A Conversation Between a Consultant and a Taxi Driver
C: Consultant
T:Taxi Driver
T: How are you?
C: Good.
T: How long have you lived in Abu Dhabi?
C: Just half year, how about you?
T: About 7 years.
C: Wow, so long! All taxi driver?
T: Yes, how about your job?
C: I am a computer programmer, and currently assigned as a consultant.
T: Is it good?
C: Not bad. Although I am tired, I still learn a lot.
T: How about the salary?
C: It is weird, I do the same job, and four times greater when I still in my home country. How about you?
T: Also about 4 times greater in my home country.
C: Taxi driver also?
T: Yes.
C: Cool!
T: I want to become an accounting, what do you think?
C: I think it is not a bad idea. You can have an office, you can have free eat and drinks offered by the company. Not like a taxi driver, your living style will become more regular and can create a relationship with your colleagues.
C: Do you already have the skill to become an accounting?
T: No.
C: How much time you spend for learning accounting skill per day?
T: I do not spend time.
C: You are kidding! If you just make a wish, then do nothing, you will still be a taxi driver 10 years later!
T: True.
C: You should move some driving time to learn that skill, but you will lose your instant salary, that is a tradeoff depending on your choice.
T: True.
C: Another advice, you can move back to your home country to learn that skill, beacu the cost is lower than here, and you can also stay with your family and friends for a period.
T: True.
C: Other than accounting, you already have some skills.
C: You know how to speak English, thus you can become an English teacher in other countries.
T: True.
C: And you already know how to drive, you can become a private driver.
T: True.
C: And you already live here for 7 years, thus you already know a lot of attractions, thus you also can become a tourist guide.
T: True.
T: We already arrived, thank you so much.
C: I do nothing, I just talk.
