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October 24, 2008
A most interesting cab ride
Taxi, originally uploaded by matthiasgeelen.
Today I had a job interview, and in the interest of being on time, I decided to take a taxi downtown. I was about halfway there, around North Avenue for those of you familiar with such things, when I heard a voice on the sidewalk yell, "Come on, come on... Fuck! Shit!" I looked at the speaker, and it was a man in a suit looking very agitated. It dawned on me that he was looking for a cab, and was upset that I occupied this one.
The next thing I know, he approached me and asked me where I'm going. I told him, and he said, "Can we share? I'm really late!" I wasn't about to turn a desperate man down, so I said go ahead.
For the next ten minutes it took to get downtown, he was staring at his watch and cursing under his breath. Then, his phone rang. He picked it up, and I could hear the voice on the other end say, "I thought I asked you to come in early to do research!" My seatmate said he was on his way, and then the caller said "[something] fucking [something]!" and hung up, to which my companion again said "fuck!"
Meanwhile, the meter on the cab is spiraling out of control. I asked the cabbie what the problem with the meter was, and my colleague yells "It doesn't matter, god dammit!" Then he told the driver to go faster, and when we got to my destination he said "Just go, I'll pay for it." I tumbled out of the cab as fast as I could, and off it sped to take my reluctant colleague to his office - and a very sour-sounding boss. I got a free ride out of the deal, in addition to a good show. Something tells me, however, he probably should have been saving his money.
entry no. 1232
Posted at October 24, 2008 09:17 PM