Stress

Early on Sunday evening a Parramatta tough guy, around forty years old with a shaven head, caught me unawares at the traffic lights and climbed aboard. Instinctively I eased my phone camera from it’s cradle straight into my shirt pocket. Discrimination ! 

In an Aussie accent he ordered a neighbouring suburb then asked, “Can I smoke in here, bro' ?” “Nah, sorry mate,”  I replied and pointed to the security camera. “Wish we could but it’s the law.” “F...!," he exclaimed, "it shits me!” “What, the law..?” “Nah, smoking,” he replied. “I only took it up three years ago because of stress.” “Let me guess,” I offered, “Family Court stress ?” “Dat’s it bro, dat’s it,” he moaned.

For the next five minutes I received chapter and verse from a harried father up against the system, not made any easier to accept by his foreign heritage. As he told how cruel it was to be denied witnessing his son’s first day at school, I wondered how long it was since he’d had a good, hearty, belly laugh. Probably since he started smoking, three years ago.

Upon alighting he paused, then snarled in a fearsome tone, “If this was my country, bro’, I’d be buryin' the bitch.” A passionate man.

Comments

[Andy]

I know its off topic...but whats the cab drivers' side of the story regarding the driver subdued by capsicum spray at sydney airport and ensuing strike today?

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/cabbies-threat-to-blockade-airport/2007/10/16/1192300721132.html

Andy

[Adrian]

Thanks Andy, a quick response as I'm rushing to work. Two things, Michael Jools was reported on ninemsn as the president of the NSW TDA. Rather he's president of the ATDA. He said,

"If the government and the police want to treat taxi drivers like shit, we will treat passengers like shit.

This is an outrageous comment and one unbecoming of a drivers president. I, along with most other cabbies, will not be treating passengers like shit.

[manlycabbie]

the ATDA you will never find a bigger bunch of whinging losers