So before I go forward with my embarrassing little tale, you have to promise that you won’t reply with, “OMG, you are such a stoopid whore!” Simply because, yes, I understand that I am a stupid whore. I don’t need to be reminded of it. And you also have to realize that I am a shy, backward and submissive sort of person. You know, in case you didn’t know that already. Which, if you’ve been paying any attention here, you should already know and this whole little “sidebar” of my post is entirely unnecessary. Whatever.
So last night, I was invited to this “little” dinner at the W Hotel hosted by the lovely people at Real Simple magazine. Honestly, I was so flabbergasted to be invited that I just HAD to go. I wasn’t expecting such delicious, fancy food and such wonderful, awesome people. Really, had a great time. But Zoot has been proven as an “early to bed” sort of gal and I didn’t want to keep her up too late so I left shortly after 10pm before the festivities had officially ended. As I was sorta dressy and wearing some heeled sandals, I thought maybe I should take a cab back to my hotel. I knew that my hotel was very near, but not entirely sure and it was dark… So yeah, the cab.
It ended up being a piddling $3.05 fare. I figured, with tip I’d just give him $5. HOWEVER, I had 3 $20 bills in my wallet. So I handed him a $20. Okay, see, I know I should have asked for change then and there, but I didn’t. And he… just took it. And I got out and went inside. And have proceeded to beat myself up repeatedly because I spent $20 on a $3 cab ride.
DON’T TELL MY HUSBAND.
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Steph (2 comments.) 07.29.07 at 5:49 pm
HeHe…you gotta watch the cabbies here in Chi-town! Here’s a little tidbit about Chicago cabs…they are required to take credit cards. There is a city ordinance that requires it. They don’t like to do it, so they get all pissy and many times just won’t take them, so you get the cab ride for free. So, if it will make you feel better, you helped him cover the fare of a passenger that wanted to pay by credit card.
Kile 07.30.07 at 11:20 am
Yeah…that’s a good one.
ClaraB 07.31.07 at 8:57 pm
Oh chalk this one up to: live and learn. The driver was a jerk for taking advantage of you. You ARE NOT a jerk. Next time, you will know better. Glad the trip was a success overall. Time to move on!
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