Guns N' Roses

WOW what a Tuesday night! Kinda like a cloned Friday night. Tonight Guns and Roses made an appearance here in Saint John, and on a Tuesday of all days. It was extremely good for business and a lot of funny shit transpired. I had a lot of extra fares tonight but a couple made my night.

GNR are famous for coming out late in a concert. The show here in Saint John started at 8pm and the Axel and the Boys did not make an appearance until 11:45pm or so my fares tell me. This did not hamper business as they had a few bands opening for them “The Suicide Girls” and the “Trews” and people were coming and going from Harbour station all night. A lot of the people who went did not make it to 11:45pm and we took them home quite intoxicated. I hear the beer ran out before GnR Came on stage.

So I did fares from the concert until about 3am and had a great time with a bunch of GNR Fans.

I had this girl jump in from the concert and she was pissed for some reason. She asked me how much it would be to go home and get her bankcard and then go to the bank and back home again. I told her the fare and she agreed and away we went to the west side of town. I took her to duke street west and she got her card and we went to the bank and then back home. Along the way I found out why she was so pissed. Apparently Her boyfriend disappeared at the concert and was nowhere to be found. He had all their money, so she had to go get her bankcard so she could pay me. She proceeded to tell me what she would do to her lost boyfriend when he appeared home later on this evening and it did not seem pleasant. I dropped her off and went back uptown.

An hour later this guy jumps in from the concert,

“Where to?” I ask

“West” the big man boomed

“Where west” I say

“Duke Street” he manages to blurt out

I then told him the address he was going to and he abruptly says “How’d the F$#@ did you know that?”

I then tell him I took his girl friend home an hour ago and he says

“The Hell you did, I left that bitch back at the concert”

I proceed to describe her and tell him how pissed she was at him for taking off and leaving her with no money to get home.

He still doesn’t believe me and says

“Ok smart guy how’d she pay you if she had no money, you didn’t take her home, that bitch is still back at the concert.”

I then tell him that I had to take her to get her bankcard and then it sinks in.

“Oh SHIT, You did take her home, Oh no, I am sooo dead…. What am I gonna do.”

I drop him off and he pays me and tips me and his parting words were

“Thanks for the heads up, but I dunno what good it will do, Cuz I’m a dead man. At least I’ll see it coming, Thanks!”

It never fails, some times we get both sides of the battle and this is not the first time this sort of thing has happened. It is always neat to know things about your new found passenger they thought you never knew.

The night saw just 10 arrests and they were the regular 10 idiots that tend to show up at every concert and make asses of them selves. Enough to keep Saint John's finest busy for an hour or two. So all in all it was a great night.