Gothamist: Unemployed Masses Become Cabbies

Hackflack

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:57:44 -0500

Please note that passengers who wish to file complaints with the Taxi and Limousine Commission may now testify by telephone....no in-person hearing is required. If you have a complaint -- OR a compliment -- about a cab ride, it IS worth it to call 311!

NannyState

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:32:11 -0500

I hopped into one yesterday. The driver looked a lot like a younger Bernie Madoff. I said "take me to the seventeenth floor".

Jerky

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:04:54 -0500

If the cabby won't allow you to use your card, get out of the cab and yell rape or something similar,. If he tries to stop you, smash him in the face or slice his carotid artery with the razor blade hidden between your teeth. That has always worked for me.

Kojak

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:33:15 -0500

That's unfortunate. If I had the time and no life I'd pursue every case. I've gotten into situations where a cabby wouldn't allow me to use my card but I didn't have enough cash to pay the fare (Or basically flat out lied). In the end they caved. Better a CC charge than not getting paid at all. If I use a card and the Cabby is nice & doesn't give me shit about swiping, i'll throw in an extra buck. That should help with a cc fee.

SP

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:18:30 -0500

I've called 311 on a cabbie who refused to take a credit card right when they first instituted the card machines. It's a huge bureaucratic pain in the ass. They send you forms about three weeks later, and then you have to go to court and testify. Short of being physically assaulted by a cabbie, it's really not worth it. They make it impossible.

Mr Mel

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:53:31 -0500

Kojak, you've got to be kidding. Have you ever called the number on the taxi receipt? You get an answering machine, leave a message and they'll call you back. Don't wait by the phone too long.

Kojak

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:40:54 -0500

Huffy, if a cabby EVER denies you service to any of the 5 boroughs or beyond where they are obligated to provide you service, write down their tag and report them.

Future Taliban

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:05:13 -0500

Coming Soon: Unemployed Masses Become Muggers!

edEx

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:50:32 -0500

crazy times.

Huffy6241

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:43:04 -0500

Maybe now those assholes will be happy to take you to out Brooklyn & Queens...

TooTallJeff

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:38:49 -0500

I'm glad that guy decided to get a real job after 20 years.

moocowtoo

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:37:01 -0500

Its usually a big waste of money to take a cab, unless you are in a big rush (and you know the driving route there can get you there faster), OR if it's freezing or raining out. Then sometimes its OK.

NYRefugee

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:28:47 -0500

I remember a time in this city when people chose to drive cabs to obsess after office workers, plot assasination attempts against politicos, and save wayward midwestern prostitutes from the likes of Harvey Keitel!!!! Damn has the economy gotten so bad that people now need to do this for income? Viva Travis Bickle!!!!