On Polygamy, Uber and Romance
A dialogue comprising all of the regular elements of a conversation with an Uber/taxi driver. Those elements are: Saudi Arabian customers, alleged low life women shocking the supposedly high moral standards of the drivers, polygamy, complaining wives and the hardship of driving in Cairo:
"You know, one day, I was driving this Saudi Arabian woman to City Stars Mall, and I felt something under my arm. I turned around and found that she had put her feet up and was resting one foot on the partition between the two front seats. I told her, Madame please put your feet back where they belong. She did that. A few minutes later, I felt her foot again. I told her to stop, she said no, she wanted to feel the airconditionning between her toes. I told her to get out. She said that as she paid me she should have all rights, but I didn't stand for it.
-I'm so sorry you went through that, it must have been so humiliating. It's good that you stood up for yourself.
-You know Ostaza, this job, Uber, has been awful. All day long it's nonstop problems.
-Yes I can imagine, all the pollution and noise, and traffic jams.
-Not only that Ostaza, but also the clients. All the low life women I get, who change clothes in car, all the people who fight with me for no reason, the arguing, the nonsense. You know, at first I was happily married, I used to go home and I was happy to see my wife. But then with Uber I couldn't stand all the problems and screaming children. I wanted to come home to piece and quiet but the moment i'd walk through the door i'd have to deal with requests and complaints. She would ask for money because my youngest was vomitting or sick or because the water heater broke. I wasn't getting any attention. But Uber gave me extra income, so I married again, and now I have two wives and have to drive my Uber even more".