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TAR16 - EP 11 "They Don’t Even Understand Their Own Language" (Shanghai 2)
chill_sd:
Here's the TwitVid:
Caelestor:
I know the fatigue is really kicking in, but the brothers need to :chillpill:.
I'm surprised the cops made up the time.
slayton:
I finally had the time to download and re-watch episode 10.
Dan & Jordan do tell their taxi driver "That cab. That cab. Follow that car." after the fashion task. It comes right after Louie & Michael make their "crackhead" comment.
Following other teams must be their style.
Unless a team is caught in a shakedown like Andre & Damon, I've always found it to be unacceptable to berate taxi drivers. I don't care if it's a Tara & Wil situation, "killer fatigue," etc.
There have been plenty of teams in do-or-die situations that have kept their composure this far into the race.
DeafRacer:
--- Quote from: slayton on April 30, 2010, 07:11:39 PM ---I finally had the time to download and re-watch episode 10.
Dan & Jordan do tell their taxi driver "That cab. That cab. Follow that car." after the fashion task. It comes right after Louie & Michael make their "crackhead" comment.
Following other teams must be their style.
Unless a team is caught in a shakedown like Andre & Damon, I've always found it to be unacceptable to berate taxi drivers. I don't care if it's a Tara & Wil situation, "killer fatigue," etc.
There have been plenty of teams in do-or-die situations that have kept their composure this far into the race.
--- End quote ---
It's easy for you to say about Dan since you never got to race. I totally understand how Dan feels. The communication barrier in China was so incredibly difficult for my mom and I. Esp. when it comes down to do it or die battle for a berth in the Final Three after coming this sooooo far. Nobody wants to be eliminated right before the Final Three showdown. There were times where I want to strangle cab drivers in China for not understanding where we need to go esp. when we were searching for U-Turn for 2 hours! And, not forget about lack of sleep and food... I'm sure Dan didn't intend to blow up on his cab driver. It's just such a crucial time to not make a single mistake of going in the Final Three.
Poor Dan :(
mswood:
When I was younger we had a 8 week choir tour through Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and China. We were bused and shuttled, dealt (to a much smaller degree) jet lag, lack of sleep, hunger, and by the end of that 8 weeks every single one of us were showing the worst side of our behavior. And this is with far, far less stress then what the race puts on racers (and the stress racers put upon themselves).
Now if this outburst is typical behavior from Dan, then I wouldn't want anything to do with him. But if this is a one time explosion he has (and so far we have seen no evidence of Dan having a temper, really at all), then its unfortunate, my sympathies to the local and hopefully Dan feels bad for his behavior (as we all should when we over react, and I doubt there are many of us who can say we never have).
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