Not the greatest experience I've ever had riding in a cab, but certainly a memorable one and not in the least bit terrifying.
I usually just use Discount Cab because I've never had a bad experience with them and they're sort of like the K-Mart of cab service because you know what to expect, you get it and you're done with it. It's easy. Also, their number is easy as all hell to remember.
I called Discount Cab to come pick me up and they totally dropped the ball and abandoned me. I texted google to find some other Phoenix cab places and American Discount Cab came up. I decided to give them a call.
The driver who answered the phone didn't speak the best English. I had to repeat myself about a gazillion times but he finally came. During our brief exchange over the phone he promised to give me a discount. When he pulled up and I jumped in the cab he was like, "I say I give you discount and I give you discount. I won't charge for pick-up. See? On the car it say I charge $2.00 for pick-up and $2.50 per mile. For you, pick up free, $2.00 per mile."
Now, I don't think he actually gave me any sort of discount or special treatment but I appreciated the illusion.
On the freeway miles and miles of it were closed down. Luckily, traffic was light but the right-most lane was shut down for a stretch of fifteen miles. I didn't think much of it but my driver was like, "All this shit is closed down and you have two fucking workers on the road, that's it. What the fuck are two guys going to do?"
He took cash only, but when looking for an ATM he turned off the meter and rounded my fare down. He rounded it from $27.50 to $25 which is appreciated.
He also offered me a cigarette which I appreciated. read more
