Driving a taxi isn't always about taking passengers from one place to another. Over the years, Abraxi Taxi has received some unusual requests, including customers asking us to pick up something they needed and bring it to them.
One longtime customer, Mr. Calloway, occasionally called us for deliveries.
One day his request was a little different.
He wanted a Powerball lottery ticket.
We picked it up and delivered it, just as we would any other small errand. Nothing particularly exciting about that—or so we thought.
Weeks went by.
Then Abraxi Taxi received a nice check in the mail accompanied by a very short note:
“I won.”
Apparently, Mr. Calloway's taxi-delivered lottery ticket had been a winner.
Good luck, Mr. Calloway. We were delighted for you, although there was one downside for Abraxi Taxi:
We lost a regular customer.
That's the taxi business. You spend enough years driving around St. Augustine and eventually you become a small part of people's lives—and occasionally their winning lottery story.
Abraxi Taxiom: Sometimes the best fare is the one that gets lucky.
