Wednesday, January 14, 2009

WHAT INTEGRITY?

It was a normal week-day morning rush of business people at the Airport in Austin,Texas. I was standing next to my Cab in line. A guy(45-50's)(the BOSS) and a girl (early 30's)(probably the secretary?) Not even a simple....... Hello....how you going...Good Morning..... NOTHING. No manners whatever. Do You Know....(YOUR LIFE IS IN MY HANDS!!!!!) PEOPLE!!!!!! Anyways the guy says "Hilton Downtown!" They entered the Cab.....the girl directly behind me and the guy next too. It was silent, like a detention hall full of mutes and hearing impaired people. So quiet...... I could hear the Earth rotate. Anyways....Kept driving. Heading down 7TH street to get to the Hilton. I can see in my mirror the guys body language. He was acting like.......this piece of trash Cabbie is screwing me somehow......I don't trust his kind!....Just say one word, Cab driver..... I did!
"Excuse me sir" I said. He replied "WHAT!" I said to the guy..."what do you have against cab drivers?". He exploded...."DON'T YOU FU**ING INSULT MY INTELLIGENCE, MY INTEGRITY.....".
I took a hard left before he could finish saying whatever he was going to say. Yelled back at the guy...."THIS IS MY OFFICE...YOU DON'T CUSS ME OUT IN MY OFFICE!" The car was stopped now. " GET THE FU** OUT OF MY OFFICE!" The guy exited the cab in anger. The girl followed. I then told them that fare was $15.50. He said "LIKE HELL I'LL PAY YOU!" I said...."what about your bags?" The guy froze and said nothing. The female approached me and handed me a twenty dollar bill. "keep the change." she said. I opened my trunk and grabbed the suitcase. Gave it to the lady and said...."Ma'am, would you like a ride to the hotel......he can walk." She walked to her boss. I got in the car and called the cab dispatch to explained what happened. To get the correct story in first. Nothing happened. Went back to work.

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