Taxi Palava
Only on
occasions where they have no option that people usually sit at that side of the
taxi. Older people actually think the younger ones should be the custodians of
that part of the taxi so much that they see the younger ones as showing disrespect
when they don’t owe that part and sit there.
It’s especially
interesting when you form a long and unmoving queue all in the name of waiting
for a taxi home, and then finally a taxi comes around and people are actually
choosy of where to sit and begin to quarrel if they do not get the exact place
they wanted to sit in the taxi.
It’s funny
because these same people were some minutes ago complaining of being tired of
standing in a long queue and hoping that even a ‘rickety trotro’ would appear
from somewhere and pick them home. Funny life!
It gets funnier
when someone refuses to board the taxi because he/ she didn’t get to sit at the
place they wanted to and this same person will also not allow someone else to
board the taxi because he/ she came before that person (Konogo kaya). And the
only way he/ she would board the taxi is when the one sitting at his/ her ‘chosen’
place gets down and allows him/ her to sit there.
It’s most funny when
the driver of the car refuses to move the car unless all four passengers are on
board and then goes ahead to turn off the engine…hehehe…Interesting life!
I keep asking
myself why people don’t like to sit at that part of a taxi because I don’t usually
see people being choosy with trotros. People just jump onto a trotro even when
it’s moving and make themselves comfortable on any of the seats.
It’s amazing because
if there should be anything like choosing where to sit in a commercial car then
people should rather be choosy with trotros and not taxis. Why? Yes because I think
trotros offer people with a lot of choices in terms of where to sit because it
has more seats available as compared to a taxi where you know it’s either on
any of the four seats p3.
And so why are
people so choosy when it comes to taxis (not a hired one but one that operates
like a trotro)? And get so mad when they are left to sit at that part too?
You usually see
disappointment and unpleasantness written all over the faces of those who sit
at that part of the taxi…And when they are actually carrying one or two big
bags…hehehe…its war all the way…lol.
They refuse to
smile or engage in any conversation that maybe going on in the taxi. And they
are the ones who usually get irritated when music is being played in the car
and complain that the music is too loud and so the driver should put it off
(not to turn it down mpo).
People who get
angry because they were made to sit at that part of the taxi usually do not pay
their fare unless they get down from the taxi, and delay the other passengers
by using over 30 minutes to look for their monies in their bags or pockets lol…your
guez is as good as mine; they end up bringing out a big sum of money that the
driver has to turn off the engine again and go in search of change, further
delaying the other passengers…hehehehehe…oh life!
…the middle seat
at the back of a taxi is what I’m talking about…lol
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