Greatest Taxi Driver Ever

[Rancid_Beasties]

On Saturday night, on the way home from a club at 4:30am, we got the greatest taxi driver of all time. No joking. See we live really close to the city, so taxi drivers always refuse to take us because a short fare is not worth their while (even though doing so is illegal under the cab rank rule).

Anyway after a few rejections, this Japanese taxi driver let us get in. He had one of the best speaking voices i've heard anywhere, let alone from a taxi driver. He was Mr Miyagi-esque in the wisdom department. When we told him that we always get rejected for cabs on the basis that we live too close, he became extremely passionate and began talking about the honour of being a taxi driver, how it is all about serving the community and that the cab drivers who rejected fares were a dishonour to his industry and that we should dob them in. He even wrote out the complaints line number and told us exactly what to do to get the cab drivers punished. He was seriously the nicest, most helpful and indeed the greatest cab driver of all time.

So, how are the cabbies in your city?

[zorra_chiflada]

asians are all about honour.

my dad was a cab driver. they'd get lots of people calling up the taxi rank asking especially for him, because he's very charismatic and charming when he wants to be. especially to all the old ladies.

he drives like a fucking maniac though.

[Tzar]

we've had a young guy (20-26) year old tell us how he bashes other cabbies and starts on his clients at times and shit. he was a good bloke to us - i was in the front seat and he was telling me how he was taking some 'bikies' back to wherever and they started mouthing him off. he said he got on the horn to his cousins (he was full sick wog) and they met up with him and followed the cab to the bikies' home. he then said as soon as the bikies got out - he drove down the road, got out and all his cousin's bashed these bikies infront of their hangout. at this point, i'm all "ok don't say anything gay".

we've had an old cabbie drop a burnout down the road from the club when he left... sat it on the brake for a good 5 seconds :D

[icy manipulator]

the greatest cabbie we ever had let us smoke in his car. what a legend

[QueenAdrock]

I've actually never taken a cab in DC, I always walk or take the metro.

However, I remember complimenting the cab driver in Edmonton when I was really drunk. He didn't scare me like the NYCers.

[Tzar]

the greatest cabbie we ever had let us smoke in his car. what a legend
yeah i've had a cabbie let us drink in his cab.. he even stopped on the entrance to the freeway to let us piss (y)

[icy manipulator]

yeah i've had a cabbie let us drink in his cab.. he even stopped on the entrance to the freeway to let us piss (y)
hahahaha

once a cabbie let us have 2 extra people in a multi taxi, not only that, he didn't care that some random in the cab was spraying V over the car next to us, lol

[na§tee]

glasgow black cab cabbies are pretty much legendary. proper glasgow humour; can't beat it. if they have been around long enough, they get to personalise their cars - normally they put their children or grandchildren's names on the back of their taxi, all fancy like.

there is one particular legendary black cab - the disco cab - which is all dressed up disco-stylee, has laser lights, a glitter ball, your choice of disco choons etc. i have yet to go in it but have walked past it.

[Kid Presentable]

On Acid, I told a cabbie he looked like Colonel Sanders, and that I quit.

[enree erzweglle]

It's been years and years since I've been in a taxi.

Growing up, my dad drove a taxi part-time and he would sometimes let us ride with him and we'd sit on those extra rotating wooden seats that were folded down between the front seat and the back bench. I don't think those wooden seats exist now in modern cabs.

My dad was good at being a cabbie because he knew and knows still every street in the city and outlying neighborhoods and that was a feat because until about 20 or so years ago, streets in this city were not labelled. They were named in most cases, but street signs didn't exist. You got around by recognizing stuff in the neighborhoods.

To the day, when I'm lost, I call my dad and he gets me out of wherever I am and usually saves me some time too by directing me to a shortcut. He's close to 80 and he still remembers all of that stuff. I see him, very clearly, driving that cab--cigar going, right arm stretched behind the seat, just driving and being very content. He loved to drive (and loves it still). I'm not too fond of driving. My sister and my son got the love-for-driving gene from my dad.

[jackrock]

On my most recent cab ride, the man had a dvd player in the front of the car. He popped in a movie for us, which turned out to be porn. (Although he quickly took it out)

I win.

[skra75]

they are like everyone else in Rhode Island...Lazy as Fuck

[Dorothy Wood]

cab drivers in chicago are all different. some of them are great and some are assholes. most of them are usually talking on their cell phone the whole time, even though it's illegal.

one time on valentine's day a few years ago, my ex and I happened to catch the perfect cab downtown on the way to dinner...it had soft leather seats, extra leg room, it smelled lovely and the dude driving was playing jazz. the boyfriend asked him something about jazz and at first the driver gave a very generic answered suited for a white boy. and because the boyfriend happened to know a lot about jazz actually, he pressed on, then the driver was all friendly and they chatted. when we got to the destination, he didn't charge us and told us to have a great night! we tipped him though. magic!

[Documad]

They are absolutely horrible in Minneapolis/St. Paul. They're difficult to find when you need them because we all drive everywhere and don't use them enough. The one place where you can find a cab is at the airport. :rolleyes:

My last experience was when I flew into the airport and needed a ride to my friend's house. This will sound horrible, but it's a fact that none of the first five guys in line were able/willing to speak English. They all claimed to not understand where I wanted to go but their eyes were intelligent. I'm convinced that they were pretending not to understand me because you could not have lived in the cities -- muchless be a cabbie -- for any length of time and fail to know the intersection and neighborhood I wanted to go to. The problem was that I wanted a shorter cab ride into St. Paul and they wanted to take a fare to the outer suburbs. And I'm a bleading heart liberal and I felt bad being frustrated at immigrants, even as I was sure that they were playing me. The guy who eventually gave me a ride pretended not to know what road to take out of the airport to get to St. Paul but as he was dropping me off, he said in perfect English that he lived in the neighborhood and thought he might as well go home.

[Pres Zount]

The guy who eventually gave me a ride pretended not to know what road to take out of the airport to get to St. Paul but as he was dropping me off, he said in perfect English that he lived in the neighborhood and thought he might as well go home.

hahaha

Don't feel bad for immigrants if they are doing it on purpose!

[Documad]

But I still have liberal guilt over being the ugly American. That was the most frustrating part of my night. I was relieved when I turned out to be right about the last guy, but I'll never know if I was right about the others.

P.S. African cab drivers in Australia not only spoke English, but they were chatty and they all said they had family in Minnesota. The only cabbie in Australia who had trouble understanding me was the native Australian who said that I was "very American." Cabbies in NYC are always lovely and chatty too.

[ggirlballa]

once in Mexico city ( i went to visit my family) the cab driver wouldn't let us in cuz we were too much of a group they were about 7 of us & all the cabs in Mexico City are those old skool VW bugs:eek:

but finally a cab driver let us in his cab and he even gave us a free ride becuz my cousin was wearing a soccer jersey and he was wearing the cabbie's favorite team:D

[RaZoRbLaDe KiSs]

The greatest Taxi Driver ever is someone other then the suicidal, homicidal maniac Travis? Thats a shame...

When I used to go to this theme park called Indiana Beach when I was little we always took the bus back to the campground and for YEARS we had this awesome busdiver who we called "CatFish" because he had whiskers..

Just thought I'd say..

[ggirlballa]

On my most recent cab ride, the man had a dvd player in the front of the car. He popped in a movie for us, which turned out to be porn. (Although he quickly took it out)

I win.


hahahaha oh shit i got a good laugh off that

i think this is sig worthy