Experiences with Boston cabs and credit cards
Now that taxi drivers are required to accept credit cards in Boston, what have others experienced? I've found the credit card machine almost always works--almost--but the driver often whines and complains. Most recently, I was coming back from the airport, and as soon as I told the driver I wanted to use a credit card, he went off on me. "I don't get the money right away! You'll get the money back--just pay cash! I need to feed my family!" and on and on and on. My reaction was simply too bad, I paid with the credit card. My stuff was in the trunk, and as I got out of the cab, the driver started slowly driving off with my stuff still in the trunk--it seemed pretty clear he was doing this in retribution, and he did stop and open his trunk after I banged on it a couple of times. Yeesh. My other "favorite" part is the cabbies who have programmed default tip options of 20% or 25% on the touch screen. There's no way I'm tipping a cabbie 20% unless he shines my shoes during the ride!
Any other experiences?