Call him back
Este es otro de mis textos encontrado entre borradores antiguos. Su fecha real es 7 de Septiembre de 2014.
I was waiting for a cab, I had booked it a couple hours ago. I had been partying almost all the night so I was tired and wanted to arrive home as soon as possible. It was the agreed time, so the cab was going to appear at one time or another, it had to. However the cab that approached me was not from the company I had talked with. The cab driver asked me where I went and how much the cab that was waiting for would charge me. "28 euros" I said. Then he calculated mentally for a bit and decided to charge me 25 euros if I went with him at that moment. I told him that I was sorry but I had already booked another cab from another company.
"Call him back", he said to me. "What?!, no!", I answered. "Why?!", he asked, and repeated "call him back!" while smirking. I smiled back and said "Nah, you know, I'm one of those people that...", and emitted a bunch of unintelligible sounds because I wanted to say something like "I'm one of those people that keep their word", but my spoken English does not reach that level. However he caught the idea, smiled again, and passed me his business card before going away. Then I had to continue waiting, fuck!
I have had other similar conversations lately. When I moved away and was looking for a flat to rent. Some people wondered why I announced to the owners that I moved with a cat. It complicated to find a good deal, because I could have said nothing and when moving to have brought the cat with me. The same when I decided to lower my wage.
You have to lose sometimes if you want to make a change.