*_Tap on the Shoulder_** **
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*A true story from the pages of the Manchester Evening News: *
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*Last Wednesday a passenger in a taxi heading for Salford station
leaned over to ask the driver a question and gently tapped him on
the shoulder to get his attention. *
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*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
window...*** *
*For a few moments everything was silent in the cab. Then, the
shaking driver said, "Are you OK? I'm so sorry, but you scared the
daylights out of me." **
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*The badly shaken passenger apologized to the driver and said, "I
didn't realise that a mere tap on the shoulder would startle someone
so badly." *
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*The driver replied, "No, no, I'm the one who is sorry, it's
entirely my fault. Today is my very first day driving a cab. I've
been driving a hearse for 25 years."*** *
* *
*A true story from the pages of the Manchester Evening News: *
* *
*Last Wednesday a passenger in a taxi heading for Salford station
leaned over to ask the driver a question and gently tapped him on
the shoulder to get his attention. *
* *
*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
window...*** *
*For a few moments everything was silent in the cab. Then, the
shaking driver said, "Are you OK? I'm so sorry, but you scared the
daylights out of me." **
* *
*The badly shaken passenger apologized to the driver and said, "I
didn't realise that a mere tap on the shoulder would startle someone
so badly." *
* *
*The driver replied, "No, no, I'm the one who is sorry, it's
entirely my fault. Today is my very first day driving a cab. I've
been driving a hearse for 25 years."*** *