Taxi Adventures

With the entire team kicked out relocating, everybody had to cope with some sort of adjustment added to their daily ritual.

Part of that adjustment's calling company sanctioned cabs to shuttle you back to the mothership. Which happens every ever so oftehn whenever you're asked to deal with the more important company people who demands your attention.

It wasn't long before 'incidents' started to happen. And like most incidents, Jared was the most likely person this would've happened to.

We sit on the 10th floor, which wasn't bad, as it gave us spectacular views of the locale. (When I say views, I meant being surrounded by towering dorm slash aparments meant to house those sleep-deprived-inebriated university students crammed into every inch of space available. The corpses resting in the underground catacombs of Paris fared much better, I say.)

I guess it all started when I noticed Jared pacing back and forth like a crazed bull from the window aisle he was conveniently 'given'. He kept peering over waiting for something which I learned later on to be a taxi cab he booked earlier. He finally went off and it wasn't after a couple of hours before we came back and heard what happened.

"Grrrrr. Those taxis are really a pain in the behind." He announced to the entire team. "I hop on my taxi and guess what happened?"

"I get this pissed off driver" he continued "who suddenly went on and on about how late I was!"

"You were supposed to be here 7 minutes ago!" The cabbie said as Jared continued his story.

He didn't know if the guy was serious or just making a passing rant. So he shrugged it off and just hopped in.

"I did look out for you." Jared says as he was putting his seatbelt on "It's just that you were parked from way beyond the road where I can't see you."

"You did not even say sorry that you were late." Seemingly oblivious to Jared's apologetic tone.

"Okay. Okay I'm sorry I didn't see you." Which was surprising as I've never heard Jared apologise.

Taxi guy says "It's too late for that now."

And that's apparently the part where you could see the steam shooting off Jared's ears (perhaps a side effect of hangi?)

"You 'people' cost be about 25 minutes a week just waiting for you after an agreed time." cab guy answers irritably.

That was probably the stick that broke the camels back as Jared decided to match his wits with the driver... which probably didn't amount to much considering the lack of brain matter on one of the participants.

Exhibit A :


But I had no doubt that Jared still managed to hold his own against this guy. He certainly can do anything with the right motivation. e.g. eat a entire horse without blinking. The vicious exchange apparently went on for the entire duration of the ride. I wish I was present just typing the transcript of the conversation.

It would have ended there but... [Stay tuned to Taxi Adventures 2]