The taxi driver was a man in his late thirties. He picked me up and 1 me to my place. I usually like to have brief 2 with people no matter where I come upon them and this situation was no 3 .
I started by asking him how 4 was. He told me briefly that his business was just 5 but the cost of gas was really hurting his 6 line. We then got around to 7 the job environment. He told me that he had difficulty getting another type of work because of his 8 . "I used to be a con(罪犯)," he said 9 "People look at my record and then I"m 10 , but you know I"ve turned my life around and have been 11 for several years. You don"t seem to be at all 12 that you are riding with a con" As we parked at my place, I thought about my 13 for a few seconds. "It is never easy to start a new 14 ," I said, "but I"m glad you are starting. If you don"t want to drive taxi for the 15 of your life, then you can move 16 to some other job you may be 17 ."
The driver seemed to be quite 18 as he took my money. "What you said to me makes a lot of 19 ," he said. "I will remember your 20 and that you were real easy to talk with—I hope to see you again."