Speculative Fiction by Carin Marais
Some of you may already know that I’m a contributor to the website The Mighty, a site dedicated to rare, chronic and mental illness. Well, the good news is that they’ve accepted and published another of my articles!
Yeah … no, actually not
The article is titled: “When Taxi Drivers Think I Should Be Walking” and is a look at how (some) drivers’ prejudiced opinions can sometimes play a part in making you feel about a millimeter tall.
My thoughts on this really started after a few times I’ve actually been asked or told that I’m lazy for taking a taxi/ride share* for a short distance. Spoiler: When you’re in a lot of pain, not walking is awesome.
My writer’s page
Here’s a link to my writer’s page and the other articles I’ve written for The Mighty thus far.
* I don’t know about other places, but here we refer to Uber, Taxify, etc. as taxis as well and not “ride share services”. I actually don’t know if anyone but the companies themselves use the term…