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Cab ride of the damned
Feb. 29th, 2004 11:15 pmI took a cab home from work last week. I had groceries, my knee hurt, and it was starting to rain. I only live 8 blocks away but it’s uphill. I treat myself to a cab less than I treat myself to a half order of Big Nate’s pork ribs after my crazy Saturday of work, so I figured I deserved it.
I didn’t deserve my cabdriver though. He immediately started in. "What do you think of Gavin Newsom and his gay marriages?" he asked, not really asking. Reserving the qualifiers I might use in a conversation with friends, I responded to his intent. "I think it’s great."
Of course that was what he was waiting for to start his rant. After going on about all that Christian Blah Blah for a bit, he said something about how you don’t see "dogs marrying dogs in nature". I admit I was caught a little off guard since most SF cabdrivers go on Lefty rants, not Christian ones, if they wanna talk politics. But I did take the opportunity to point out all the studies in the last few years which have shown homosexuality in the animal kingdom. This angered him.
"Lies! All Lies! I am a scientist and a Christian! That is the same science that tries to tell us that men came from fishes and monkeys!" He stopped his rant to yell at the confused car in front of us. "Stupid Women drivers," he screamed out the window even though he couldn’t see the driver. When we passed I looked back and noted that it was a man.
He then decided to bring the conversation back to safer ground. "Newsom will do a good job with the homeless though. Don’t you think?"
I didn’t deserve my cabdriver though. He immediately started in. "What do you think of Gavin Newsom and his gay marriages?" he asked, not really asking. Reserving the qualifiers I might use in a conversation with friends, I responded to his intent. "I think it’s great."
Of course that was what he was waiting for to start his rant. After going on about all that Christian Blah Blah for a bit, he said something about how you don’t see "dogs marrying dogs in nature". I admit I was caught a little off guard since most SF cabdrivers go on Lefty rants, not Christian ones, if they wanna talk politics. But I did take the opportunity to point out all the studies in the last few years which have shown homosexuality in the animal kingdom. This angered him.
"Lies! All Lies! I am a scientist and a Christian! That is the same science that tries to tell us that men came from fishes and monkeys!" He stopped his rant to yell at the confused car in front of us. "Stupid Women drivers," he screamed out the window even though he couldn’t see the driver. When we passed I looked back and noted that it was a man.
He then decided to bring the conversation back to safer ground. "Newsom will do a good job with the homeless though. Don’t you think?"
