JUST ONE TAP
A passenger in a taxi leaned over to ask the driver a
question and tapped him on the shoulder. 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, and then the still shaking driver said, 'I'm sorry but
you scared the daylights out of me.'
The frightened passenger apologised to the driver and said
he didn't realise a mere tap on the shoulder could frighten
him so much. The driver replied, 'No, no, I'm sorry, it's
entirely my fault. Today is my first day driving a cab. I've
been driving a hearse for the last 25 years.'