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These shared taxi are a great place for chitchats. Many people believe that our secret police has many of these taxi to know about peoples opinions. It seems to be true as people always start to talk about politics, economy and everyday issues in these taxis. They are a great place for this chats because you are 5 persons in the car (driver, 1 in front and 3 in back) with diverse ideas and you don't know each other (so you have privacy) and you are going to leave each other in some minutes and are not going to see each other again.
There are also closed door taxi or call taxis. These ones will go anywhere you say and you will be their only passenger but will costs around 3 euros.
And one last point before returning back to the main issue; There are many cars which are not official taxis but work as taxis in the city. These are normal cars, with the functionality of the taxis. We can recognize them from their older models and their open windows (because they want to hear people telling the destination), just like this one:
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I use two of these shared taxis to go to my job everyday. Today I reached to the second station of these shared taxis but instead of the taxis I saw a police officer with a colt and two soldiers with the machine guns, shouting: do not stop ! move! . It was a bit strange but before I could think about it a cold blooded taxi came and stopped there, the officer was shouting to make him to leave but the driver was a calm old man who just stayed there while me and other 3 persons was getting into the car.
We were 5 people in the car. Driver: and old man. Front passenger: an old woman. In the back: me, a young girl around 20 and a boy with same age. We found out that somebody has stolen a "Do not stop" sign and the police believes this is the act of taxi drivers. The drivers started:
driver- These polices are silly ! There were no "do not stop" sign here ever.
old woman- Oh come on! there was a "do not stop" sign here.
driver- No there was not! And we are paying these polices 100'000 a month to be able to work here (they are not official taxis and has to pay bribes) and from know on they are going to ask us more money! They are going to put a "no stop" sign here and ask us more money to be able to stop here.
me- Are those polices ?! The have to defend our rights but ...
young girl- Our rights ? we do not have any rights in this country.
young man [has just finished his talk with his cell phone]- Don't be worry. In a few weeks the security council of the UN will decide about these guys and soon we will get rid of them.
young woman- No... we are not going to be free. These people are going to rule for 400 years!
young man- You are pessimistic. I have spend all my 21 years with these rules but I think it's my time at last. I love to live with freedom and I want to enjoy my life.
driver- These polices are the worst of the tyrants.
old woman- Maybe. but you only have been encountered with these ones. Tyranny is the method of their ruling.
young man- oh.. but It will be finished soon. In a few weeks these tyrants should leave the government.
driver- Yes.. and there will be no "do not stop" sign anymore :D
We are at the destination now. Everybody says goodbye. I mention that if we want a change, WE should make it. Most of them agree. The driver says "We did a revolution 30 years ago and the KING left the country but these people became the new KINGS, yes! WE have to change".
