Just a tap on the shoulder…

A passenger in a taxi leaned over to ask the driver a question and

gently tapped him of the shoulder to get his attention. 

The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over the

curb and stopped just inches from a large plate-glass window.

For a few moments everything was silent in the cab. Then, the

shaking driver said "are you OK? I'm so sorry, but you scared the

daylights out of me…"

The badly shaken passenger apologized to the driver and said "I

didn't realize that a mere tap on the shoulder would startle someone

so badly."

The driver replied, "No, no, I'm the one who is sorry, it's

entirely my fault, today is my very first day driving a cab. I've

been driving a hearse for 25 years…"

Thanks to Jolly