Transportation: Hard knock life

Hard knock life

By rockytrolley - 08/10/2014 09:01 - Cyprus

Today, my taxi driver kept falling asleep and swerving off the road, so I asked him if he was okay. He stopped and burst out sobbing about the long hours he had to do after his divorce, and his wife taking all he had. Long story short, I ended up driving him home and getting another taxi from his place. FML

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You deserved it 3 693

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By Celeste - This FML is from back in 2010 but it's good stuff - Singapore

Today, I fell asleep in a taxi. So did the taxi driver. FML

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By hapless - 16/01/2009 07:27 - United Kingdom

Today, I was late for work and took a taxi. The driver told me he tried to commit suicide recently. I listened to him for 20 minutes, sat outside my workplace with the meter off. He charged me £5.80 and my boss gave me a warning for being late. FML

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By Noname - 16/03/2009 00:49 - United States

Today, I rode in the cab on the way back to my dorm from the airport. The taxi driver was on the phone and not really paying attention. I paid him and got out of the cab, but he drove away before I could get my luggage out of the trunk. FML

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Is this part of the test?

By Samantha - 16/08/2012 22:36 - United States - Holt

Today, while I was taking my driver's test, my instructor received a text message. He promptly had a panic attack and screamed for me to pull over. It turned out his wife wanted a divorce. The last 15 minutes of my test consisted of him sobbing to himself as I drove back to the DMV. FML

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You deserved it 2 020

By Alexis - 16/01/2017 15:14

Today, I took a cab ride home from a bar. After a few minutes of horrible driving, I felt sick. The cab driver got so mad she locked me in the car and started driving me to the cops unless I payed her extra. Basically, I paid $120 for a five-minute cab ride. FML

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You deserved it 1 403

By stevenr579 - 23/01/2013 23:33 - Canada - North Vancouver

Today, I took a taxi ride with my friends. As we were getting out, I paid the taxi driver. With a grin, he drove away fast. It turns out my friend had already paid. FML

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You deserved it 7 586

By Anonymous - 17/07/2009 20:23 - Russian Federation

Today, the two and a half hours it took our poorly air conditioned taxi to go 20 miles in stop-and-go traffic was highlighted by our son projectile vomiting all over my wife, a suitcase, and the car. It ended with me having to pay both for the ride, as well as for cleaning the inside of the taxi. FML

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You deserved it 3 230

Let that sink in

By kalvin - 24/05/2015 16:56 - United Kingdom - Leeds

Today, during a driving lesson, I stopped behind a taxi, and got more and more annoyed when the traffic wouldn't move. A few minutes later, my instructor couldn't hold his laughter any more and pointed out I'd somehow zoned out and entered a taxi rank. FML

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You deserved it 6 958

By THOMASisMYname - 06/07/2011 17:06 - Canada

Today, I went out drinking with my friends. Being safe as we were a little intoxicated, we took a taxi back. The cab driver was also drunk. FML

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By -__-" - 29/09/2013 05:45 - United States - Vancouver

Today, a stranger pulled me out of the path of a speeding taxicab. He then took one look at my face, said, "I should've left you there", and walked away. FML

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You deserved it 4 552

sionis 3

Wednesday 8 October 2014 18:49

I agree that sucks but good on your for driving him home

Welshite 39

Wednesday 8 October 2014 18:49

Compassion is becoming rare. You did a good thing.

Comments

malea_17 16

Wednesday 8 October 2014 20:28

Sorry you didn't get to where you need to go on time but at least you helped someone out :)

more4me 27

Wednesday 8 October 2014 20:30

You banked major karma points. And people reading this FML all over the world are feeling a little better today because of you. Thank you for your compassion!

Sakuraashita 15

Wednesday 8 October 2014 20:31

You're a really good person, OP, by the way, I accidentally hit YDI but didn't mean to, sorry!

thatguy240 27

Wednesday 8 October 2014 20:54

Did you keep the taxi?

cjmedic 12

Wednesday 8 October 2014 21:02

You're a wonderful person, OP. I'm going through a divorce, too, and it's absolutely heart wrenching. Any kindness can be the difference between a good night or crying to sleep. I'm sure he will never forget what you did.