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Can You Hack IT?
What’s it really like to be a cabbie in America’s top tourist destinations? Can You Hack It? from veteran taxi driver Michael Galasso puts you behind the wheel of this mysterious, exciting—and dangerous—profession. Catch a ride with Galasso as he describes:
• Breaking into the biz: Discover some of the diverse stories of how cabbies got their first gig—and the scary encounters that proved too much for some.
• Meet the most bizarre fares: As a cabbie in Ft. Lauderdale and Las Vegas, Galasso picked up some real weirdos. Here, he describes just a few.
• Learn the secret kickback system that greases cabbies’ wheels and involves Vegas’s top nightclubs and massage parlors.
• Uncover the corruption that’s rife in the highly insular world of taxis—and how the media misses the mark.
• Encounter the cheapskate owners who hold drivers to ridiculous standards of ridership—or else.
• Go inside a secret society of cabbies. With their own newspaper and code of conduct, being a cabbie is like entering an exclusive club.
Can You Hack It? is a rare glimpse into a world that’s guaranteed to change forever the way you see your driver. Whether you’ve ever wanted to drive a cab in a big city, are a frequent passenger or are just curious about what it’s like, Can You Hack It? is your ticket to ride.
• Breaking into the biz: Discover some of the diverse stories of how cabbies got their first gig—and the scary encounters that proved too much for some.
• Meet the most bizarre fares: As a cabbie in Ft. Lauderdale and Las Vegas, Galasso picked up some real weirdos. Here, he describes just a few.
• Learn the secret kickback system that greases cabbies’ wheels and involves Vegas’s top nightclubs and massage parlors.
• Uncover the corruption that’s rife in the highly insular world of taxis—and how the media misses the mark.
• Encounter the cheapskate owners who hold drivers to ridiculous standards of ridership—or else.
• Go inside a secret society of cabbies. With their own newspaper and code of conduct, being a cabbie is like entering an exclusive club.
Can You Hack It? is a rare glimpse into a world that’s guaranteed to change forever the way you see your driver. Whether you’ve ever wanted to drive a cab in a big city, are a frequent passenger or are just curious about what it’s like, Can You Hack It? is your ticket to ride.
76 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 30, 2009
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March 4, 2015
a true story about what a taxi drivers life is really like about true encounters
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