Elite LA cab drivers!!!

Cab drivers are in LA are interesting characters. Each one is interesting in his own right. Firstly they are more often 'non-californian' than not. They seldom miss out on asking me where I am from and almost never answer that they are from the US.

I rode with a movie geek from Ethiopia. He knew more than me about Indian movies than me. For the records I am East Indian.

One Russian guy had cassettes of international music of almost all well known countries and could play any countries music when we asked them. He also has a laminated menu of the music that he has for the customer to choose from.
Finding out the best from everywhere and developing a liking for the same is refined thought not practiced even by the ones who are considered elite. Secondly, whatever job one does, there is nothing stopping the person from doing it in style.

The other one was one of the brainiest people I met in Los Angeles. If he entered a quiz competition on National Geographic he could give a run for top contenders. I paled in conversation with him on many topics of general knowledge. The traffic jam on I-10 ensured that the conversation was long. He made me wonder what he was doing driving a cab?

I have seen highly regarded and educated professionals who suck in all the categories. Its not their expertise that I am talking about. It is their general knowledge of being informed about the world around and outside their system.

Now you know whom I meant by elite. The ones who ride may be fruits, nuts and flakes but the ones who drive are their converse.

Irrespective of all that their driving still sucks!!!