I then raise my hand and a clean taxi driven by a person who keeps their mouth shut drives me to the office, with great care and consideration of the other drivers around us.



I hand over my Amex and it is run through a tamper-proof reader on the top of the meter. As I prepare to open the door, using the handle that was cleaned with antiseptic earlier, my cabby dispenses some words via a philosopher from his homeland:

"Just being born gives you a ticket to humanity that makes us ALL equal. Despite differences in socio-economics, we all have the same rights to live our lives."

I smile at him and realize that I can make $100,000 by harnessing that first line to an ad campaign that I am working on for shoddily made jeans.