Because I’m so short, I’m not a big fan of long skirts, so it is no surprise that on Sunday I stood outside waiting for the bus in a rather short skirt. As I was on the brink of hypothermia, a gypsy cab (independent cabs that I think are registered with the city, but I’m not sure) pulled up to me and the driver shouted, “Get in here, you’re freezing your expletive deleted off.”
Miss Jill: I don’t have any cash, sorry.
Philanthropist Gypsy Cab Driver: I don’t care, I’ll give you a ride, hop in. It’s on me.
Miss Jill (realizing that he isn’t offering the frail elderly woman next to her a lift): No thanks.
Philanthropist Gypsy Cab Driver: You want to freeze to death or something?
Miss Jill: Sure.
Would any of you have taken the ride? I just didn’t feel right utilizing my chubby legs and blond hair (a deadly combination in the hood) for personal gain.
In other news, this woman was loudly clipping her nails on the B train, as her son sleeps peacefully. When she got off, there was a pile of nails on the seat.
If you read this in google reader or any other reader, could you please click on the site itself so I can see where you are at? THANKSSSS!!!
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You made the right decision. I was once proposed to by a pirate concho driver. I imagine a gypsy cab would be about the same. It's best just to avoid awkward situations like that.
ReplyDeleteTrue, better safe than sorry. Just wondering, why your links in the upper left don't work?
ReplyDeleteNail clipping on the subway is by FAR the grossest thing...I cringe everytime I hear that "snap, snap"
ReplyDeleteBetter safe than sorry, still it's nice to think that there are people out there that are still nice for the heck of it. :) Makes the day better wither way!
ReplyDeleteyou totally should have taken the ride.
ReplyDeletefyi:a trick I recently learned for getting people to actually go to your blog (instead of through Reader) is to go into your Settings>Site Feed and change the Allow Blog Feeds to "Short". Then people get a tantalizing blurb but have to go to your actual blog to get it all.
i'm at new york city...and I, a short blonde, would have taken that free ride for all it was worth
ReplyDeleteA few months back a lady in our ward did that in Sacrament meeting. Beat that.
ReplyDeleteHey, it takes a LOT of effort to come over here. If you go short, I'll still do click to read, but with mild resentment. Just tell your literary agent how many subscribers you have. (Probably about a million by now.)
ReplyDeleteYeah I don't want to force people to click, but it's annoying that I can't see the hits. Is there a way to see how many people follow privately?
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