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Guest Column: Nick the Cabbie – “Step on it.”
Instead of getting in my cab, this guy walks around to my window and says, “Can you get me to the airport in ten minutes?”
I quickly consider a multitude of factors like
(A) where I am,1
(B) which route I will take,2
(C) how long it normally takes from here,3
(D) what day it is,4
(E) what time it is,5
(F) how much traffic will there be,6
(G) how much I want this ride,7
(H) what I need to say to get it,8
(I) what will happen if I take longer than ten minutes,9
(J) how big my tip will be if I miraculously get him there in time,10
(K) what are the most important details of this story that I may forget to mention,11 and
(L) which trenchant author I will need to rip off when I finally write this down.12
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