Me: Sir, can you please take me near Cha Hospital in Yeoksam-dong?
Taxi Driver: Okay.
I look down at my phone and proceed to message my friends.
Taxi Driver: Customer, can I tell you something?
Me: I know, I know. I don't sound like I'm from around here.
Taxi Driver: No, I just wanted to correct you on the way told me your destination.
Me: Huh? Is there another Cha Hospital in Seoul?
Taxi Driver: I just wanted to tell you that you could have conserved your energy if you just told me, "Cha Hospital."
Me: Okay...I was just trying to be specific so that you wouldn't get "lost" or misunderstand me.
Side note: I've been in situations where I give my destination to the taxi driver and they take me to another place or they take roundabout ways to get me to my destination since they know I'm a foreigner and they want to charge me more money.
Taxi Driver: Customer, you seem young so let me teach you something. I didn't even go to kindergarten but I'm over 70 now and I have a lot of knowledge that I've collected over the years. When you get to be my age, you need to conserve your energy and you want to be as efficient as possible when speaking.
Me: Okay...but you're wasting your energy lecturing me...hey! It's Elvis! Sir, do you like Elvis Presley?
Taxi Driver: Of course I do. Customer, I only listen to these classic songs on the radio and I make my customers listen to them because they should all appreciate these songs.
He proceeds to roll up the window and turns the volume up. Seliousry, Taxi Driver and I start to sing "It's Now or Never" together. BTW, it's 83 degrees outside and the car AC is not on, so I'm slowly melting to death.
Me: Uhhh sir, the window...
Taxi Driver: Customer, we're about to go in a tunnel, so I can't roll down the window.
Me: Uhhh, air conditioner...
The Taxi Driver ignores me because "California Dreaming" by the Mamas and Papas is on.
Apparently, I wasn't the only one he decided to "teach" during this ride. Although this man seemed pleasant enough, he was by far the worst driver I've been in a car with. I am like a safe student driver compared to this guy. This driver probably honked his horn more times in that 40 minute ride than I've ever used in my driving lifetime. And for no reason:
A car signals and gets in front of him, HONK.
He passes the car that just got in front of him, HONK HONK.
The light is about to turn green, HONK.
The car that just passed him catches up to him, HONK.
A bus is stops to drop off passengers, HONK.
A motorcycle passes him, HONK.
I couldn't wait to get out of the car.
Taxi Driver: Okay.
I look down at my phone and proceed to message my friends.
Taxi Driver: Customer, can I tell you something?
Me: I know, I know. I don't sound like I'm from around here.
Taxi Driver: No, I just wanted to correct you on the way told me your destination.
Me: Huh? Is there another Cha Hospital in Seoul?
Taxi Driver: I just wanted to tell you that you could have conserved your energy if you just told me, "Cha Hospital."
Me: Okay...I was just trying to be specific so that you wouldn't get "lost" or misunderstand me.
Side note: I've been in situations where I give my destination to the taxi driver and they take me to another place or they take roundabout ways to get me to my destination since they know I'm a foreigner and they want to charge me more money.
Taxi Driver: Customer, you seem young so let me teach you something. I didn't even go to kindergarten but I'm over 70 now and I have a lot of knowledge that I've collected over the years. When you get to be my age, you need to conserve your energy and you want to be as efficient as possible when speaking.
Me: Okay...but you're wasting your energy lecturing me...hey! It's Elvis! Sir, do you like Elvis Presley?
Taxi Driver: Of course I do. Customer, I only listen to these classic songs on the radio and I make my customers listen to them because they should all appreciate these songs.
He proceeds to roll up the window and turns the volume up. Seliousry, Taxi Driver and I start to sing "It's Now or Never" together. BTW, it's 83 degrees outside and the car AC is not on, so I'm slowly melting to death.
Me: Uhhh sir, the window...
Taxi Driver: Customer, we're about to go in a tunnel, so I can't roll down the window.
Me: Uhhh, air conditioner...
The Taxi Driver ignores me because "California Dreaming" by the Mamas and Papas is on.
Apparently, I wasn't the only one he decided to "teach" during this ride. Although this man seemed pleasant enough, he was by far the worst driver I've been in a car with. I am like a safe student driver compared to this guy. This driver probably honked his horn more times in that 40 minute ride than I've ever used in my driving lifetime. And for no reason:
A car signals and gets in front of him, HONK.
He passes the car that just got in front of him, HONK HONK.
The light is about to turn green, HONK.
The car that just passed him catches up to him, HONK.
A bus is stops to drop off passengers, HONK.
A motorcycle passes him, HONK.
I couldn't wait to get out of the car.
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