Anyone know Shelton Ross?

If you vomit in a cab, I think it is competely acceptable for the cabbie to keep the meter running while you clean it up.

Maybe Drunken Revival knows him.

Why do I want to associate this story with Hanks Bar at 3rd and Attantic? ...you know, the one with the flames painted on the outside?

Cabbies should only be punched in the face when refusing to take you from Manhattan to Brooklyn. Kicking a nice sized dent in the door is also acceptable.

Proper car puking etiquette calls for you to throw up out the window, and forming a gentlemen's agreement with the cabbie that he lose the car behind you before you both get pummeled. A nice sized tip should follow.

I love this site.

Now featuring possible responses from the cabbie:

It was two men who took a cab ride from Manhattan. Shelton Ross was sober and pretty happy. His friend Peter was sick and did infact vomit out of the window leaving a little mess on the cabs window. The Cabbie started complaining about the mess when we got into Brooklyn & decided to stop at a store which was not our location.

--You and your friend puked in my cab, getting it on the window and door. Damn straight I stopped the cab as soon as I was in Brooklyn and told you to go buy some stuff to clean it up--

I didn't mind rushing into the store to get tissue to clean up the mess which I did. The cabbie decided to get out of the cab when I cleaned up the mess and go into the store to buy a gallon of water. So his cab need a spick and span job while he kept the meter running?! Of course I made a fuss about that and he continued running the meter.

---My cab was out of service. They did a lousy job cleaning up and I didn't want to smell puke for the rest of my shift. Yes, I am waiting for them to clean up their mess and they should pay meter.---

I even offered to pay him $20 dollars so we can leave and take another cab. He thew an attitude and called us FAGGOTS! After his remark I threw my candy bar at him and he hit me in the head with a gallon of water leaving a brush & scarring my forehead.

--I was pissed off. I do not want his $20. I want a clean cab. I should not have to clean up vomit. They gave me shit about wanting a clean cab, so I called them a name I knew would piss them off. He threw a candy bar at me, I threw the water I just bought at his head. I am pleased to say I hit him pretty good.--

We fought outside the cab and my sick friend came out to break us up and the cabbie punched him in the mouth causing injury. We waited for the cops at opposite ends of the cab. The police showed up taking there time to make a decision & decided to arrest me leaving my friend outside on the corner in the rain.

--I knew I had nothing to worry about from the vomit guy, so I -yea- I punched him in the mouth for vomiting in my cab, and then getting out of the cab to help his friend. --

Afterwards he showed up at the precint were my wounds were not treated for or taken note of. He argued with the officers and the police threatened to arrest him for disorderly conduct!

--I did not want to fight, I wanted them to clean the cab. I showed up at the pct b/c I was still angry, I wanted my fare and a clean cab. Because I lease the cab, and the lease company trusts no one, I had to pay my portion of the meter even though the guys did not pay me. ---

A life where you can say this, is a well lived life:

After his remark I threw my candy bar at him and he hit me in the head with a gallon of water

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