Tap on the Shoulder
A true story from the pages of the Manchester Evening
Times
Last Wednesday a passenger in a taxi heading for Salford station leaned over to
ask the driver a question and gently
tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention
The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a
bus, drove up over the curb and stopped just inches from a
large plate window. For a few moments everything was silent
in the cab. Then, the shaking driver said "are you OK?
I'm so sorry, but you scared the daylights out of me."
The badly shaken passenger apologized to the driver and
said, "I didn't realize that a mere tap on the shoulder would
startle someone so bad
The driver replied, "No, no, I'm the one who is sorry, it's
entirely my fault. Today is my very first day driving a cab.
I've been driving a hearse for 25 years."
matsu
