Until last night, I was fully prepared to write a scintillating opinion piece about the most addicting and entertaining show on television. I was going to explain in great detail how uncannily rewarding and amusing it is to see couples cheat on each other and break up on national television in an article entitled "Temptation Island rocks my socks." But something happened last night that really dampened the joy I was feeling in anticipation of sharing my love of Ti2 with all of you.
Last night, some jackass BWI Airport cabbie tried to seriously rip me off. Three young Hopkins ladies and I rode from the airport to Wolman and the dude tried to double charge us. Actually, he was going to charge me $21 dollars of a $27 dollar fare because I was getting the "discount" while the girls would split another charge of $21 dollars. So basically, the stupid tool was charging $42 for $27 worth of work and effectively triple charging me with his generous discount.
Luckily my ride mates also saw that I was getting screwed and that the cabbie was a total jerk off and so, instead of paying the $21 I supposedly owed the guy (who, by the way, could have used the money to buy some soap), the girls and I argued with the fat jerk in front of Wolman for 20 minutes, swearing our heads off - the girls and I cursing in English and the cabbie yelling in Craplani or something.
Not to mention that before all of this, it took 40 minutes to get a cab and an hour and a half to get my bags before that! How is a guy supposed to entertain you with his thoughts on the classiest and most intellectual show on television after going through such an ordeal?
As Mark Wahlberg (no relation to the Funky Bunch of that I am aware), the host of Ti2, says, I had to make a choice. Ti2 (and the incident last night) have taught me a few things. Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, whether you're getting drunk with 20 single girls or arguing over a fare with a smelly cabbie, you say or do things out of character. Maybe you kiss somebody who's not your girlfriend, maybe you kiss two girls, maybe you do a lot more than kiss or maybe you tell some S.O.B. mo-fo cabbie to "[expletive] off."
The point is, I'm sure that when Edmundo isn't surrounded by 20 single girls and totally liquored up, there's no way he ever would have gotten on that ugly chick. And likewise, if that bastard wasn't trying to literally steal my money by not giving me change, I probably wouldn't have lost my voice yelling at the stupid schmuck.
When you really look at it, we all live in a Temptation Island of sorts. True, although the show really takes place on a Costa Rican peninsula, there is much to be learned from FOX's epic series about love and relationships. Passions and tempers will flare when we are put in awkward and unfamiliar situations. I still think Edmundo is the man despite his mistakes. I mean, the cute blond likes him, the hot chick with the big, umm, lips like him and his girlfriend is hot.
Let's just hope that the next time that Edmundo decides to cheat on his girlfriend, he does it right and gets on the two cute chicks. I mean, if you 're gonna cheat, do it right.
On the same note, I'm sure that next time some damn cabbie tries to jerk me around, I'll knock him right on his fat ass. Why? Because that's what Edmundo would do.
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