Taxi cabs, educate me.

mathmom
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:18:00 +0000

I tip cabbies 15%. I’ve only once had a problem with a cab - I was trying to get from O’Hare to my aunt and uncle’s house in Evanston. The cabbie had no idea how to get there, and didn’t have a map and was indignant that I didn’t know the way. (I could tell when he started going north along Lake Michigan that we couldn’t possibly be going in the right direction.) Many extra miles later he wanted to charge me what was on the meter. Luckily I’d talked to my cousin the day before to ask about how much change I should have on me. I told the cabbie that was what I’d pay and that if he had a problem he could talk to my uncle the tax lawyer.

We live in NYC suburbs and you definitely have to call cabs here!