My Private Chauffeur........

Ever thought how convenient it would be to teach English to a taxi driver???  Yesterday, while riding in a taxi, the taxi driver started asking the usual standard questions taxi drivers ask foreigners, or rather the questions I always encounter.  First they laugh at the broken Arabic I use to tell them where I want to go.  Then they ask the usual questions:  You're not Egyptian right?, Where do you come from? Do you live in Alexandria? Are you married?  Are your parents here?  What are you doing in Alexandria? etc etc.

This taxi driver funnily enough got very excited when I told him 'Ana Mudaressa tal-Inglizi' which as far as I'm aware of means I am an English teacher.  His sister and him wanted to learn English and he was asking me if could give him and his sister English classes, and how much would I cost etc.  At that point in time I was getting a bit scared!!! A weird taxi driver wanting classes from me!!!! Ahhh and he also knows where I live!!!!  I obviously told him no, cause where I work does not allow me to give lessons....

But I'm actually thinking about it now....... wouldn't it be great to teach a taxi driver in return for rides to different places????  I would teach him English and he would be my private chauffer to work.................  I wonder if I'll encounter him again........... but thinking about it, although I've been in Alex for 6months and have taken on average 2 taxis a day, I don't think I have ever encountered d same driver....... so there goes my dream of a private chauffer!!!!!