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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://masto.ai/users/stavvers/statuses/111091031927528229">Another Angry Woman (stavvers@masto.ai)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 21:35:17 JST</a><a href="https://masto.ai/@stavvers" title="stavvers@masto.ai"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/41495-48-20221127202416.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Another Angry Woman" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Another Angry Woman</a><div><a href="https://masto.ai/@stavvers/111090998661327602" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>ghosts in my taxi cab</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/1391725#notice-4086301">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-09-20T21:35:17+09:00" title="Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 21:35:17 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://masto.ai/@stavvers/111091031927528229" rel="external" title="Sent from masto.ai via ActivityPub">masto.ai</a></span></span><a href="https://masto.ai/@stavvers/111091031927528229">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1545585">zevveli: I still think that my favorite urban legend/folklore fact is that there are certain areas in New Orleans where you cannot get a taxi late at night not because it isn’t safe, but because taxi companies have had recurring problems of picking up ghosts in those areas who are not aware that they are dead and disappearing from the cab before reaching the destination and therefore stiffing the driver on the fare causing a loss for the company.elsajeni: An occupational hazard of cab driving I had not previously consideredprincessnijireiki: I love that the nola problem here is not “ghosts in my taxi cab,” but “ghosts are FUCKING BROKE DEAD BASTARDS &amp; I GOT BILLS”siderealsandman: Horror is when ghosts get into cabs and scare driversMagical realism is when cab companies have to develop policies to prevent ghastly fare-theftkc749 
In a book about the tsunami in Japan in 2011, the writer talked about how there was a huge increase in reports of ghostly activity. Apparently in Japan treating ghosts rudely is basically considered the stupidest thing you could possibly do. For months after the tsunami, taxi drivers would pick up a passenger only to have them give an address in one of the devastated areas. The cab driver often looked up halfway to the destination to find their fare had disappeared. Not wanting to be impolite to the person (even if they were dead) they’d drive to the address, open the door to let them out, then drive away.</a></label><br><a href="https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/111/091/022/845/129/345/original/8fcc19528da759a4.png" rel="external">https://s3.masto.ai/media_attachments/files/111/091/022/845/129/345/original/8fcc19528da759a4.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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1. zevveli: I still think that my favorite urban legend/folklore fact is that there are certain areas in New Orleans where you cannot get a taxi late at night not because it isn’t safe, but because taxi companies have had recurring problems of picking up ghosts in those areas who are not aware that they are dead and disappearing from the cab before reaching the destination and therefore stiffing the driver on the fare causing a loss for the company. elsajeni: An occupational hazard of cab driving I had not previously considered princessnijireiki: I love that the nola problem here is not “ghosts in my taxi cab,” but “ghosts are FUCKING BROKE DEAD BASTARDS & I GOT BILLS” siderealsandman: Horror is when ghosts get into cabs and scare drivers Magical realism is when cab companies have to develop policies to prevent ghastly fare-theft kc749 In a book about the tsunami in Japan in 2011, the writer talked about how there was a huge increase in reports of ghostly activity. Apparently in Japan treating ghosts rudely is basically considered the stupidest thing you could possibly do. For months after the tsunami, taxi drivers would pick up a passenger only to have them give an address in one of the devastated areas. The cab driver often looked up halfway to the destination to find their fare had disappeared. Not wanting to be impolite to the person (even if they were dead) they’d drive to the address, open the door to let them out, then drive away.
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