A Well-Deserved Salute

Just like most peace-loving Cairenes,  I tend to overpay for my cab trip across town, to avoid the inevitable profanity in case the fare was not good enough in the eyes of the receiving party!  So my daily cab fare from my house, Shooting Club, to the office, Moustafa Mahmoud square, I pay L.E. 5, quite a high price for a trip literally down the street, but good old Cairo cab drivers taught us to think otherwise.  Note that I go back home on foot, approximately a 15-minute walk!
Well, a couple of weeks back, the cabbie from my morning ride wanted to give me back my change!!! I was in total shock when he insisted, so I actually fought back for him to take it (better him than the greedy ones, I thought).  I believed this was once in a life time incident and I didn't think twice.  Surprise! Surprise! Just this morning a totally different cabbie did the same thing.
Well, at least this gave me some hope that there are still decent people living and struggling to make it in our beloved country.
I salute you and pray that I would meet more of you daily.  Dear cabbie, you really made my day (c: