People usually dislike chatty taxi drivers and i’m no exception, usually. What i’ve come to realise, however, is that what i dislike are cabbies who just want a captive audience to listen to them gripe about how lousy life is and how they’re shortchanged by the system. That irks me.
What i don’t mind really, are cabbies who enjoy having a conversation. Note – a conversation is not a monologue. If the cabbie has any interesting views or anecdotes, i’m happy to have a chat with them.
Just like tonight. The cabbie was listening to a CD of ballads in a foreign language. Though i didn’t understand the words, i enjoyed the music.
Finally, unable to resist, i asked the cabbie what language were the songs in – they were in Thai!
I said i was impressed that he knew Thai and the cabbie shared that his dad lived in Thailand for many years and he picked up the language when he stayed there when he was young. I thought that was real cool.
So there you have it. I don’t think it’s fair to generalise that all chatty cabbies are annoying. There’re those who’re ok to. 🙂
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