Driving A Cab
The effects of driving a cab can vary greatly. Meeting different kinds of people is a major factor when driving a cab. Being confined as a driver of a can effect health conditions. Car trouble can be a problem if the car is not taken care of properly. Violence can be the consequence of picking up the wrong kind of person. Lucky Miller is a 24 years old, part-time cab driver who explains how driving a cab has many different effects his life and health.
"Interesting, live and colorful people," as Lucky would say, ride in his cab; as a result Lucky meets many of them. One woman he picked up claimed her countrymen were being held captive on the O'Hare landing strip, and she would like to go there. He thought she was sort of wacky and knew she wouldn't stay in the cab. He told her he could only take her as far as the terminal gate. "That's not good enough," she told Lucky as she hoped out. Lucky often drives businessman to work, he discovered that they do not like to talk that much, it disturbs them. They are usually involved with their policies or whatever they are trying to work on or sell. Younger females do not like to engage in talk either. Lucky thinks they have a fear, which is not talking to strange men. As a result of this, Lucky does not start conversations very often, he waits for his passengers to initiate anything.
Violence is a problem that always lurks in the back of a cab driver's mind. Since a driver can not fully tell if a person is good or bad, they are never quite sure whom to pick up. One time Lucky picked up a man, who was wearing a nice shirt and slacks, who did not look like a threat at all. They had an amiable conversation the whole trip. The man started talking to Lucky, therefore he did not think anything of the conversation. When they reached their destination, the man pulled a gun on Lucky, and said "give me your money or I'll kill you." This was an eye opener for Lucky, which changed his attitude about whom he would or would not pick up.
Dave Barry’s “Road Warrior” is a humorous essay that discusses different types of “rages” that exists on a daily basis in American life. Barry begins by discussing road rage then goes into parking lot rage, and shopping cart rage. He explains that these rages are unnecessary, and how they just create violence in the world today. While Barry was writing this article he was living in Miami, Florida discussing the problems of road rage in the city. If anyone has ever felt road rage, or any kind of rage this is for you.
Smooth Talk is a movie about a 15-year-old girl named, Connie. She was known to be a very beautiful, but wild. Connie and her friends went out almost every weekend to the mall to meet boys and go shopping. The Connie outside of her home was very different from the Connie inside her house. She dressed, talked, and acted differently when she was with her family. It was only because of the relationship she had with them, especially her mother. Because she was such a pretty girl, her mother resented her. She didn’t like the way she paid so much attention to herself. When she looked in the mirror, she stared. She admired her looks and the way she put her clothes together. Its safe to say that Connie was self- centered and naÏve.
In “Virgo” the protagonist, Trent, has trouble with his social skills. For example, his girlfriend kicks him out of their apartment because his mannerisms were “like living with a
The Roles of Anger, Behavioral Consequences, Violation Severity, and Social Distance” states “A survey among passengers showed that they tended to believe that the more severe violation should be more strongly reprimanded” (Eriksson). So even after Victor has quite literally played God and left a trail of bodies in the wake of his decisions, it is surprising that not a single person speaks out against him. If no one ever told him that what he was doing was wrong, then he would never learn from his mistakes. Victor continually breaks these social norms because no one ever tells him he shouldn’t.
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My car slows as it approaches a stoplight. I take this opportunity to allow my mind to become engulfed with my surroundings: the bright fierce red of the traffic light, the brilliant blue sky with its specs clouds, and the mass of hurried people. The four corners of the intersection are filled with people who are preoccupied with their fast-paced lives to notice the little things, such as animals and anxious cars awaiting the traffic light. My thoughts vigorously put all of the information that my mind has gathered from the intersection to order.
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Effects of Drinking and Driving I’ve never seen drinking and driving on a daily planner or heard anyone say I think I’ll get a DUI today. I have heard people say “it’s my life, and if I want to drink and drive I will”. Well, it’s not just your life that is affected by the results of drinking and driving. When you make that choice to drink and drive you are taking the lives of family, friends, and strangers into your hands. You don’t have to get into an accident and kill somebody for the results to destroy you or someone else’s life. Drinking and driving can be the cause of many traumatic life changing events.
Medial Epicondylitis occur in the forearm, on the inside of your elbow. Medial epicondylitis is when the inner forearm muscles (called the forearm flexors) are overused by activities dealing with wrist movement. When these tendons that attach to the medial epicondyle (bony tip on elbow) are swollen it causes medial epicondylitis. This injury can also be referred to as “Golfers Elbow” because it is more common in golfers. The injury can happen in any activity, but affects the most dominant arm.
Hinge joints are formed between two or more bones where the bones can only move along one axis to flex or extend. One of the simple hinge joints in the body is the interphalangeal joints which are between the phalanges of the fingers and toes. In these hinge joints, the bones are able to flex to decrease the angle between them and extend to increase their angle to 180 degrees when holding the foot or hand flat. Little body weight and mechanical force are exerted. They are made up of simple synovial joint material with little accessory ligaments for reinforcement. Each bone is capped with a thin layer of a smooth hyaline cartilage to reduce friction in the joint and to absorb the shock of the joint being compressed. The bones are surrounded by a capsule of fibrous connective tissue lined with synovial membrane. The joint capsule at these joints forms the knuckle that is visible through the skin that covers
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In the next few sessions Dr.Yalom finds Betties endless chatter about her life extremely unmoving. Dr.Yalom describes their talks as, “cocktail chatter” with no real substa...
The League of Nations seemed doomed from the start, by not having the USA at their side; they faced military problems. Likewise, due to the First World War, France and Britain were the only two major powers in the league. In addition, these two powers were depleted both financially and in military power, hence unable to enforce their orders. Furthermore, the failures of the league began from its own covenant. Out of all twenty-six articles in the league’s convent, Article 11 gambled with the league’s status as a peace preserving organisation. Article 11 stated “Any war or threat of war, whether immediately affecting any of the Members of the League or not, is hereby declared a matter of concern to the whole League, and the League shall take any action that may be deemed wise and effectual to safeguard the peace of nations.” (CITE) This gambled with the status of the league. For instance, if a war broke out between two nations, and the victor won, this was directly viewed as a failure on behave of the league. In addition, this deemed true in the following three years after the league has been founded; during the Polish-Lithuanian crises (1920), the invasion of Poland over Russia (1920-21), the invasion of Ruhr in (1923), and the Italian-Albanian crises.
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