CabSANITY!
June 19th, 2008 by Kateastrophe
Am I crazy for being shocked at how completely INSANE cab drivers in New York City are? Even if it means I’m crazy, I’m SHOCKED!
So far I’ve:
Witnessed a screaming “f-you” fight between two cabbies while myself and a mother with two very small children were their passengers. It was on a one lane, one way road. My driver was mad at the other driver for . . . taking up too much of the road???
Been screamed at for not having cash for my cab ride. Don’t install a CREDIT CARD MACHINE if you’re not willing to ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS. The guy called me a “b***h whore.” Uhhhhh thanks?
Had a cabbie INSIST that I was at the right place, despite my adamantly disagreeing and NOT being in the right place. He’d gone to the east side and not the west side. I had to WRITE the address down for him to convince him.
Been dropped off TWICE and told my destination was “a block or two back down this road.” Aren’t I paying for a cab so I don’t have to walk several blocks?? If I wanted to walk a few blocks I would have WALKED or taken a subway. Sheesh.
I guess a solution would be to stop taking cabs . . . but that would mean getting up earlier in the morning. And we all know that isn’t going to happen in THIS lifetime!
- Posted in Some People Suck, Givin' it to the "Man"
June 19th, 2008 at 7:35 am
My cabbie experience comes from age eight, my first trip to New York, where the driver drove like a literal madman escaping from the law then drove approx. 2 miles per hours through a porn wallpapered alley. Nice. And um Kate everyone knows you bring cash, duh. (HAHAHAHHAHA)
June 19th, 2008 at 7:50 am
…I have just realized that you have lived a way cooler life than I have.
June 19th, 2008 at 10:26 am
yeah, the cabbies in chicago won’t even start *driving* till i assure them i will pay with cash. i’m thinkin’ - whoah. why does that little sign say i can pay with a credit card if you really don’t want me to? baffling. plus i’d rather pay with a credit card, but the peer pressure, you know? sheesh.
June 19th, 2008 at 11:41 am
wow my cabbie experiences have not been nearly as exciting as that, haha.
June 20th, 2008 at 8:27 am
NY sounds like a seriously scary place. I’ve never been in a cab….don’t think I want to now.
June 20th, 2008 at 8:39 am
Wait, he yelled at you when basically every cab in the city has a CC machine? Bastard!
June 20th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
oh yikes
June 20th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
at least you’re in NY! and I ditto Jewels. I feel lame compared to you!
June 20th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
“The guy called me a ‘b***h whore.’”— that one little nickname for that one Candace girl that one time totally popped into my head here. HAHAHA.
Kate, crazy things happen to you so that you can tell us about them… We LOVE to hear about it. Thank goodness for your crazy world!
June 24th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Yeah, I used to be scared to death of them, but then one day my shoe fell off while I was stepping out of the cab, and this total tough-guy driver picked it up for me, and said, “Here’s your slipper, Cinderella!” Don’t know how I landed the Prince Charming of New York Cabbies, but he totally cracked me up!