A taxi driver was told to remove a cross from his dashboard because it looked phallic. This order came from a 15-year-old boy who was driving in his vehicle. He told his school and the school council complained about it to the taxi company. The 61-year-old taxi driver, who is originally from France, removed the cross because he didn’t want to cause any trouble for the taxi company. He said that being known for picking up teenagers with a phallic symbol in his car reflected him badly. He is very angry about the situation because the boy took his conclusions without asking him for further information. A meeting was arranged with York council and Clair Cook, the 29-year-old director of the cab company, she said that ‘if the cross had been dangling that could have been different because it may have been obstructing his vision but there was nothing wrong with that crucifix.’
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I think this is ridiculous because the boy should have asked the man about it first or the school should have. Now this man has a bad image because of a 15-year-old boy. This is the man’s religion and it’s being mocked by a schoolboy. I do think that when somebody sees something suspicious they should report it but this is a harsh accusation, and not even checked properly first. I also find it good manners that he already removed the cross while this incident was happening so it wouldn’t damage the band between the taxi company and the school.
Source: Metro Newspaper- Date *13-05-2011
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Haha I have also used this news item for one of my summaries, probably because we both grapped the Metro Newspaper when we were in London;)..
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I first needed to google the word 'phallic', because I had no idea what it meant. I don't know if the boy was really offended by the crucifix or if he just wanted to pick on the taxi driver, but I think it was a good of the taxi driver to remove the cross. It would only get him and his company in trouble and he probably didn't care about having a cross in his car or not. In conclusion, I agree with you again!
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