How do you want to get there?

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We jumped in a cab in front of our apartment. We told the driver, "Newark Airport, please."

He asked, "How do you want to get there?"

I answered, “By cab.”


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  1. Ken B3:07 PM

    By Uber

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  2. Prateek8:45 AM

    When I first entered working life, this was my problem.

    I'd always ask, "What exactly do you want done?" or "How do you want it done?" And did not always get an answer.

    Only later it dawned on me that people were paying me to find the answer to that myself.

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