Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm Bayliffe Jesse Thorn. This week, Arby's

Tration, Nick brings the case. He says that his friend Brandon is prone to getting drunk,

hiring a taxi cab, and then requesting that the taxi cab go through the drive-through

on its way to his house. He says that this is an inappropriate thing to ask of a hack.

Brandon says that it's perfectly reasonable. After all, the taxi driver is getting paid.

Who's right and who's wrong? Only one man can decide. Please rise as Judge John Hodgman

enters the courtroom.

Buckle up everybody. This is Justice Cab. Bayliffe Jesse, will you please start the cab and

buckle up the defendants and the complainants and swear them in?

Gentlemen, please raise your right hands. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole

truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God or whatever? Do you swear to abide

by Judge John Hodgman's ruling? Despite the fact that as a resident of Brooklyn, he

can walk to everything important and basically never has to get in a vehicle of any kind.

I do. Very well. Judge Hodgman. Jesse, are they buckled in?

Yes, they are. Okay, good. So I am now starting Justice Cab and let's go. First of all,

by the way, I do live in Brooklyn, but I don't need to get in a cab very often, but I do

have a wonderful game of thrones, petty cab that they sent me. I get to ride around in the

iron throne. Who is the complainant? Is it Nick?

That's me, yes, your honor. What is your complaint about your friend, Nick?

Well, what happened was we were out at the bar having a few drinks and when two in the

morning rolled around, none of us were in any condition to drive, so we hired a cab to

get us home and Brandon decided that it would be a good idea for us to ask the cab driver

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