Just shut up and do your #@#$ job

From my observations, most business people and other passengers, particularly when in the presence of other riders of the same distinction, will only exchange a maximum of about 5 lines with the driver, before the us/them mentality kicks in, and they decide it's unwholesome to talk to the driver, [ie "help,] who they now wish just to be a cabby, sometimes a little sorry that they started interacting with them.

I'm not saying I'm like this guy, in the Spinal Tap move. Far from it, being anti-social and all. And I'm certainly not saying I'm hurt by it. I'm just observing. And, on the flip side of the equation, I have been, as a customer of a bartender, for example, or other service pro; similarly awkward. I know it's not the image I wish to convey, as I enjoy hearing from these people, but perhaps, always fear I am keeping them from their work or something. And this is often true. But how is this phenomena explained? Is it because the us/them mentality is universal? Or is it because of social awkwardness on either part? Why does social awkwardness exist to begin with? Is it a product of the industrial age, like so many other symptoms and diseases? As an armchair sociologist, I'm interested in the answers to these and many other questions, and would be glad if you added your feedback to this, below. That is, if you dare dirty your hands by commenting on the page of a paltry shuttle driving pissant!


I've rarely ever been the have of the haves/ have nots equation, but it has happened to me, especially in a foreign country. And I'll tell you: If I have to choose between the two, I'd definitely rather be one of the have-nots. That is, to say, from a socio-political, as well as racial standpoint, because I'd rather have the feeling of inadequacy than the guilt. However, if I ruled the world; you would too; because we'd all be equals.