I'm going to post the diary entry without the byline. It's better if you don't know who is writing until after reading.
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Dear Diary,
I am looking for New York’s Truly Good-Mannered Man.
Caught in a huge rainstorm, I was stumbling along getting progressively wetter and more desperate searching for a cab. Suddenly, I saw one parked outside a cafe.
Reasoning that the driver was probably inside having a warming coffee, I stationed myself in a doorway adjacent to the taxi ready to grab the driver and his cab when he emerged.
Imagine my dismay when a man walked by after I had waited for a while. He looked into the cab where the driver, unnoticed by me, was sitting and drinking coffee. They exchanged a few words, and the man proceeded to get in.
“No,” I cried, bolting from the doorway. “You cannot do this. I have been waiting and waiting.”
The man apologized and got out of the cab.
As we drove away, the driver said, “That was a truly good-mannered man.”
Indeed he was, and I would like to thank him by offering him and his significant other two tickets to “My Fair Lady” to be followed by drinks in my dressing room and a backstage tour.
All he has to do is reply with a telephone number, state what he was carrying at the time and on which street the episode took place. He can contact me through Lincoln Center Theater.
Please step forward, New York’s Truly Good-Mannered Man.
By DIANA RIGG |
