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Unfortunately, we don’t think that our intended [transient] audience really reads this blog, but we’ve noticed a disturbing trend emerge from the Taxicab Hailing Community in the Gallery Place neighborhood. Hailing a cab has become a foot-stomping, arm-flailing, belly-shouting, cat-calling, football-coach-whistling, all out tantrum for many would-be cab riders.
There is a great read on the Washington DC taxi system at Trip Advisor dot com. It starts off on a telling note:
Q: How do you know a taxi is available in Washington, D.C.?
A: He stops for you.
Another great tip:
Q: How do you signal you’re looking for a ride?
A: Just wave your hand when you see one – even if they’re headed in the opposite direction, they’ll make an illegal U-turn if you look like you can pay the fare.
Hailing a cab is analogous to ordering fast food: be nice and polite and you’ll get your food in a speedy manner. You don’t walk up to the cashier, yell out your order in his/her face, and pound your fists on the counter top, because.. you won’t get your food, right?
Next time you need to hail a cab in Gallery Place, just hold out your hand and look at the cab. Especially when it’s 3am and people are sleeping in the buildings above you. We don’t need to be hearing your taxicab hailing tantrum.
Thanks.
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Is that Trip Advisor article a joke? Because it’s really funny.
The Artisan was featured (not by name) in tonight’s Nightly Business Report on PBS. Not such a flattering feature, since it was an example of newly built vacant units that are staying on the market. If you go here before 9:00 pm on 2/16 you can see it (starts around 7 minutes, 30 seconds).
Anon: The trip advisor article is written by a collection of people – kind of like wikipedia. And yes, thank you for finding the humor in this post. 
Your post brings to mind another problem with the DC cab system, however. The lights on top of the cabs? Apparently utterly meaningless. I can accept the zones vs. meters tradeoff, but there is no reason why DC cabs shouldn’t be like cabs in every other city, keeping the light on top of the cab ON if they’re empty, and OFF if they’re not. It can’t be at all difficult for cab drivers to do, and it would make the process of finding a cab at least less frustrating, and perhaps a little easier.
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I am a Gallery Place resident but, this posting is such a waste of time! Lets get back to reporting on real issues and movement