Just a Tap on the Shoulder
A passenger in a hired limousine leaned over to ask the driver for
the time and gently tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention. The
driver shrieked, lost control of the vehicle, nearly hit a bus, drove up
over the curb and stopped just inches from a plate glass window.
For a few moments everything was silent in the limousine. Then the
still shaking driver said, "Are you OK? I'm so sorry, but you scared the
daylights out of me."
The badly shaken passenger apologized to the driver and said he
didn't realize that a mere tap on the shoulder would startle the driver so
badly.
The driver replied, "No, no. I'm the one who is sorry. It's entirely
my fault. Today is my very first day driving a limo. I've been driving a
hearse for the past 25 years."