The Soul of a Pedicab Driver

What a lovely article. There's a strong correlation between the energy you put out into the world and what you get back.

I often think that as I end up confirming a grumpy/aggressive person's expectation I'll be a bad customer, or confirming a kind/present persons's expectation I'll be a good one

I need to learn a similar lesson. My team lead isn't used to being questioned, and when I tried to correct him in a meeting it resulted in a big argument. I realized that I did so partly because I wanted to demonstrate my own knowledge. We were both being egotistical. Certainly he could have handled it better, but I could have avoided the problem entirely by finding a more tactful framing rather than correcting him publicly.

I guess the generalized version is "it's easier to get what you want through compromise and avoiding conflict." Or just, "you catch more flies with honey than vinegar."

Slightly related to the article. I have a personal cargo bike. The most fun that I have with it is giving friends a ride home from a party. People instantly start giggling and laughing. It's goofy, you get stares and people curious

So happy to see sheldonbrown.com is still up. So much valuable information there.

I must be unenlightened because this job would make me quite misanthropic. Even sitting in a doctors waiting room gives me that feeling.

What a great site design. Easy to read, simple layout almost comforting.

That's quite the story. I have a family member that spent some time on a taxi and the stories are much the same. Assholes aplenty.

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Quite different than the scam pedicabs that operate in US cities now.