Arnon Grunberg

Silence

Stress

The driver who drove me to JFK used Waze, which is in my experience slightly better than Google Maps but of course this may be an illusion.
After half an hour I noticed that the driver was ignoring Waze. I asked politely for an explanation.
He mumbled: "I don't know, traffic is bad. This is New York. Tell your girlfriend to come and live here, then you don't have to go to the airport anymore."
I answered: "I have other reasons to go to Europe as well. And with all respect, I pay you to drive me to JFK, I didn't ask you for marital advice."
Then he answered: "You don't know how stressful it is to be a driver in New York City. It's the worst."
He decided to call his wife and I decided to be silent.
After his phone call the driver showed me a picture of his wife though.

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