In my previous blog post, I told you how this taxi driver shared hilarious stories. I never really asked for them, but he shared them freely as if you were paying for entertainment, buckled in a front seat of a comedy bar.
He talked about his driving experience–how different people expect him to do the things they ask of him just because they have the means to do so. It seems he goes beyond the job description of being a taxi driver. He gets paid to become a friend to lonely people, even those who have secret identities to hide. They pay him to drive long distances so that they get talked to and be entertained. And these extra services always translate to extravagant sums of money, forcing this driver to be creative with his reasons for his wife, justifying how he accumulated all the money for a day’s work.
From all his stories, this is what I learned. Lonely people, especially those with the means to pay extra, take extreme measures to get in touch with another soul.
We desire to be known.
jessa 