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Originally Posted by KevinDTW
(Post 28382540)
For years in Vegas I always told the cabbie my hotel and added "and no tunnel." A few years ago I figured it wasn't necessary anymore so I didn't bother -- and before I knew it we were through the tunnel and out onto the highway which makes for a much longer trip. I told the driver immediately I knew he was long-hauling us and I was calling the TLC on the spot to report him, whereupon he turned the meter off and said he would not charge us at all for the ride. When we got to our hotel I paid him what it should have cost and that was that. But lesson learned: you still have to tell them every time not to take the tunnel!
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Originally Posted by Annalisa12
(Post 28385857)
In Canada i took my 2 Canadian nieces out in a cab. I am a very knowledgeable tourist after visiting one area many times. Taxi dude took us long way. Even the kids said they were scared as they knew it wasnt the way. I argued and saud not the way and he ignored me. I then asked the kids lots of things so they'd answer so driver would notice they were locals. As soon as he heard them he started to go the right way. At the end i said i wasn't paying to go well out of the way and told him i would only pay the correct fare.
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Originally Posted by Zorak
(Post 28376440)
Specifically, if you pull up LAS and environs in a map, the tunnel is the southern extension of Paradise Rd. exiting out the airport to the south. Getting "tunneled" by a cabbie means going through the tunnel to I215 west to I15 north. It's a ton of extra distance (I've done it for "free" when giving/getting a ride and it feels like forever) and barring extraordinary traffic conditions it's extremely unlikely to be faster to any place above Tropicana (and perhaps not even MB/Luxor/Excalibur)
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Originally Posted by simpleflyer
(Post 28409224)
What city were you in?
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It's my sincere hope that Uber or operations like them completely destroy the controlled-monopoly taxi industry. Here in St Louis a cab ride means an elderly, filthy vehicle and a reckless driver with no useful command of English. Also, it must be a Taxi Commission rule that all cabs must have the "check engine" light illuminated, because I've never seen one without it glowing away...
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Originally Posted by twb3
(Post 28415062)
It's my sincere hope that Uber or operations like them completely destroy the controlled-monopoly taxi industry. Here in St Louis a cab ride means an elderly, filthy vehicle and a reckless driver with no useful command of English. Also, it must be a Taxi Commission rule that all cabs must have the "check engine" light illuminated, because I've never seen one without it glowing away...
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The men with these dodgy scratchies to win a prize are relentless.
After over 50 approaches ive started to say... no thanks I've already won 1st prize. They know that i know, so the jig is up. |
Originally Posted by Annalisa12
(Post 28416682)
The men with these dodgy scratchies to win a prize are relentless.
After over 50 approaches ive started to say... no thanks I've already won 1st prize. They know that i know, so the jig is up. |
Originally Posted by BadgerBoi
(Post 28417068)
had a really sticky female one of those in Phuket - we realised from her accent that she was French so we had a bit of fun and turned her scam into a French grammar lesson. It didn't take her too long to understand that we were taking the mickey out of her but it was good fun
That was us when we won.... wahooo 1st prize. I think he thought he'd caught a sucket. Just had a po'd taxi driver yell at us as we chose a meter Blue Bird taxi. He said you should be getting a taxi with a local driver to help us, not those (very reputable) Blue Bird taxis. All their drivers come from Jakarta and so does the company. Even our nice driver was stunned. |
Likely a less well-known scam, but in Bran, Romania, the street vendors selling berries were a bit sly. Their small baskets looked full of the fruit, but once you buy one, you realize that there's a small plastic lid on the inside, basically rendering the basket less than half-full.
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Originally Posted by wilful
(Post 27427442)
My wife and I were walking in a nice residential neighborhood when I felt something drop on my head and shoulder. I felt what appeared to be a large blob of bird poop. Slimy and messy. My wife had some on her as well. There were lots of pigeons in that area. A woman appeared and took some tissue papers out of her purse and helpfully - commenced wiping the dripping mess off of me. Soon, a gentleman came along. He had a bottle of water and offered to help clean us up too. At this point - I should add that my wife and I have traveled most of the globe - and are constantly hyper vigilant for scams and thieves. The female thief's scream was more of surprise than pain - when my hand vice-gripped her wrist - as her nimble fingers were half way into my pocket! I'm 6' 2" and in good shape. The couple took off running. Obviously, the couple had confederates in an apartment on one of the upper floors of one of the buildings we had walked past - and they had dumped the fake bird poop down on us.
While in BA, I talked to an American expat, who said that had happened to him 4 times! Of course, after the first time he knew what was up - but did have the big nuisance of cleaning the crap off. |
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