Taxi story: I've never experienced such behavior before, though I'm sure it exists frequently. I had to go from my hotel to another hotel, and of course running late in the morning. I went out the door of the hotel and the doorman wasn't there, so I walked over to the taxi stand to get a taxi. Tried opening the door and it was locked and the guy ignored, me, started the car and drove into the waiting area. At first I thought that I had done something wrong, but then I saw that two women were there with luggage.
So, the doorman was there and he spoke to the first driver. At first I said there's no way I wanted to go with that guy until I realized that he was looking for the airport fare, and thus the best way to get back at him was to actually take his taxi. In the meantime another driving had pulled in for the women with the luggage, and he made sure to make clear that I was supposed to take the other taxi because HE wanted the airport fare - going so far as to close the trunk of the first taxi driver.
Turned out the women were going to the same hotel as me, so we all went in the first taxi, thus screwing both hopefully. Me being the sufferer of road rage, as we exited that lot, I flipped off the second taxi driver. When we got to our destination, the fare was $8.05. I only had a 10, so I gave him a nickel and the 10 and asked for a dollar back, which I thought was VERY generous, though he looked at me rather incredulously. I should have given him nothing.
Reception: There was a reception Sunday night on the 32nd floor of a hotel. With elevators with windows. And it wasn't too foggy so you could see tons. Very nice.
H&M Shopping: I had some free time so went into that store. Found some nice things to try on, and tried to do so. Seems that Swedish people are built differently than Polish-Americans. I felt like a huge monster trying on what was supposed to be my size (6) and barely getting my leg into the pant leg, and busting out of the tops. Oh well...
I have one more story, but I'll save that for tomorrow. Have to go catch up on blogs...
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3 comments:
Ahhhh taxis. Blah is all I can say. I have limo drivers I call in all my cities I travel to. It's normally around a 40 dollar fair and I get to pretend to be a star for awhile so it works out for me.
Nice to find out you're Polish! I love finding out new stuff about people through their blogs...
Limos - wow, what a life!
Fringes, I thought it'd be more interesting that I'm size 6. :-) I'm many generations removed from Poland, but still 100%.
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