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June 2, 2003
Stupid Cab Driver Tricks
After closing Clarke's last night (yes, I should not close bars on Sunday, I know), I jumped in a cab sitting at the cab stand and headed home. I get to my house, its like $7, I hand the guy a $20 and ask for $10 back. He had no change. Asked if I had anything else, I said 2 singles and 2 twenties. He said, well, I guess give me the 2 singles, not your fault.
Now, HOW as a cab driver, do you sit at a can stand, knowing you have no change and not either a) drive to a convenience store and get some change, b) ask one of the other 20 cabbies sitting there if they have some change, or c) tell the potential passenger that you don't have any change right now, so they need exact change (which would have sent me to another cab). So, instead, he loses money on the ride instead of just losing the ride completely.
Just thought it was wierd and rather dumb.
Posted by Skadz at June 2, 2003 4:30 PM
Comments
he was probably just tired and didn't think of all that being as it was probably late :P
Posted by: gnome-girl at June 2, 2003 4:48 PM
I think it all worked out well for you. The cab
driver acknowledged his responsiblity to have
at least some change. No screaming or fit-throwing
immigrant style.
I'm trying to write about the cab industry
and am trying to re-find something I read somewhere that indicated that technically people
in a lot of businesses are not obligated to make
change. If you know anything about this, please
let me know.
As a former cab driver, I feel cabbies are
under an obligation to be able to change 20 dollar
bills. But if you get three or four of them thrown
at you right when you started out, your fine cache
of change will go swiftly.
Sometimes passengers hand you large bills in the
hope you won't be able to change it will be forced to take less for your fair. Again, things
worked out well for you, don't you think?
Al Marotta
Posted by: Al Marotta at January 6, 2004 7:12 PM