My experience was worse; It turned out that the taxi dispatchers all talked with eachother, and after I had so many failed bookings and no shows -- and I was calling multiple cabs to come get me they black-listed me and told me specifically I was blacklisted for calling more than one cab -- to which I replied "BECAUSE YOU FUCKING DONT SHOW UP"
yeah - I have zero sympathy for cab drivers/cab companies.
Re:End of the line for Uber?
by selimthegrim on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @08:10PM
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To be fair half the time tourists go to the non tourist areas in a taxi they are trying to buy drugs and making a fool of themselves or worse
This was my experience in New Orleans as well. The taxis simply didn't service non-tourist areas.
Some friends and I had some fun while playing video games and barbecuing by calling 5-6 of the largest taxi services every 30 minutes for 6 hours. 50+ requests, not a single taxi showed up that day. Most said "the driver went there but no one came to the car". We were in the front yard most of the time.