Joanne woke up late. She hurriedly prepared for work. That was of course her first day at work...her new place of work. She does not need to be late, at least for the first day at work. In a matter of minutes she was done and went straight to the bus terminal to board a cab to her new place of work.
Luckily for her there were other people already at the terminal waiting for the next available cab. She joined the cue and soon a cab appeared and she boarded it with others.
The journey was about thirty minutes. There was less traffic towards that direction. Idt was as if the heavens heard her silent prayers. She does not need to begin on a wrong note!
Few minutes later she got to her destination. She alighted and opened her hand bag 🛍️ 💰 to pay for the fare. Surprisingly there were no notes in there. She was alarmed. She thought that she had earlier slipped in some cash there to take care of her day's expenses. She searched briskly for even if it's a note but nothing was there! She was only able to lay hands on a silver coin. The cab driver was waiting patiently for her to fetch the money and pay. That's quite unlike most drivers. This one must be a gentleman indeed. He kept his cool throughout the period of that fruitless search.
However, other passengers were becoming impatient and started making cynical remarks about e Joanne. She felt sorry for herself. She knows that she had some crips of notes that morning which she thought she had slipped into her hand bag and dropped same in the bag. Time was fast ticking away for her to resume her work. Finally she gave up searching and threw a begging look at the cab driver who merely stretched forth his hands as if he was about to collect the non-existent fare from Joanne.
Fed up with the melodrama, a kind-hearted passenger simply tapped on the driver and gave him a sign to drive off. The driver turned and gave him a look and the passenger nodded in approval. The driver looked at Joanne and slowly drove off.
