Panda is driving up Blackhall Place and sees 2 lads(40 ish) walking down the road
holding each other up.
Just as he goes past them ,one of them shoots out his hand so Panda jams on.
One lad stumbles into the back seat and the other tries to get in with him but
he tells him to get in the front with Panda.
The 2 lads just sit in their seats silently.
"Where to ,lads ?",says Panda breaking the silence.
"Take us up to the front of Heuston Station ,Buddy",says the guy in the front.
Panda spins around and crosses over the James Joyce Bridge and turns onto Usher Island
and just as he goes onto Victoria Quay He feels something brushing off his face.
"Take that",says the guy in the back seat.
Panda looks slightly to his left and he sees a 20 Euro note stretched out in the guys hand.
"Seamus ,put that away I'll pay the fare",says the guy in the Front.
"Take it", says Seamus keeping the note at Panda's cheek.
Seamus then puts his hand on Panda's shoulder.
"Buddy, sit back there and wait till we get there to sort it out",says Panda.
"Yeah,Seamus ,sit back ",says the guy in the front.
Seamus takes his hand off Panda but keeps the 20 note beside his cheek.
They pull up outside Heuston station and Panda is relieved that it was only
a short journey.
"How much ,Buddy", says the guy in the front who had stepped out.
"Take it",says Seamus with his arm still outstretched.
"Seamus ,I have this I told you ,put that away",says the guy in front.
"Don't take that off Seamus", he says.
"7 euro, please", says Panda.
The guy hands Panda a tenner and tells him to keep the change.
"Right ,Seamus,come on, get out of the Taxi ",says the guy.
"Whats wrong with my money ?",says Seamus with the 20 note still outstretched.
"It's all sorted ",says Panda.
His friend opens the back door and says," Come on,Seamus".
Seamus pushes him away.
"Take my money", says Seamus.
"Seamus ,its all sorted ,you'll be glad of that money in the morning",says Panda.
"Take it, I have loads of money",says Seamus.
"Take it ",says his friend.
"Okay ,will i give you this tenner back",says Panda.
"No ,take it all",says Seamus.
"Okay,if you insist ", says Panda.
Panda pulls away happy with the nice tip he got.
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SATURDAY 9.30 pm.
Panda is driving past the Walkinstown roundabout and 2 lads (40 ish)
waiting at a bus stop stretch their arms out.
Panda looks in his mirror to make sure there was no Bus behind.
He pulls over and they stumble into the back seat.
"Alright,Bud",one of them says to Panda.
"Bring us to a Strip club ", the other guy says.
The aroma of alcohol was quite strong.
"Yeah , Bring us to Dame st",says the first guy.
Panda heads off down past the Halfway House pub and then onto the
Drimnagh road .
"Turn up the volume",says one of the lads,"We want to get in the mood".
Panda pumps up the Volume.
As Panda drives down the Crumlin road the Boys are bouncing in the back seat.
A slower song comes on as they go onto Cork street.
The bouncing stops.
There's a few slurred words exchanged between the guys.
Panda gets to the bottom of Cork st, past Luke's ave then onto Dean st.
"Silence is Golden",Panda is humming to himself.
He looks in the rear -view mirror and there's no sign of the 2 guys.
He gets to Christchurch and stops at a red Traffic light.
He turns around and the 2 lads are conked out.
One of them has his head slumped forward and the other is lying sideways.
"Here we go", says Panda to himself.
Panda arrives at Dame st and pulls over.
The 2 lads are snoring the heads off.
"Lads,here we are",says Panda several times.
He opens all windows and pumps up the volume.
Not a move from the 2 boys.
Panda shakes one of their shoulders.
The guy opens one eye.
Then closes it.
He shakes him again.
Two eyes open,then close again.
People walking by are looking in and having a laugh.
Panda decides on more drastic action so he flicks some water from his bottle
onto the guys face.
The guy jumps up all alert.
Then the other guy wakes up.
"Right ,lads that's 14 euro", says Panda.
" Just give him a fiver", says one of the guys.
The guy tries to hand Panda a fiver.
"Show me the money",says Panda.
They eventually pay Panda the right amount.
" Right, Where's the Brazzers ?,", says one of the guys.
"The Club is just around that corner", says Panda pointing.
They eventually get out of the Taxi.
"They won't be getting in anywhere tonight",thinks Panda to himself.
"They'll be lucky to get into Mc Donalds",thinks Panda chuckling to himself.
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