Mr. Softee Caught Being Mr. Taxi

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Are you sick and tired of waiting around for a cab at 2 a.m. on a sweaty Sunday morning? Are party buses and hummer limousines just not doing it for you anymore? Then worry no longer, because you and your posse can try to hail the most refrigerated ride in town: a Mr. Softee vehicle. For five clubgoers on one soft-serve night recently, that dream was realized when Mr. Softee driver Oner Ismail picked them up and offered to take them club hopping for a price. He was unfortunately caught soon after by police, and given a $350 summons. TLC commissioner David Yassky quipped, "We require that taxis have working air conditioning, but this is getting carried away."

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By Ben Yakas in News on November 10, 2010 5:55 PM

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fuboy

Pedobear will be crushed, this was his preferred method of transit.

Baruch

Yassky was voted out of office because he allowed the mayor to run for an illegal third term. He was given the TLC job as a sinecure for scratching the billionaires back. He should not be quipping, he should be quitting.

Mr Mel

Who ratted out the ice cream guy? He was actually doing a good deed.

The riders didn't have to listen to one end of an Urdu conversation and probably laughed all the way. A great NYC experience until the TLC got involved.

justthinkin

How idiotic. Yassky should actually expand the taxi fleet to include Mr. Softee. There's nothing like a soft-serve cone to prevent a hangover.