Imagine arriving at a function and being asked, “How did you get here?” You reply, “A cab.” End of drab story, person who inquired turns around and scans the room for a new exchange, preferably one more remarkable than one would have with a house plant. At this point, you begin your lonely orbit into the firmament, a dark socially inept satellite witnessing from a distance the activities of other brighter stars. Hence, wouldn’t you rather respond to the initial question thusly? “I arrived by way of The Cab.” This would surely generate immediate interest in your conversation. Every person within earshot would pivot towards you as the meaning of the THE’s inferred emphasis is understood. And, likely, just by employing The Cab’s services, the driver’s navigational prowess and street-wise roguishness would be transmitted to you and surround you in a warm aura of social awesomeness (abundance of –esses is good). You’d be the instant life of the party. No more solitary consignment to a desolate corner of the room for you!

“Hey, did you hear? He took The Cab to get here. THE Cab. Damn! I wish I had taken The Cab instead of A Cab.”