Taxi Cab Blues

NEW YORK, NY -(Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

So, it's the end of BEA for me and I am waiting for a while for a cab in a stand.  There are two women in front of me who I think are together. As they get to the head of the line, a cab pulls up, but neither woman moves for it. Another pulls up and I said, well, if no one is taking this I am going to. I looked back and the woman is all mad at me. She wasn't with the other lady. I yelled, "Well if you want it take it," but she didn't get down, "Here!"  I had to yell to be heard over traffic.  She still didn't move. The first cab was still there.

 New York Cab  (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Well, I feel really bad for stealing her cab, even though it was inadvertent inadvertently. And, the cab driver said that what was happening was that the other cab was discharging a passenger. But the woman waiting just was looking at the guy and not moving for a long time.  This is my public confession and apology.  I am also sad because that person now thinks I am an asshat and there is no way to apologize to her personally for my inept behavior. And a whole line of people at BEA now also think I am an asshat. Great.

Have you ever had an experience like this?

It Was The Driver

As my husband prepared for a trip I asked him, as a friend had suggested to me, whether he worried the cab driver picking him up would come back and attack me or our home.  He said, to my surprise, that he did worry about that, and it was why he didn't have him pick him up as well. In that way the driver never knows when his return might be.

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Hmmm. Nice to know he cares and thinks of my safety.

If anything happens to me on his business trips remember, it was the driver.



This is by no means intended to cast aspersions on drivers of any kind it is merely a personal story.  In fact our local cab has but one driver and he is highly respected in our community. The sad truth is that cab drivers are often assaulted.