And the Good News Is; Examples to Counteract the Prevailing Stereotypes; Installment 2

(Before I say the good news, a little background if you are not from, or have never been to, South Africa.  The majority of people here in Johannesburg do not own cars and therefore do their daily commutes and travel by taxi.  Not the single passenger taxi, but the van type of taxi that picks up and deposits its passengers all along its route often blocking the cars behind which causes some inconvenience and irritation - which those of us who are fortunate enough to have cars should just get over.  But taxi drivers in this country also have a reputation for rude, reckless, dangerous, and discourteous driving and this reputation is not just invented.)

So my drive to deliver Alexander in the morning is a bit convoluted.    I wag through the backstreets of Craighall Park to avoid the Bompas back-up, do a little left jig onto the hyper trafficy Jan Smuts for one block, and then scoot over onto the backstreets of Dunkeld, taking me to hyper trafficy Oxford where I need to do a little left jag before turning into Alexander's school.  These little jigs and jags onto Jan Smuts and Oxford always require the kindness of strangers to let me in or else I would need to sit there and wait till rush hour is over to get Alexander to school.   Not often, but occasionally, it is a taxi driver who kindly waves me in front of him.  As a way of give-back thanks, I try as often as possible to extend the same courtesy to taxis, hoping in some small way, in my own little world, to grow this practice of mutual consideration.