Comments on: Worcestershire Journal – The math of getting there on time http://www.realworcester.com/2009/04/16/worcestershire-journal-the-math-of-getting-there-on-time/ If it matters in Worcester, MA it's on Real Worcester. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:27:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jeff Barnard http://www.realworcester.com/2009/04/16/worcestershire-journal-the-math-of-getting-there-on-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1085 Jeff Barnard Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:45:38 +0000 http://www.realworcester.com/?p=35011#comment-1085 There's another calculation when taking a taxi, wherein the passenger says something like, "I'm in a hurry" which, unfortunately, turns all the traffic lights in our path red, draws school buses like a magnet, takes us on a course through all the construction in town, and inevitably prompts the passenger to ask me why I haven't taken a "shortcut"... whereupon I'm tempted to ask, "If you're in such a goddam hurry, then why did I have to wait for you to get into the cab for ten minutes?!?!" But I never jump down anyone's throat like that, despite any urges to the contrary. I just smile as the meter clicks away. There’s another calculation when taking a taxi, wherein the passenger says something like, “I’m in a hurry” which, unfortunately, turns all the traffic lights in our path red, draws school buses like a magnet, takes us on a course through all the construction in town, and inevitably prompts the passenger to ask me why I haven’t taken a “shortcut”… whereupon I’m tempted to ask, “If you’re in such a goddam hurry, then why did I have to wait for you to get into the cab for ten minutes?!?!”

But I never jump down anyone’s throat like that, despite any urges to the contrary. I just smile as the meter clicks away.

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