, Hussein called their executive offices and informed a Senior Vice-President of this incident. The Vice-President thanked Hussein for calling and apologized profusely. President Hussein later received a packet in the mail for free meals at Burger King for his troubles. In the meantime, if you are running low on ketchup…
That is all,
Dan Shepard
dandarla23@comcast.net
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Hussein Abdelgilil was hungry. He drove his cab to the drive-thru at the Burger King on Tropicana near Valley View. Hussein ordered his meal at the intercom, pulled up to the window and paid $6 to the female cashier.
An angry employee at Burger King came up behind the cashier and asked Hussein why he had not ordered his meal back at the intercom like he was supposed to. Hussein told the man that he did order on the intercom. But the employee continued to argue with Hussein. Maybe he didn’t like cab drivers. Maybe he didn’t like Egyptian-Americans. Or maybe he just didn’t like Egyptian-American cab drivers.
To avoid further trouble, Hussein asked for his money back. The irate employee at Burger King began throwing ketchup packets at Hussein as he pulled away from the window.
Unfortunately, the Burger King employee did not know who he was dealing with. Mr. Abdelgilil is President of our local Steelworkers Union 711A, which represents drivers from six companies. Hussein doesn’t take injustice lightly.
Many years ago, Mr. Abdelgilil was suspicious of a one-hundred dollar bill he received from a customer dropped off at the Boulevard Mall. Hussein went to the bank across from the mall, found out the bill was counterfeit, and contacted the Secret Service.
The Secret Service arrived quickly at the mall. Even though it was a busy Friday afternoon, Hussein found the man who had passed him the bill. The man was from
Hussein got a letter from the Secret Service to give to the cab company (Whittlesea), which reimbursed him for the hundred-dollar loss. Hussein says the company later received a reimbursement from the government.
After leaving Burger King, Hussein called their executive offices and informed a Senior Vice-President of this incident. The Vice-President thanked Hussein for calling and apologized profusely. President Hussein later received a packet in the mail for free meals at Burger King for his troubles. In the meantime, if you are running low on ketchup…
That is all,
Dan Shepard
dandarla23@comcast.net
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