Abusive taxi driver
this happened in the very early hours of the morning of February 3rd, 2014. First off the cabbie is east indian, and while I have no issues with anyone's race, religion or colour, it is a well known fact that some east indian men do not treat women very well at all. This is yet another example of one. Up until this incident, I have usually had pretty good service. Im friendly to them even if they are a bit grouchy. But if a cabbie is rude to me, or does not listen to my instructions, I wont put up with it. I will say something. This cabbie demanded payment up front, which completely surprised me, and deeply offended me. I have always paid my full taxi fare plus a tip, and this guy was demanding money up front. Now I understand that they do that just in case someone tries to stiff them. A passenger usually only has to show that he or she has money and that matter is settled, meaning that the cabbie will take the fare to his or hers destination and get payment at the end of the trip. I showed him my cash plus my credit card and said yes I can pay you, but not until we reach my home. He then freaked out, drove me to a remote road in the middle of nowhere. Then he called some of his cabbie buddies to where we were, and then he told all of them that I was refusing to pay the fare. Im not sure what else he told them. One of the other cabbies did come to the window and asked me politely why I was refusing to pay. I said I absolutely was not refusing to pay the fare, this cabbie was just being a jerk because I, the customer, had the nerve to argue with him. I became so anxious about where this situation was going that I called the police, despite the fact that I was intoxicated,(which is why I had called a taxi to take me home,because Im an asthmatic and all my medicine was at home and I needed it, plus my allergy and sinus/flu meds)risking being taken into custody for public intoxication. And even though I was not drunk and disorderly or assaulting anyone, which is laughable since I'm disabled and in constant pain. The pain medication alone makes me sleepy and docile. But the law is the law and technically I was publicly intoxicated. The officers talked to the cabbies, and they said they would not get me home even if I paid up front. The officers were kind enough to offer to drive me home, but once they saw that I was intoxicated, they took me to the drunk tank. The conditions of this place is as bad as a third world jail. But better that then being left out in the freezing cold to die, or possibly getting raped and left for dead by one or all of these cabbies. I may be over exaggerating, but I have read other reviews and reports of women getting sexually assaulted by either a Duffy's cabbie or a Unicity cabbie.
Complaining to the cab company apparently has little effect
this happened in the very early hours of the morning of February 3rd, 2014. First off the cabbie is east indian, and while I have no issues with anyone's race, religion or colour, it is a well known fact that some east indian men do not treat women very well at all. This is yet another example of one. Up until this incident, I have usually had pretty good service. Im friendly to them even if they are a bit grouchy. But if a cabbie is rude to me, or does not listen to my instructions, I wont put up with it. I will say something. This cabbie demanded payment up front, which completely surprised me, and deeply offended me. I have always paid my full taxi fare plus a tip, and this guy was demanding money up front. Now I understand that they do that just in case someone tries to stiff them. A passenger usually only has to show that he or she has money and that matter is settled, meaning that the cabbie will take the fare to his or hers destination and get payment at the end of the...