Tap on the shoulder

email from JKS Weerasekera  Just a tap on the  shoulder...  A passenger in a taxi leaned over to ask the driver a question and gently tapped him of the  shoulder to get his attention.

The driver screamed, lost  control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over the curb and stopped just inches from a large plate window.             

For a few moments everything was silent in the cab.     

Then, the shaking  driver said "are you OK?  I'm so sorry, but you scared  the daylights out of me..."            

The badly shaken  passenger apologized to the driver and said "I didn't realize that a mere tap on the shoulder would Startle someone so badly."             

The driver  replied, "No, no, I'm the one who is sorry, it's entirely my fault, today  is my very first day driving a cab.  I've been driving a  hearse for 25 years..."