Unicorn

Shanghai taxi drivers are ranked on a scale from zero stars to five stars.  The vast majority have zero stars.

I’ve heard whispers over imported beers in dark corners of 老外 bars.  Friends of friends who are said to have glimpsed five star taxi drivers.  But I never thought I’d see one in the flesh.  They’re as rare as unicorns or, as Archer Sterling would point out, black astronauts.

This morning, a five star taxi driver took me to work.  He used his turn signal conscientiously.  I wept.