A woman in Havana was surprised this Thursday when a taxi driver charged her less than usual, a gesture that is uncommon amid an intensified crisis and rampant inflation.
"Not everyone is the same," wrote journalist Daily Pérez Guillén on Facebook after recounting her experience with the driver.
"Some people, even amidst rampant inflation, attempt to serve without taking advantage, which may seem like a semantic absurdity, but it isn't," said the young woman, acknowledging that the current regime's policies have forced transport providers to impose inhumane rates as their only means of survival.
The girl pointed out that the taxi driver charged his customers less than usual, with varying amounts depending on the distance. "It's like there's no need to lose all hope," she emphasized.
Pérez mentioned that even his seatmate "thought the driver had given him too much change and was going to return it," which undoubtedly reflects the grim situation in the nation, where kindness, amidst such misery and unresolved issues by the government, is the exception.
"I met two decent people today. That's how one walks through Havana with better energy," the young woman said hopefully.
However, another Cuban alerted about the lack of compassion from a taxi driver working for a state agency who refused to take her 78-year-old mother from Miguel Henríquez Hospital to their home due to a shortage of 100 pesos.
The woman said that the price he had set for the ride was 600 pesos, but after leaving a medical appointment, she realized that she was missing 100 pesos.
He pointed out that the man did not take into account that his mother was walking with difficulty, relying on a cane.
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