I travel a lot for work which means I often find myself relying on taxis to get around cities I am none to familiar with. I've had just about every type of cabbie, from the old gentleman who tells you about his grandkids to the young Indian fellow who is trying to pay for his studies by not only working this job but three or four others (OK, so they are basically the only two types of cabbies but bear with me) Now while a lot of these folks are crazy drivers and will pull out into insane traffic I had one fellow who took the cake at being the biggest nutjob I've ever had drive me.
This guy was seriously insane, he didn't say a word to me the whole trip but as soon as he pulled from the curb (causing a bus to slam on its brakes) I knew I'd made a mistake. He was honking like crazy, flipping people off left n' right and I swear he caused a three car pile-up on some back street. Just after he sped off from that little snafu, I noticed he wasn't dressed like the most taxi guys; he wasn't in the proper uniform like the others were normally. Now, just as I decided I'd had enough and told him to pull up where ever the hell I was, I noticed he didn't exactly look like the fellow in the little taxi license thing, in fact he looked totally fucking different... shiiiiit. I chucked a twenty at him and bailed.
I can't help but thinking there was some poor cabbie who came back from his toilet break to find that some nutter had knocked off his car and decided to take me for a ride.
