I cannot put into words how terrifying the ride was that my friends and I took with Anywhere Taxi was. My friend called because Uber was taking too long to return us to our air bnb in Rhinebeck from a restaurant in Kingston.
The gentleman from anywhere taxi answered and we let him know that we had 6 people and we're going to Rhinebeck and he said he could take us for $40 and be there to pick us up in 15 mins. When he arrived he was a driving a vehicle that could accommodate a total of 5 people including him. We were 6 people, 7 including the driver. When we questioned him he said his mini van was not in working condition and suggested that we pile in and have two people sit in the front. We said that's not safe and decided to get in and scrunch into the back seat with 5 in the back 3-seater and one friend sat in the front.
The driver asked for my friend in the passenger seat to route him using her phone, he repeatedly answered his cell phone as he was driving, and mid way through the rude told us we would actually need to pay an additional $1.75 for the toll to go over the Hudson. We said no, we wouldn't be paying the toll because we were already riding in unsafe conditions and we're not in the vehicle that we were quoted for. He laughed and told us to calm down.
While on the bridge he joked that since we were actually closer to the restaurant than he thought, he should have only charged us $20....
My friend in the passenger seat answered back that yet we should only be paying $20 and he responded that he was only job king and we should learn to take a joke, he said well you can get out of the car if you want, you could jump off the bridge if you want. When we said that was an inappropriate thing to say, he said he was joking and the world is a crazy place.
At this point my girlfriends and I made eye contact and agreed that we needed to just stay silent until getting home because we had no idea what this guy was capable of. We were scared for our lives in a very real way.
He made a few more last.minute turns without signaling, speeding and driving recklessly before dropping us off and almost backing the car into us when we got out. I urge that no one ever call this company for a ride. It seemed that this man was taking all calls and coordinating all rides. Stay safe out there. read more