A funny story about Paul

Today is Amy’s Birthday, so I thought I would tell a funny story about the night Paul met Amy.

Paul and Amy met at a party last year in Melbourne. Paul felt like he and Amy were really hitting it off, so at the end of the night he asked her to go out for a late cup of coffee. Amy agreed.

Trouble started when they went out front to hail a cab and there were no cabs in sight. Finding a cab turned into such an ordeal that at one point Amy suggested they give up on the coffee idea. Paul, trying to salvage the situation, was persistent in arranging a cab.

The situation only worsened when the cab finally arrived. As Paul and Amy were about to get into their cab, an old woman with a walker began yelling that they were stealing her cab. Rather than simply jumping in the cab and ignoring the woman, Paul tried reasoning with her. He explained that he was not stealing it and that he had in fact arranged the cab for himself. The woman, who turned out to be senile, was either unwilling or unable to listen to reason. She ignored Paul’s attempts to be nice and began yelling obscenities at Paul, as if he were a thief stealing her handbag.

Eventually Paul asked the woman where she lived and she muttered a street name, along with some more obscenities. The street was not far away, so Paul helped the woman into the cab and explained to Amy that they would just drop the cruel old woman off, then continue on to a late-night coffee shop. At this point Paul probably thought the situation would improve, but he was wrong.

The woman’s walker would not fold and fit into the trunk of the cab. It took some doing, but Paul was able to maneuver the walker into back seat. So, off they went in the cab. Paul and Amy sat in the back, Paul with his head tilted to accommodate the bulky walker on his lap. The woman sat up front, but turned sideways in her seat so she could continue to berate Paul while they drove.

Unfortunately, the worst was still not over. When the driver asked the old woman her address she had no idea what it was. Nobody, including the old woman, could figure why she was out late at night in the city, by herself. Nonetheless, there they were. So, instead of going to coffee, Paul and Amy rode up and down the old woman’s street in the cab with her until she eventually recognized her residence. By the time they got the old woman home, it had gotten very late and Amy said she would like to go home. At this point Paul made no effort to dissuade her.

Amy must have either really liked Paul, or felt bad for his enormous cab fare, because she did make Paul a cup of coffee at home before sending him on his way. Although the evening did not go so well for Paul, he did eventually take Amy out on a proper date, and they’ve been together ever since. Sounds like a Woody Allen movie, doesn’t it?