I work as a rickshaw cyclist in Edinburgh
We charge quite a lot per journey (significantly more than a taxi) yet people seem to think we should be working for peanuts and frequently accuse us of being robbers when told the price to get somewhere miles away and on top of a hill.

It gives me a warm glow of satisfaction to see them stomp off in the wrong direction. Had they been a little more polite, I would have been happy to correct their mistake.

I like to give them a little wave as they stomp back past again, sometimes up to an hour later. For some reason, they rarely see the funny side.



Edit: We also play "Who's next to trip over the bollards outside Biddy Mulligan's". Sometimes we distract impending victims just to improve our chances of winning. Triple points if people are walking in single file and you can get a domino effect.

Then we laugh at them.
( MatJ LOOK, Thu 6 Dec 2012, 23:14, 8 replies)

Dickhead.

(Elephant Balderdash attempting to bottle the absurd, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 0:45, closed)

Yes Sir,
To get to Waverly, walk down Cowgate as far as Guthrie Street. Walk up there then turn left on to Chambers Street. Go to the end, turn right on to Nicolson Street and just keep walking. You can't miss it.
( MatJ LOOK, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 2:25, closed)

"a rickshaw cyclist in Edinburgh"
Mumbai called and wants it appropriate form of transport back.

I'm not really sure how "hilly" or windy Edinburgh is but Shirley when there's ice on the roads, that must make your job a little hard?
Maybe combining kite-surfing with rick-shawing could fix that problem.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Fri 7 Dec 2012, 6:38, closed)

Maybe
Edinburgh is built on a series of bloody great hills, although it tends not to be too windy.
( MatJ LOOK, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:54, closed)

GET
a fucking propur job, or are you retarded?
(little lord muthafuckin fauntleroy, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 10:19, closed)

Not me, sadly
But one of my colleagues made over £1000 in the space of three days a couple of weeks ago. Bet that's more than you make.
( MatJ LOOK, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 16:55, closed)

Life's a blast up there aint it?!

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Fri 7 Dec 2012, 11:43, closed)

People in edinburgh usually walk off in the wrong direction after being given directions, probably just stupid(er than usual) tourists although my commonest follow up to people walking off is usually 'your other left' which works better than most.
(Benzyl, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 17:13, closed)