Talk Radio

I hate talk radio. I never listen to it. However, it seems that all the taxi drivers like to listen to it all day. (I'm not sure if I'd rather listen to the same 10 songs all day or annoying talk radio. Here's where a cord to play your iPod in the car would be key.) The other day I was in a taxi on the way to the airport. It was about 8:30am so the traffic was terrible and it was raining. Meanwhile, there was annoying talk radio going on in the background. Everyone was calling in giving their opinions about what to do about the pirates who captured the oil tanker and were demanding a ransom. First of all, I don't care. Secondly, they were calling in with some pretty ridiculous ideas and then fighting about them.

I'm afraid the British tact is rubbing off on me, though. After about 40 minutes the driver said, "Oh, I'm sorry. I should have asked if it was okay if I had the radio on." Despite the fact that I'd been fuming in my head for the last 15 minutes or so I said, "Oh yeah, that's fine." Avoiding confrontation and not wanting to bother others: typical British.