Tuesday 17/01/12
HAPPY NEW YEARS...
HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO DIE?
HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO DIE?
This is the first post I have written in quite a while, so I thought I`d start by wishing everyone a happy new years.
The first call of my week last Wednesday was to pick up this man at a spa. Apparently he just walked into the spa and struck up a conversation with the receptionist. I'm not sure of the conversation that took place between him and her but the first thing he said to me when he got into my cab was "Have you ever wanted to just lay down and die?"
This kinda threw me for a loop. I replied with "I haven't really given it much thought" I asked him where he was going and he gave me his address so off we went (as fast as I could) this guy was setting off alarms left and right in my head. All I needed this time of year was some suicidal nut job jumping out of my cab as I drove across the bridge.
My passenger, a man in his early 60's looked like a normal man with no problems. He was well dressed, walked like he had some place to go and seemed perfectly normal from outwards appearances.
After a minute or two of silence he comes out with "That nice lady in there pulled a fast one"
"How so?" I asked
"She asked me my name and then called my wife"
"That was pretty smart of her" I said
"Pretty sneaky!" he snuffed "And then she called you to come and get me"
I sort of chuckled and said "And here I am dragging you home...BUSTED!"
"Ya" he said "And I can't for the life of me figure out why she would want me home"
"Probably because she's your wife and she loves you"
"I doubt that very much" he retorted "I just wanna lay down and go to sleep and not wake up"
As our trip continued he told me about his life working as a surveillance expert hired by the R.C.M.P. and his 2 daughters and 1 son, and I wondered how someone with such a full life can be troubled to the point of wanting to cash out.
As we pulled into his driveway he thanked me for listening to an old man and for getting him home safe and sound. I followed him into his house so his wife could use the debit machine. She thanked me several times for bringing him home and apologized for any problems he might have caused. I told her he was no problem at all.
The first call of my week last Wednesday was to pick up this man at a spa. Apparently he just walked into the spa and struck up a conversation with the receptionist. I'm not sure of the conversation that took place between him and her but the first thing he said to me when he got into my cab was "Have you ever wanted to just lay down and die?"
This kinda threw me for a loop. I replied with "I haven't really given it much thought" I asked him where he was going and he gave me his address so off we went (as fast as I could) this guy was setting off alarms left and right in my head. All I needed this time of year was some suicidal nut job jumping out of my cab as I drove across the bridge.
My passenger, a man in his early 60's looked like a normal man with no problems. He was well dressed, walked like he had some place to go and seemed perfectly normal from outwards appearances.
After a minute or two of silence he comes out with "That nice lady in there pulled a fast one"
"How so?" I asked
"She asked me my name and then called my wife"
"That was pretty smart of her" I said
"Pretty sneaky!" he snuffed "And then she called you to come and get me"
I sort of chuckled and said "And here I am dragging you home...BUSTED!"
"Ya" he said "And I can't for the life of me figure out why she would want me home"
"Probably because she's your wife and she loves you"
"I doubt that very much" he retorted "I just wanna lay down and go to sleep and not wake up"
As our trip continued he told me about his life working as a surveillance expert hired by the R.C.M.P. and his 2 daughters and 1 son, and I wondered how someone with such a full life can be troubled to the point of wanting to cash out.
As we pulled into his driveway he thanked me for listening to an old man and for getting him home safe and sound. I followed him into his house so his wife could use the debit machine. She thanked me several times for bringing him home and apologized for any problems he might have caused. I told her he was no problem at all.
PLEASE DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE
posted by F.B. Cabby at 11:13 PM
4 Comments:
Nice to hear from you again Mike. :)
Hello fellow frederictonian! I just started a food blog and have been going to a couple of restaurants around town. Ive been needing suggestions on where to go, so if you have any, drop me a line.
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Enjoying the blog,
Henry
http://corruptionincortez.blogspot.com/
Enjoying the blog,
Henry
http://corruptionincortez.blogspot.com/
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