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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
We had a bad taxi driver in Paris. He gave us dirty looks when we wanted him to move his junk off the front seat so that four of us could fit in at the airport and then had no idea how to get anywhere in the city. He even tried to convince us that he was at our hotel when the name was different and his GPS indicated that he had to go another block.
Also, have you ever tried to get a taxi driver near Khao San Road in Bangkok. Once they find out that you don't want to go to a ping pong show they usually remember that they can't take you where you want to go and then drop you off on the side of the road.
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Worst cab experience I had was in Beijing - was there in 2001, We couldn't speak the language, so the station master handed him a business card that we had given him with the name of the hotel on it. The cab driver refused to take us initially, but the guy directing the cabs would have none of it.
He eventually agreed to take us. 30 minutes later he pulls to the side of the road and thinks he's done. Luckily my dad had a map with him, and we were able to point on a map to where to go and eventually had to point to make a fuss when he finally drove past our hotel.
Turns out he was actually illiterate and was just following the instructions of his boss, probably didn't want to him to find out.