A small talk inside the taxicab
Last Tuesday, I landed in Jakarta after spending 5 days in Pekanbaru, my hometown, to celebrate CNY. From the airport, I took a cab to get home. Everything went as usual. I got a driver. He helped me to pick up my bags. I opened the door and sat in. Then, the driver started to involve me in a small convo. I was asked if I was a college student or a professional. I told him I work in a telecommunication company that provides wide-range services from VSAT to fibre optic connectivity, data centre to cloud services, and smart surveillance to data compression technology. My answer triggered him to talk about his life prior to being a taxi driver. He explained that he had previously worked in the mining industry, was stationed in a remote area of Papua for years, and was in charge of the IT department. Knowing that I work in a telecommunication company, he told me that he had experience in deploying VSAT device and activating radio wireless connectivity. Since I work in marketing division,