Within the past four years I have lived in two cities and a college town without a car. Public transportation has become a close friend, providing access to the outside world through corner bus stops and underground railways. Every once in a while (after a night out or an early morning flight), public transportation is no longer an option. Instead I resort to over priced taxi-cabs, as they are the quickest way to get from point A to point B.
Because a cab driver encounters a wide array of customers each day, I often wonder if any of those customers stand out.
You share only a short time together, only enough to show one side of you. Cab drivers have to assume things about you, right? Where are you going and why? Where did you come from? I always like to wonder what lasting impression someone can make in such brief encounters.
Have you ever done something ridiculous in a cab? Have you ever wondered what your driver thinks of you?
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We had a driver in LA that was pre-paid by our company to take us from the hotel to the airport. We decided to leave early so we called the driver and asked him to pick us up at the Getty instead (we were staying at the Luxe which is not far away) and when he did my sister asked if he would hit a drive through on the way. He took us to an in and out burger. I’m not sure if that was something he was allowed to do or not but we were starving so we were really happy that he did it. I often wonder if he thinks we were really high maintenance.
rose / 937 posts
I don’t think I’ve ever been in a cab. Public transportation FTW!
And since I’ve never been in a cab (that I can remember), I will share some of the moments I’ve taken part in or been associated with on the bus: 1) being drunk, which I don’t advise anyone to do as it’s embarrassing in hindsight. 2) getting baked. Yes, there were often times when kids from my high school would sit at the back of the bus and smoke their joints. It was a “school special” bus, so it stopped right at the school and brought us right to the mall without stopping first, so I guess kids thought that buses packed with other kids would help disguise this.
magnolia / 1055 posts
your ride is free
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Probably that I’m cheap because I’d rather walk than take a cab. Sorry, I am absolutely broke!