Ocassionally I find myself in the proximity of completer strangers from a few minutes to even hours.
This is usually when I need to engage their services as my driver. I don't mind driving to Boston, but when the Parking is $48 plus Tolls plus Gas, it is often cheaper to take advantage of the subsidized transportation available to seniors (me) and the disabled (who I often accompany). Yes, these are almost always medical checkups and visits.
Anyhow, some trips are quiet ones. I play my online phone game, and that is that.
Other times things are much better.
I am like most sane people. I will enter the converstaion with the weather, the traffic, even stores visible on the route.
Now here is the thing about DRIVERS. They have a lot of solo time.
Listening to music amuses for only so long. So most, at least when alone, listen to the News. They are generally much more informed than your average Daytime TV junkie.
Just this week I had extended enlightening, amusing, and reassuring converstaions with a Hispanic and a Black driver.
Both were VERY discouraged with America right now.
Crime, "Climate Change", Immigration, Inflation, Voter Fraud, Biden, Ukraine: NOT PLEASED.
So should we be hopeful ? Maybe.
This is usually when I need to engage their services as my driver. I don't mind driving to Boston, but when the Parking is $48 plus Tolls plus Gas, it is often cheaper to take advantage of the subsidized transportation available to seniors (me) and the disabled (who I often accompany). Yes, these are almost always medical checkups and visits.
Anyhow, some trips are quiet ones. I play my online phone game, and that is that.
Other times things are much better.
I am like most sane people. I will enter the converstaion with the weather, the traffic, even stores visible on the route.
Now here is the thing about DRIVERS. They have a lot of solo time.
Listening to music amuses for only so long. So most, at least when alone, listen to the News. They are generally much more informed than your average Daytime TV junkie.
Just this week I had extended enlightening, amusing, and reassuring converstaions with a Hispanic and a Black driver.
Both were VERY discouraged with America right now.
Crime, "Climate Change", Immigration, Inflation, Voter Fraud, Biden, Ukraine: NOT PLEASED.
So should we be hopeful ? Maybe.