“Is Your Mercedes Broken?”: Taxi Drivers Tease a Man Wearing Full Gucci Drip, SA’s in Two Ways
- A man catching a taxi in Joburg found himself a laughing stock after taxi drivers teased him
- The man was dressed in a designer label brand from head to toe, sparking amusing remarks from the taxi-driving community
- The post made it on Instagram, leaving online community members divided as some laughed with the gents, and others felt they were bullies
- Briefly News spoke with Nduna, a taxi driver, on the behaviour around the taxi rank
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South African taxi drivers have no filter if they see something amusing in their territory; they are likely to share it, regardless of how the other person may feel.
A man left his home convinced he was dressed to the nines, only to get the taxi rank and be teased by taxi drivers who were captured in a video shared on Instagram under the user handle @afrika.world.
The taxi drivers see the man
In the video, the guy can be seen rocking Gucci Drip, sitting in a taxi next to the door. After spotting him, taxi drivers burst out in laughter, refusing to believe he was wearing the real thing and asking if his Mercedes Benz was broken while taking a video of him.
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Taxi driver speaks on life at the rank
Brielfy News spoke with Nduna, a Cape Town taxi driver, about treating passengers with respect and the bullying behaviour of the people in the industry around the taxi rank.
"The taxi rank is one of the fun places to be in as a driver. There, we have access to good food occasionally and take naps in our cars while waiting for our taxi's turn to load."
"We do sometimes create our own entertainment when we see a commuter doing something funny or dressed in a way that entertains us, but people should not take that personally, it is just boys being boys."
Mzansi shares different views
The post gained over 20K likes and attracted over 700 comments on Instagram, as social media users were divided. Some laughed at the Gucci-wearing gents joining the taxi drivers, while others called them out bullying the man.
User @vuyiswa_ndala commented:
"Maybe he doesn’t prefer buying a car but clothes 🤷🏼♀️ different strokes."
User @iamthusoyaone_sekwe said:
"The Gucci guy has got emotional intelligence👏 ."
User @kokiconfidential felt amused:
"The guy laughing in the background won’t see the gates of heaven 🤣🤣."
User @leraatz added:
"Drip is forever 😂."
User @kea__.m commented:
"Someone’s dad is out here bullying people at the taxi rank 😭😭👍."
User @malwandla_hector shared:
"It's so sad to see grown men belittling another decent-looking man for wearing whatever he likes😢. Sad generation indeed."
Gucci-wearing guy leaves Mzansi in stitches
In another Briefly News article, a man wearing a "fake" Gucci outfit left social media users in stitches after scratching his head over the price of bread at a Spar supermarket.
Social media users teased him for putting the bread back on the shelf while wearing a supposedly expensive outfit.
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