THE TRAMS COMING...

I caught up with my barber Kenan this morning for a shave. Its been 2 years since I got a Turkish shave. I forgot how cheap it was to get a shave here in Istanbul.

Following my shave, I headed back to Sude Konak. Bellboy and I headed out to Turkcell to buy me a Turkish sim card. The bitch at Turkcell refused to sell me one as I didn’t have my passport with me. Seeing as bellboy didn’t have his ID card either it was time for plan B.

So Bellboy dragged me over to this Turkish bank to borrow the security guards ID card to buy the sim in his name. While Bellboy was talking to the security guard, I thought I’ll use the ATM to get some money out. This is when some random truck reverses onto the footpath to park his truck. The only problem was half the truck was parked on the tram tracks.

I turned around to hear the security guard screaming at the truck driver because there was a tram coming. It was then I knew that I had to cancel my transaction at once to leave. I knew nothing good was to come of this situation. And I was right. I moved as far as I can as the truck decided to reverse backwards to avoid the tram hitting him. The truck reversed straight into the ATM smashing the top part of it. With the tram honking its horn, the security guard screaming I told Bellboy we should just head back to the hotel so I can get my passport.

Back at the hotel, I grabbed my passport and headed back to Turkcell. The bitch this time stated she needs a photocopy of my passport and conveniently their photocopier isn’t working. Bellboy and I had to run out to find a copy centre.

Once we had the photocopy in our hands we headed back to Turkcell where we finally made the transaction. By this time I was ready to stab the bitch if she refused to give me my sim card. I swear some people are so inconsiderate.