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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
So here's the thing: my ride home costs $10 including tip basically no matter where from in terms of going out at night - either downtown, or beltline, 17th, or wherever, it's about $10 to Kensington all in. Maybe a bit more from the Saddledome, but I'm mainly coming from work or 17th ave. These are pretty short fares, yet I have never had a cabbie tell me no, and I can't even recall any of them asking me where I'm going before getting in the cab, much less kicking me out after I tell them. My response to which would be, "Sure, but that's illegal, and I'll absolutely be reporting you and doing what I can to see your license is suspended as your taxi number is clearly printed on the outside of the cab". But that said, it's literally never happened.
I have had bad experiences with drivers, including the "no credit" thing. Certainly share the pain of the impossibility of getting one in many circumstances. But nothing like the frequency of problems exhibited here, and I probably take about a hundred taxis a year. Is the fact that 75% of those fares are paid with a taxi chit the reason, maybe?
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Some of them don't like taxi chits either. I had a full on argument with one in my driveway who first refused my taxi chit, than refused my visa card, and demanded cash. My wife came out and defused the situation by giving cash to the piece of thrash because our arguing woke her up. Had my wife not came out, I'm sure I would have ended up on the news the next day that I had assaulted a driver over the fare completely ignoring what had started it. I complained to our office manager that he refused the chit, and she was livid as they are personally responsible for getting you home after they have served you alcohol. She lodged a complaint, but it was pointless as they did nothing and basically said "Hey, you don't have to use our chits if you don't want to".
My work has happy hours once every couple of weeks and we get taxi chits on the regular. That's the only time I've had someone reject a chit, but routinely they tell you to "Put a large tip, your work is paying" and are not happy when you don't. Our office has a 15% max on taxi chits, and I have to explain otherwise.