The Taxi Driver

Due to another appointment, I had to leave the seminar two hours before it ends, it was quite a waste, but USoS is definitely more important. The business will always come first. But long before I leave, the speaker introduced another pre-requisite, a virtue needed for success. He skilfully illustrated the point through a joke, with a twisted ending. Here goes:

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There was once a F1 racer in Malaysia. His skill was considered to be legendary and his passion is contagious. But he soon realised that his eyesight is failing him, due to old age. He had no choice but to withdraw from racing, it was a terrible moment for him. Even though he was offered a coach position, the thought of watching other people race while he is unable to do so for the rest of his life is simply too much to bear. He decided to leave the community of F1 racing.

The thrill of racing never stops running in his blood. So he took up the job closest to being a F1 racer, a taxi driver! Despite his failing eyesight, he is perfectly capable of handling the cab with finesses. From the moment he sat on the driver’s seat, he started to manoeuvre the cab like he used to do so. Even while passengers are onboard, he cut corners at 80, braked late and drove with fervour unlike anyone before.

One day, a priest flagged down his cab. This priest is the exact opposite of him. He’s a believer of God and enjoy a slow pace of life. The taxi driver sped through the streets and dived between traffic. Finally, his sight gave up and he crashed his cab. Both the driver and the priest were sent to meet the Maker.

Before the Maker, the driver was allowed into heaven while the priest was sent to hell. He argued, “I preached the gospels day and nights all my life, abide to your Words and all I get is eternal suffering!? The reckless driver gave no regards to his passengers’ lives and killed me in the most humiliating of ways and he gets to bask in your glory forever?!?! This is not right!!!”

God replies, “I understand that you have been serving me loyally since your baptism, but your long and monotonous sermon has bored my followers and they are less appreciative of me. Secondly, your life is as clean as a white sheet. You have live a life without passions and wasted my gift to you, the gift of Life. On these two accounts, I am sending you to Hell. On the other hand, the driver lives his life to the fullest every single day, even till the last moment. For his passion, he is granted to Heaven. Besides that, he made every passengers praise my name with all their might. During their ride, all of them shouted, ‘OH MY GODDD!!!!!!’”