The taxi driver A British and a United States Architects arrived at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta Indonesia for a Building Convention. They knew each other, arrived at about the same time, planned to stay at the same hotel, and they have both been to Indonesia before, so they agreed to share a taxi to get there. The taxi driver asked them where would he be taking them and they provided him with the location of their hotel. Soon enough, along the way to the hotel, they are engaged in a heated bragging contest about which nation is the better and faster builder. The English Architect said, ""We built the Lloyd Tower of London, a 300 ft architectural masterpiece in just 8 years. That's about 37 ft a year."" The American Architect is not going to lose face and said, ""That's just child's play. We built the Empire State Tower, a staggering 1400 ft in just 3 years! How's that for speed."" Suddenly they saw a tower downtown Jakarta that they've never seen before. It was a beautiful 500 ft tall building bustling with activities. Curiosity took the better of them, so they asked the taxi driver, ""Mister driver, this here seems like a new building I've never seen the last time I was in Jakarta, do you know what building it is?"" said the Englishman. ""Yeah, I've never seen this building before either. Who built it?"" said the American. The Indonesian taxi driver nonchalantly said, ""Sir, I've heard about a building to be made around here sometime ago. Err.. about last month. But I've no clue whatsoever about this building here. It wasn't there when I went around here yesterday.""