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So the other night I ordered a taxi in an app.
Just like any other ride-hailing app, the app uses GPS to show the locations of the user (me) and the taxi on a map.
Which means the driver should have known where I was.
Just like any other ride-hailing app, the app uses GPS to show the locations of the user (me) and the taxi on a map.
Which means the driver should have known where I was.
I'm waiting at a street corner when the driver calls me.
"Where are you? Which street?" he wants to know.
I'm slightly confused, but I decide to tell him the street name and the house number that I can see on the wall right next to me.
The number is 18.
"Where are you? Which street?" he wants to know.
I'm slightly confused, but I decide to tell him the street name and the house number that I can see on the wall right next to me.
The number is 18.
A few minutes later he calls me again.
"Where are you? I'm here!"
I'm at number 18, I tell him. And that he's not here. This makes him angry.
"18? You said 80!" he yells.
"Where are you? I'm here!"
I'm at number 18, I tell him. And that he's not here. This makes him angry.
"18? You said 80!" he yells.
I'm still waiting in front of number 18 when he calls again. I can see his car in the app. He's not far from me.
"Where are you?" he yells.
I tell him that I'm still at number 18.
He says: "No, you're not!"
I tell him to wait where he is. He's not far. I will walk to him.
"Where are you?" he yells.
I tell him that I'm still at number 18.
He says: "No, you're not!"
I tell him to wait where he is. He's not far. I will walk to him.
I walk for a minute, then I see his car approaching.
"Where were you?" he yells at me from the window.
I say I was at number 18.
"No, you weren't!"
I tell him we can just look at the sign on the house, it's right there.
"Get in!" he yells. "You weren't there!"
"Where were you?" he yells at me from the window.
I say I was at number 18.
"No, you weren't!"
I tell him we can just look at the sign on the house, it's right there.
"Get in!" he yells. "You weren't there!"
When we get to the house, I point to the sign on it. It has the street name and the number 18 written on it. And it's a pretty big sign.
He says: "Oh, we WILL look at it!"
Then he turns the car around in the middle of the street, apparently in order to get a better look.
He says: "Oh, we WILL look at it!"
Then he turns the car around in the middle of the street, apparently in order to get a better look.
I ask him if he can see the street name and the number.
He says yes.
And then, after a pause, he says: "But you said you were at number 19!"
He says yes.
And then, after a pause, he says: "But you said you were at number 19!"
- the end.
[I had to think of this when I was watching Biden trying to engage in a debate with Trump.]
[I had to think of this when I was watching Biden trying to engage in a debate with Trump.]
