Interesting Start to a day...

Very strange day…

After a busy day that included switching over to a new computer at work, having a 5 a side game bang in the middle of the most important match of Arsenal’s season, winning against AC Milan in the San Siro - a match few thought they could win (apart from me of course), and getting home at about 10:30, it slipped my mind that I needed to book a cab to the airport for my flight to Amsterdam in the morning. So at about 11pm I call one cab company who seemed to have no idea where I lived but he booked the taxi anyway. Ive been done in before where I booked a cab the night before a trip only to find out the next morning that they for some odd reason didn’t have the booking in their systems. Needless to say, missing my flight when I was the only company representative at the client meeting would not be a good thing. So, not feeling too confident in this cab actually showing up in the morning at all, never mind on time, I call another company and book another taxi at the same time. Worse case, two cabs show up and I have to tell one to leave. Easy.

So I wake up the next morning and sure enough I can see two cabs waiting outside. I doubt it took them too long to realize what had happened. I soon receive a phone call – its 5:30 in the morning so who else would it be. Yup. Cab company yelling at me about booking two cars. I basically say chill the F out and ill be right down. My plan was to choose the one closest to me, get in and leave. Didn’t work. I get outside, get in the car and the other cabbie comes running over FUMING! He goes on a 20 minute rant about how I shouldn’t make fun of people like that cuz someday someone will make fun of me. WHAT?!?! What is this guy talking about? I have a flight to catch and he is blabbering about making fun of people at 5:30 in the morning? I mean my closest friends make fun of me everyday. Why would I give a $hit if randoms did it?

Anyway after trying to get me to pay a 12 pound cancellation fee (unsuccessfully) me and the other cabby, completely silent throughout all this, were on our way to Heathrow, making it to the terminal early enough for me to get breakfast in the BA lounge and read about my Fab Fab and the Gunners triumph :-)