On Sunday, we hired our fifth driver. While there is a certain perverse pleasure in seeing how many drivers a family can go through in a two year period (we were on track for about 16), the frustration of having to deal with the revolving door of dummies, dunderheads and dumbasses was just not worth it. Fortunately, this time, we seem to have gotten lucky.
Our first driver had been a messenger at Tim's company before he started driving for us. The next three drivers were recommended by the same agency that provides our maid and nanny. I am grateful that they are better at recommending maids and nannies than they are drivers.
Interestingly, I was the one who found Thum. Well, sort of. Last week I was having a meeting with a couple of moms for my son's cub scout den and I made some comment about not having a driver and explained some of the challenges that we've had. One of the moms, Megan, said that she actually knew a really good driver who was available.
Megan explained that Thum had driven for her and another Nichada family a few days a week. As Thum needed full time employment, he ended up having to leave to find another job. She gave me his contact number.
As he only speaks a little English, Tim gave him a call. He came by on Sunday to talk to us and we ended up hiring him. So far we have been really pleased. Thum seems to know his way around pretty well, and understands what a driver is supposed to do. Another nice thing is that he actually lives five minutes away from where we do. This is good for him for a few reasons. It really cuts down his transportation time. That is particularly nice since sometimes Tim works late at night. Having a five minute motorcycle ride home is a lot nicer than a 45 minute bus ride after driving the boss home at 9:00 p.m.
Since he is so close, Tim and are fine with him actually waiting at his house when we aren't using him Normally the drivers take Tim to work, drop her off, and come back to the house in case I need to go anywhere. They end up hanging around here, often napping in the car. We told him that so long as he is responsive if I call, he can go home and wait there if he likes.
Anyway, hopefully this will work out well.
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