we got off at harbourfront station trying to rush to the taxi stand before the midnight surcharge kicked in. with all the peak hours and midnight charges and everything it’s a little tricky to remember everything. in our blind rush we exited a glass door and reached the main road where cabs obviously couldn’t stop. seeing that there was a security guard in a stationary pose within the harbourfront building, we went in to ask him where the nearest taxi stand was.

there was something very weird about the guard. i refused to ask him where the taxi stand was before looking at his card which identified him as a security personnel. he was standing the way uniformed people stand, with both hands at the small of his back, posture straight as a rod and not moving at all. even when we asked questions, he remained motionless. other than moving his eyeballs a little and mumbling through his mouth. he moved his eyeballs to look in the general direction of the taxi stand and that was that.

i tell you, harbourfront sure has a weird security guard.