A businessman flew to Las Vegas for the weekend to gamble. He lost the shirt off his back, and had nothing left but a quarter and the second half of his round trip ticket. If he could just get to the airport he could get himself home and back to work and everything would be fine.
He went to the front of the casino where a cab was waiting. He got in and explained his situation to the cabbie, promising to send the driver money from home. He even offered the cabbie his credit card numbers, his drivers license number, his address, etc. -- all to no avail. "If you don't have fifteen dollars, get the hell out of my cab!" the cabbie yelled. So the businessman was forced to hitchhike to the airport and was barely in time to catch his flight.
One year later, the businessman returned to Las Vegas and this time he won big. Feeling pretty good about himself, he went out to the front of the casino to get a cab ride back to the
airport. Then he recalled the cabbie who wouldn't help him a year before. Looking at the line of cabs at the hotel, he spotted the same cabbie at the end of the line. The businessman thought for a moment about how he could make the guy pay for his lack of charity, and smiled broadly when it came to him.
The businessman got in the first cab in the line, and asked, "How much for a ride to the airport?" "Fifteen bucks," came the reply.
"And how much for you to go down on me on the way?" asked the businessman. "What?! Get Out out of my cab, you scum," said the cabbie. The businessman got into the back of each cab in the line of taxis and asked the same questions, with the same result -- getting kicked out of each taxi.
When he got to cabbie who had refused to help him a year ago, he got in and asked "How much for a ride to the airport?" "Fifteen bucks," the cabbie replied. The businessman said, "O.K," and off they went. And, as they drove slowly past the long line of cabs at the hotel entrance, the businessman gave a big smile and thumbs up sign to each cab driver.
He went to the front of the casino where a cab was waiting. He got in and explained his situation to the cabbie, promising to send the driver money from home. He even offered the cabbie his credit card numbers, his drivers license number, his address, etc. -- all to no avail. "If you don't have fifteen dollars, get the hell out of my cab!" the cabbie yelled. So the businessman was forced to hitchhike to the airport and was barely in time to catch his flight.
One year later, the businessman returned to Las Vegas and this time he won big. Feeling pretty good about himself, he went out to the front of the casino to get a cab ride back to the
airport. Then he recalled the cabbie who wouldn't help him a year before. Looking at the line of cabs at the hotel, he spotted the same cabbie at the end of the line. The businessman thought for a moment about how he could make the guy pay for his lack of charity, and smiled broadly when it came to him.
The businessman got in the first cab in the line, and asked, "How much for a ride to the airport?" "Fifteen bucks," came the reply.
"And how much for you to go down on me on the way?" asked the businessman. "What?! Get Out out of my cab, you scum," said the cabbie. The businessman got into the back of each cab in the line of taxis and asked the same questions, with the same result -- getting kicked out of each taxi.
When he got to cabbie who had refused to help him a year ago, he got in and asked "How much for a ride to the airport?" "Fifteen bucks," the cabbie replied. The businessman said, "O.K," and off they went. And, as they drove slowly past the long line of cabs at the hotel entrance, the businessman gave a big smile and thumbs up sign to each cab driver.