Re:Uber and Lyft don't save money, time, or the planet
by achenatx on Thursday October 21, 2021 @03:44PM
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flew into jfk last week. Got in a taxi, driver didnt want to turn the meter on. Tried to tell me it was $80 instead of the $52 fixed rate + tolls etc. I managed to pay $65, but I had to pay in cash.
the same thing happened on the way back, except my hotel called the taxi, so then the taxi driver gave the bellman $10 and wanted me to give him the $10 he had to pay the bellman (which I did). He also wanted cash and didnt turn the meter on. I worry that if I insist they turn the meter on they would stop and kick me out of the taxi.
And yes Im out of practice. I used to negotiate that we use the meter and I can pay with a credit card before I even get in the taxi.
I have been uniformly cheated by taxi drivers everywhere in the world.
that alone would have me using rideshares even if it was a little more expensive.
the same thing happened on the way back, except my hotel called the taxi, so then the taxi driver gave the bellman $10 and wanted me to give him the $10 he had to pay the bellman (which I did). He also wanted cash and didnt turn the meter on. I worry that if I insist they turn the meter on they would stop and kick me out of the taxi.
And yes Im out of practice. I used to negotiate that we use the meter and I can pay with a credit card before I even get in the taxi.
I have been uniformly cheated by taxi drivers everywhere in the world.
that alone would have me using rideshares even if it was a little more expensive.