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5:24 PM, Mon November 2, 2020. My name is Gideon, I am 64 y.o. and my profession is a taxi driver. It seems that my life is a boring routine, but it is not entirely true.

Another passenger I have picked up at the airport. He is a middle-aged man, seemingly working in a large firm. He wears an expensive suit. Perhaps, he is just an office worker, or maybe a company director. This is what I want to find out now.  

- Hello. Can I give you a ride?

- Hello. Yes, please, - answered the passenger.

- You can get in the back seat, sir.

- Well, you are a taxi driver, I'm not wrong? – it was doubt in the passenger's voice.

- That's right, I am a taxi driver. By the way, may I ask your name?

- My name is Isaac.

- Oh, wonderful name. Probably, it took a long time to find such a beautiful and rare one, - I mentioned with admiration.

- Yeah, my parents did their best to choose my name. They did not know the soul in me since my childhood. Especially my mother, who did everything for me. I'll have to visit them sometime. Unfortunately, I have a lot of work, - there was regret and remorse in Isaac’s voice.

- Oh, I think you really have great parents. I think everybody would envy such a family. And, who do you work for, if it is not a secret?

- Hah, it's certainly not a secret. I am CFO at HSBC Holdings. Quite a big post, isn’t it?

- Wow, you are a biggie in financial circles. Do you mind that I speak to you in such a free manner?

- Of course, not. We are all ordinary people. For what do we need all these privileges? I don't like it.

- You look so young and you think so wisely. How old are you?

- I'm only 32. In two weeks I should turn 33.

- Oh, how young you are. Where are you coming from?

- From the airport. I was supposed to fly on an important business trip, but it looks like the flight was canceled. I have to wait for tomorrow evening. I didn't fully understand what have happened.

-Oh, really? What a pity. Where are we going next?

- Oh, I completely started talking to you and forgot to name the address. Now I'll look out the window and tell you where to go .... Wa .. Wait. Where are we? This is not like London ... Everything is so strange. What's happening?