On the way home from the airport the other day, I got into the taxi and gave him my address. "Where is that?" he wanted to know.
This is not a question you ever want to hear from your New York taxi driver.
"Do you live next to the Citi building?" he continued. I don't live next to the Citi building. But I also don't live next to any remarkable landmarks other than the big Pepsi Sign along the East River in Queens. Read a good article about this icon here.
He did not know about the big Pepsi Sign along the East River.
While he's driving in heavy traffic I am trying to pull up directions on my iPhone. "This exit?" he asks as he swerves to the right almost colliding with the car behind us.
My directions finally pull up. "No, the next one!" I say.
"Okay" . . . and we're back on the highway.
Once we take the correct exit, I am able to guide him with my iPhone directions. "The next time," he says, "give driver cross street numbers, not name of tiny street. We don't know these little streets."
This is not a question you ever want to hear from your New York taxi driver.
"Do you live next to the Citi building?" he continued. I don't live next to the Citi building. But I also don't live next to any remarkable landmarks other than the big Pepsi Sign along the East River in Queens. Read a good article about this icon here.
He did not know about the big Pepsi Sign along the East River.
While he's driving in heavy traffic I am trying to pull up directions on my iPhone. "This exit?" he asks as he swerves to the right almost colliding with the car behind us.
My directions finally pull up. "No, the next one!" I say.
"Okay" . . . and we're back on the highway.
Once we take the correct exit, I am able to guide him with my iPhone directions. "The next time," he says, "give driver cross street numbers, not name of tiny street. We don't know these little streets."
