taxi driver you may smell unsettling and your belly might be closer to the wheel than your knees but for the next ten minutes I am going to tell you stories that I ordinarily wouldn't tell some of my closest friends when I pay, bidding you farewell, I will tip you and tomorrow I will remember that your smell and obesity didn't keep you from appreciating a decent conversation with a stranger and that only I was paying attention to the smell and your obesity which makes you better than me