In a taxi the other day... I saw this huge cricket-type insect on the dashboard. For the first 5 minutes of the 20 minute ride, I thought it must be a mechanical toy. It was making a really repetitive chirping sound, and only seemed to be moving one leg over and over. It gave me the creeps, nonetheless.
After a few minutes, it started walking from one side of the dashboard to the other. I nearly jumped out of the moving taxi. I swear it was watching me, and getting closer and closer. It started to crawl up the edge of the window, and I could barely keep it together.
The taxi driver laughed, and told me it was for good luck. The incessant chirping didn't seem to bother him at all.
At one point, the insect fell from the dashboard onto the floor of the passenger seat. I was in the back and just kept praying it didn't crawl under the seat and into my personal, non-cricket space. Eventually, the driver just picked it up in his hand and plopped it back on the dash. And it just kept on chirping... and being kind of gross in general.
I really hope this isn't a common thing among taxi drivers.
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