my pet peeves, riding in a taxicab:
- drivers who want to chit chat with me (i'm sorry. i prefer not to talk)
- drivers with a hand on the wheel and the other on their cellphone (is it alright if you do not text and drive please?)
- the radio on a local chinese channel (usually over-energetic d.j. interviewing well-meaning earnest opinionated members of the public)
- the radio on a local english channel (usually smooth-sounding d.j. with fake western accent rambling on about an inconsequential topic)
- air fresheners (usually cloyingly pervasive if present), or
- the aroma of oil of wintergreen (previous passenger's or - horrors - driver's)
gimme a taciturn and masked driver with accurate google map directions and no penchant for fragrance. even better if he looks normal and dresses in business casual.
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