Was late for work

Was late for work this morning so had to take a cab. Why late? Cause it is close to Xmas and the mood to be at work has drastically declined; not that the mood to be at work was ever there, but! I got into the cab, my face still bearing the lines of the bed sheets and my eyes as puffy as can be. Some 5 minutes after in the cab, the driver asked whether I am ready for Christmas. I replied that I was (or was I?). After a few minutes of silence he asked: where are you from lady? I was a bit surprised, because the local cab drivers usually use Miss. So the questions really should have sounded like: where are you from Miss? But he referred to me as lady. That was quite nice for an early morning, thinking to myself I am a lady :)
I said I was from Germany. He went quiet again and after a while he added, you look Middle Eastern, like someone from Turkey.

Unconfucius says: Turkey is not in the Middle East!