Unmarked taximen line the curb outside of the main hospital hawking their services. Most of them speak only a handful of English words that are most pertinent to obtaining a sale. Whenever I cross the street to enter the hospital, they yell out “Taxi!” to me in a brusque voice, in hopes of securing a sale with me.

I often cross the street several times on a call night to see floor consults between my emergency calls. With no shame, they yell out “Taxi!” and march my direction every single time I approach the cabs. Sometimes I retort in my broken Spanish, “Estoy trabajando todo al noche!”

Then I start to wonder, how come there aren’t any female cab drivers? It’s not like that it’s any different. I see female MTA bus drivers all the time? If you know the answer to that, let me know…

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