The Rental Car - Part 2

"YOU THINK YOU'RE SOOOOO BLOODY SMART, DONT YOU!!!" Haruna shouted at me.

Oh Jesus Christ ... I thought to myself.

"你就想讓大家感覺我是個白痴對不對ㄚ！[You really like letting EVERYONE know I'm just an IDIOT, right??]" she shouted at me.

The Budget bus pulls up... and not a moment too soon. I then got on the bus.

"鍾XX！！你真的是一個人嗎ㄚ？？ 我是個女生有行李站在這裡ㄝ！！！[JOHN. ARE YOU _REALLY_ A HUMAN BEING???? I AM A WOMAN STANDING HERE WITH LUGGAGE!!!]" she hissed at me.

I walked down the bus and picked her luggage, then loaded it on the bus rack. She then walks up and sits next to me.

"你真的太離譜了!!我下次見到了你的老婆我要罵死他了ㄝ[YOU REALLY ARE AMAZING. THE NEXT TIME I SEE YUMI I AM GOING TO YELL AT HER"]

OH great, that will be just LOVELY. Please shoot me now.... I said to myself.

As we sit down. We noticed the bus is still parked at the stop. Haruna walked to the shuttle driver. She then asked how will it be before we depart for the rental counter.

"Around 15 minutes." the driver replied.

Haruna pauses for a second and started to return. But she suddenly pulled the band tying her long hair off and lets it down, then turns around and walked back towards the driver.

So I guess she's going to try to flirt with the guy to get him to take us to the counter early.

"Hi again!" said Haruna as she shakes her hair open from the band. "I'm so sorry. My friend and I just came in on a long flight from Taiwan, and we're both exhausted. Is it possible you could drop us off first? You would be a darling (pronounced DAWLING in her UK accent) and lifesaver."

Well, that's not entirely true. I didn't fly in from Taiwan, but oh well.

"So you just flew in from Taiwan?" asked the driver.

"Yes." replied Haruna. "That's right!"

"... and THAT'S MY PROBLEM BECAUSE?" asked the driver sarcastically.

There's a look of shock on Haruna's face.

"... well, it's not your problem but I thought you could maybe just help us since there's no one else getting on the bus right now." said Haruna.

"Look lady, I'm sorry but I can't do that. If I took you, then other people would expect the same thing. You'll just have to wait." replied the driver.

Haruna walked back and sat next to me in shock. It was clearly not her day.

"I'm sorry." I replied.

Now Haruna is one of those girls that's pretty used to getting her way in almost any situation. I think the fact that this guy totally said no to her sort of came as a surprise.

"他是不是GAY啊[Is he gay?]" asked Haruna.

The driver, unfortunately, heard her.

"I am not gay." replied the driver. "I just don't happen to like Taiwanese women."

Haruna looks up at the driver with fury. She gets up and then storms back to the front.

"That is an extremely horrible and discriminating point-on-view. I am utterly revolted by that comment in which..." shouted Haruna.

"... Look lady, I was married to a Taiwanese woman before... " interrupted the driver.

"OH THAT'S JUST LOVELY!!! SO FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH ONE WOMAN, YOU'VE CONDEMNED ALL TAIWANESE TO THE SAME..."

"I AM NOT CONDEMNING ALL TAIWANESE WOMEN .. "

"ALL RIGHT!! ALL RIGHT!!" shouted Haruna. "SO TELL ME ONE SIMPLE THING..."

"WHAT?" shouted the driver back at Haruna.

"WHAT DO YOU HAVE AGAINST TAIWANESE WOMEN????" asked Haruna angrily.

The driver (who was a white guy), to both our shock, replied in Chinese.

"因為她們脾氣太可怕了然後會突然開始罵人。。。[BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL BAD-TEMPERED AND WILL RANDOMLY START SHOUTING AT PEOPLE]"...