INDIANAPOLIS – Picking up local man Adrian Welles Thursday, experienced cab driver Eric McNichol professed to know this one shortcut that would get his passenger to the center of Indianapolis in around 2 to 45 minutes.
Welles’ suggestion that “we just take the normal route” was evidently lost on McNichol, who insisted that “I’m just going to take a slight detour down St. Clair,” which would have apparently transported the 29-year-old to his intended location in the time it takes to “microwave a bowl of soup or – at the very least – cook a turkey.”
“Oh, I’ll get you there in the blink of an eye,” said McNichol, despite his passenger’s half-hearted protests. “So long as the traffic isn’t backed up all the way – which could set us back as much as an hour – then we should get you to your destination in a couple of minutes.”
“I mean, admittedly, it could be a lot longer with this being rush hour, but I’ve got a good feeling about it today,” he continued. “Well, there’s only one way to find out, I guess.”