The Pit

By Scott Taylor

"Hey, this is gonna be alright A little gambling, a little violence, a little sunshine, and a little easy money. A few friends and some delightful social intercourse." That was stand-up comic, Rich Norris', description of the Pit on his first day. However, later he said, "You know how the Pit is - it's like the Hotel California. 'You can check out any time you like. But you can never leave.'" Augie's view was less enthusiastic: "Who the hell are we? Cab drivers. Shunted out of life's main stream by natural selection to life in the Pit." In the 1980's, four taxis at a time were allowed to queue up in front of the terminals at the Sacramento Metropolitan Airport. The remaining cabs waited in a quadrant of a short-term parking lot known as the Pit. While investigating a brutal torture/murder, "Benton counted thirteen taxis of varying color and type parked in the Pit. The drivers were a diverse bunch - young, old, male, female, Hispanic, Indian, black, Caucasian, fat, thin, short, tall. He said to an airport deputy sheriff, 'Quite a bunch. Any of them have records?"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 141841123X
• ISBN13: 9781418411237
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"