Day 109: Trinkets and Amulets

A constant in local cabs are trinkets and amulets supposedly guaranteeing your safe journey.  This is in the one I rode today.  I am constantly in taxi cabs.  For a spoiled urbanite, this is the preferred mode of transportation.  I think I lost patience with mass public transportation after quitting my last job.  If ever I have any, then there's very little left of it.  However, since I don't drive, and have no real active desire to learn, I stick with cabs.

I've had several fascinating stories about riding in cabs.  Some of them, hell stories about using the damned meter.  The worst ones are in the South.  They do not really understand the concept of using a meter.  Some stories, are pretty fascinating ones.  Like the cab driver who rides a swanky Altis and whose children have graduated with degrees in Engineering.  He wanted to continue working so he won't get bored.  Since he's in the retiring age, he asked his kids to buy him a taxi franchise.  Some stories, are really just plain interesting.  One cab driver who was truly pleasant, bless his soul, caught me in a bad time.  Start of day without coffee.  I was very quiet and barely conversational, with my earphones stuck in my ears, when I asked him to take me to our office building.  Probably trying to engage me in conversation, he asked me what company I worked for.  In the flattest morning tone I could muster, I asked him why did he need to know that.  He looked utterly shocked.  I sat there waiting for a response not realizing that I just bit his head off and chewed on it.  Then he said, "Grabe, ma'am.  Sa lahat ng tinanong ko, wala pang nang-sopla sakin ng ganyan."  He caused my first smile for that day.

Sounds like someone's Rolling In The Deep (Adele).