| | Hmm..yeah...so I went to a friend's wedding in LA on Sept 10th, it was
cool and all. Tons of ppl and I took tons of pictures
too...actually about 100 of them. Indoor digital photography
sucks when you don't have a steady hand, with the slow shutter speed
and long exposure time and all...I kinda needed a tripod.
You know who care for you by how late they stay at your wedding I
think. When they clear out barely past the dessert, you know they
are here purely for social obligation...shit...you probably invited
them out of social obligation too. But all that aside, its
awesome to have so many ppl that genuinely cares for you surrounding
you, cheering you on, and generally have a good time. The love
and care in the air was infectious.
Since the wedding was in downtown LA, I booked my hotel in Little Tokyo
just so it would be easy to get back and rest after getting pissed
drunk. It was only $6 cab ride back. Speaking of cab ride,
the driver coming back from the wedding was super shady. First of
all, he let the meter run while he was trying to give people directions
right at the hotel lobby. I am not against helping anyone, but 1
they can call a cab, 2 they are not stranded in the middle of no where,
3 those ppl were just wandering around on foot looking for the next
party to get drunk and wasted, 4 driver was actually trying to solicite
business, promising to come back and take them. Do you own
business mongering on your own dime you jackass! The meter ticked
quite a bit as he was taking his sweet time talking to these ppl, and
my party of 3 just got in the cab...not even out of the hotel driveway.
He knows he is running the meter...but he thinks we were too drunk to
realize. Then he plays like he doesn't know where the hotel is
at...keep muttering the name of the hotel searching his memory, while
at the same time glance at the back seat and me (I was in the front) to
see our reaction. Although I get quite red even half a sip of
beer, I was actually sober, but he probably couldn't be sure one way or
the other. So he didn't try to run around too much.
Oh...this is the best part...once at the destination, I pulled out a
$20. He asked whether we have change. Now don't give me
wrong, I am sure not every driver carries enough change if everyone
whips out a $20 at the end of their ride. The ride was 6 bucks,
so I told him I only want $10 bucks back. Considering it was
short, and we didn't mess up his car like puking drunks would, I
thought that was a fair tip. He seemed still reluctant to produce
change. When our eyes meet, that's when I know he is trying to
play that "I don't have change game". Would have been believable
too if he didn't start reaching for his wallet slowly, while I INSISTED
to my backseat passenger that I will pay for the ride. He knew I
wasn't so pissed drunk to give him that fat of a tip, and I thought I
won that game. Then the backseat guy whipped out a 20 and just
shoved it in the cabbie's hand, saying that he will just pay for
it. I can see the smile on the cabbie's face, because he knows
the guy in the backseat is too drunk to ask for change back, he knew he
won.
Some ppl may still think I looked too much into it...but here is the
bitch slap: he didn't put the money in his wallet, which he pretended
that was the only place he carried his money earlier while "searching
for possible change". He put the money into another
box/compartment, which clearly has some other greens in there that is
not of $20 denomination. What a dirty asshole...at least have
some decency to put away the money after I got out of the car with my
back turned. Even though I wasn't the one that got money conned
(It was Kaz, fool), it was tough to live it down, when victory was so
within reach.
So for all those who knows Kaz and want to comment how much he sucked, please do so.
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