Just a quickie
I've just taken a booking for one of our regulars, who used to be the controller for the rival taxi company in town. She's disliked by the drivers because she doesn't just pay and get out, she keeps them talking for a good ten minutes after they arrive.

I hadn't heard from her for a couple of weeks so when she called I asked how she was.

She told me she'd been in hospital but was slowly on the mend now. I took her booking and sent a car out to pick her up.

The driver, of Kashmiri origin, totally spot-on but usually quite quiet, called over the radio saying he was still waiting for her to come out. I told him she'd been in hospital so give her a few minutes as she wasn't fully recovered.

"Has she had a tongue transplant?" was his response.

Sorry, that just made me cackle for a good few minutes.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 29 Aug 2008, 15:55, Reply)