A passenger in a taxi leaned over to ask the driver a question
and tapped him on the shoulder. The driver screamed, lost
control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over the curb,
and stopped just inches from a large plate glass window.
For a few moments everything was silent in the cab, and then
the still shaking driver said, "I'm sorry but you scared the
daylights out of me."
The frightened passenger apologized to the driver and said
he didn't realize a mere tap on the shoulder could frighten
him so much.
The driver replied, "No, no, I'm sorry, it's entirely my fault.
Today is my first day driving a cab. I've been driving a
hearse for the last 25 years."
~s
