THE ARABIAN NIGHT
The words of the tongue should have three gate-keepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary ? Arabian Proverb. Two days ago, my son and I had been to the international airport, Sahar. My wife had been to Thailand (Phuket/Bangkok and other places) with her company colleagues. We were there to receive her. The flight was delayed by almost two hours; and, finally, when they arrived at almost 12.30, we booked a prepaid cab. A colleague of my wife, whose house was on our way home, was all alone. We decided to drop her on our way. So, while placing the bags on the carrier of the cab, I told the cabbie to keep two of those bags together so that it would be easy for us to remove them when she would get off. Immediately, I saw a reaction from the cabbie. “Only one drop is allowed,” he said bluntly. “We just have to stop the taxi on our way, that’s all,” I said, “It is right on our way.” “That becomes t...