The Taxi

A passenger in a taxi tapped the driver on the shoulder to

ask him something. 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 glass window. For a few

moments everything was silent in the cab, then the driver

said, “Please, don’t ever do that again. You scared the

daylights out of me.” The passenger, who was also

frightened, apologized and said he didn’t realize that a

tap on the shoulder could frighten him so much, to which the

driver replied, “I’m sorry, it’s really not your fault

at all. Today is my first day driving a cab, I have been

driving a hearse for the last 25 years.