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Originally Posted by jojo
Boomer and Gracie Girl, As you know I'm a fellow Buckeye. However, I have been working in New York City on a consulting project for the past four years. It was a culture shock. I enjoy my colleagues there after I got used to the abrupt language and straight talk. However, the cab situation is still an adventure. This week I was taking a cab in from LaGuardia and my driver and another cabbie decided to play chicken in the Midtown Tunnel. Mine flipped the other the bird (noted that discussion earlier on this thread). When we exited the tunnel, they rolled down the windows and continued to argue cross town. I would have appreciated arriving with a bit less stress.
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JoJo
I know of course that people are the same where ever you are, but I have a New York story too.
For a couple of years I had to fly to New York once a month to meet with department store buyers from here in Cincinnati. (Go figure!)
On one trip I was catching a cab at rush hour in Manhattan to go to the Port Authority to take a bus to the Newark airport. I hailed a cab and one pulled over and some woman came up and pushed me aside and got in the cab. (Actually it was pretty close to a body block)
I was dumbfounded because no one ever would think to do that in Ohio. No one gets in line ahead of you and rarely does anyone cut you off in traffic.
Now. There were plenty of WONDERFUL people, but they spoke differently, just as you described.
They probably thought there was something wrong with ME.
GracieGirl