New Shift Started
July, 8, 09 Wed. Rainny (Rainny index 4)
Business Condition Index 40
It was really a humid day today.
We now got rainny season here in Japan. It supposed to be in June, but lately, I feel we get more wetty days in July.
I got bad business and terrible luck today, don't wanna think about that.
There are good days and bad days in your life. Don't worry, there always comes good one after really bad one...
All I can do is to cheer me up like this.
Today's Sales 17,400/11Rides(4Rides after midnight) 12.75hrs (10cars) Maxride 3,990
By the way, I write about drivers' working shift today, because it would be important information for us taxi drivers.
Drivers shift is variable actually for the region and even the each driver.
I'm now reading Melissa's tremendous book New York Hack
This book is good not only having a few interesting and funny stories Melissa had in her taxi life but she explains how drivers work in NY in very detail.
According to the book, New York taxi drivers work in 2 shifts for 2 drivers in a day
In the freet she belonged to, day shift starts 4 o'clock in the morning, and night shift starts 4 in the evening. Drivers are free to jump on if a car for him/her available for the day. If you want, you can work 30 days a month ( I don't want though).
In Japan, before I talk about the company I belong to, I think it's better to talk about drivers in urban area like Tokyo or Osaka.
In Tokyo, nomally, a driver work all day (only 1 shift a day), morning to morning
Sometimes a driver work 24 hours, even though law restrict 20 hours a day the most.
It sounds harsh but it is not. They work 2 days in one shift, so you drive all day and the next day, you can hang on couch all day. You work only 12 days a month.
Then our shift.... we work rural area about 20 miles from cities like Osaka or Kobe.
We work 20 days a month. 2 shifts in 3 days. 14 to 16 hours in 1 shift
So we had morning shift which starts 6 or 7 in the morning and finish at 20 to 23 at night, and night shift starts 10 in the morning till 24 to 2 next morning.
Yes, in this area, almost any drivers work 2 to 6 in the morning. But as the business competition push our ass (a company in next town is trying to sneak in our area early in the morning) , we starts new shift from this week which starts 20, and last to 10 in the morning.
I don't wanna do the shift (we can choose the shift we like), I don wanna work early in the morning.
I just wanna drink beer in the morning like this....


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