Saturday 2 October 2010

How your pride makes you poor

I took those three girls to that trendy club. We agreed the price, it was £6 per person. When we got there one of them passed me £25, in front of the other two . Pleasantly surprised I accepted the money. Still hesitating, with the money in my hand, I gave her an incredulous look and asked: "Is it for me?" She said "Yes" and I pocketed the notes, very pleased. The girls where gone and I just stayed there for a little while, straightening the blanket on passenger's seat etc. As I was about to move on I realised that two of those girls were actually standing next to me again. "We gave you too much money. It was a mistake." I couldn't fucking believe it. "First of all it wasn't you who paid me, and secondly, beyond any doubt the money was given to me. The whole amount. I double checked." "We made a mistake counting. Plus that money was ours as well. We shared the payment." "Well, is it my problem?" They were calling the girl who paid me to join them but she didn't want to come over. Finally the one who started all that mess said that clearly I wanted to rip them off. It was a bit too much. "Who am I?" - that question appeared inside my head - "Am I desperate to keep that bitch's money?!?" I got £20 from my pocket."You know what?" - I said loudly and stuck the note in her hand - "FUCK OFF!" I drove off and got next lift immediately.

Like a black man

As I was getting through a dark little street a saw a large group of black teenagers coming my way. We got closer to each other and one of them pointed me out with his finger: "You are working like a black man!" "You all right guys?" I asked, rather automatically. "SHUT UP!!!" - they shouted as one, poking very mean faces and carried on walking...