As I waited for my luggage at the Baggage Claim in Columbia, I noticed a gentleman talking on his cell phone with a lady standing listening to his conversation. They were on the other side of the carousel and both looked like Indians but I was concentrating on identifying my bag and didn't talk to them.
At the taxi stand I saw the man talking to a taxi driver, but he approached me and asked if I knew where Forest Drive was. I said I did and turned to give the taxi driver directions.
The man said he had a rented car and was trying to find the Extended Stay to drop off the lady. Her son was graduating from Fort Jackson, he said, she had flown in from Guatemala, no one had come to pick her up and her cell phone did not work. And, he added, she knew very little English!
He had actually flown in from California and was on his way to Orangeburg. He had seen the lady waiting and had helped her - first calling around to find a place for her to stay and then going out of his way literally to drop her.
So... I got in the car with them, we dropped her off at the Extended Stay and he dropped me home.
Did I mention that it was past midnight and he had another hour of driving to do?
At the taxi stand I saw the man talking to a taxi driver, but he approached me and asked if I knew where Forest Drive was. I said I did and turned to give the taxi driver directions.
The man said he had a rented car and was trying to find the Extended Stay to drop off the lady. Her son was graduating from Fort Jackson, he said, she had flown in from Guatemala, no one had come to pick her up and her cell phone did not work. And, he added, she knew very little English!
He had actually flown in from California and was on his way to Orangeburg. He had seen the lady waiting and had helped her - first calling around to find a place for her to stay and then going out of his way literally to drop her.
So... I got in the car with them, we dropped her off at the Extended Stay and he dropped me home.
Did I mention that it was past midnight and he had another hour of driving to do?
