1. You make plans with your friends to meet at the bar in 20 minutes.
2. So you try to book a taxi using your phone, like a normal person.
3. “Sorry there is no taxi available now. Please try 10mins later.”
4. You try again, but literally no one wants to pick you up.
5. You swear your hatred of everything and storm outside to try and hail a taxi on the street.
6. But all you see is red.
7. All you want is a god damn taxi!
8. But then you spot a green light somewhere in the distance.
9. This is your one chance. Haily with all you’ve got!
10. As it gets closer you can practically taste your victory.
11. But then at the very last moment it changes its light to ‘BUSY’.
12. And provokes an immediate breakdown.
13. Until, out of nowhere, a kind taxi uncle sees your despair and pulls over to rescue you from this nightmare.
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