Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Taxi

Ok so Saturday I had to work at 7am. This is kind of annoying because i really only have one chance to get on the bus. And the first bus leaves where ever it starts at 6:05. This means I have to get up earlier and leave earlier than I normally would. Now I'm not very good at this as you might know, but this past Saturday I did get up in time and I left my apartment at 6:05. keep in mind I'd been bus tracking all morning and no bus was there to be tracked but this doesn't always mean anything so I just left early enough to be sure to make the bus. Now I can see the bus stop from my building so I really can tell if any buses have gone by while i'm walking to the stop which takes about three mintues if that. No bus still trying to track no bus to track. I'm waiting and waiting, at 6:30 I'm like shit even if the next bus manages to leave on time I still won't make it to work on time, which I kind of have to do because no one else can get in without me.
So even though I ahve no cash I have to grab a taxi. Normally this is very easy. I'm good about telling them that all I have is a credit card. The first guy says his machine is not working, and i'm like fine whatever even though I'm more than aware of the fact that they are not suppose to say no. The second guy was even crazier. I tell him, and he wants to know where i'm going before he'll say yes. Ok I think he just wants to make sure its not just down the street. Then i get in and he's like wait your not mexican are you. I'm super taken aback by this. I'm kind of offend not because he thinks i'm Mexican but because he thinks if i was that I wouldn't pay. Seriously Its 6:30 am I'm dressed for work, and this guy asking me if i'm Mexican is not even Amercian. I understand that cab drivers get screwed a lot, but I was standing on marine drive in a very nice neighborhood dressed to clearly go to work. I feel like that should be enough. Besides the fact that he aksed he made me show him my credit card as if to prove that I'm not Mexican. WTF i should have just gotten out of the cab because the guy was a dill hole, but the whole thing was just so shocking.
The best part to me is that I'm the whitest fucking white girl in the world, by appearance. I mean seriously I can't even pass for the half Italian that I actually am, and this dude thinks I'm Mexican. My skin is so white that it glows in the light. Seriously this dude just irratated the crap out of me.
Sorry I haven't finished part two of my last story. I will do that soon.