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> it was impossible to get a cab to come to my house. I would call and they just would never show up. I started calling and ordering multiple cabs in a shotgun
by runnerup 5y ago
> it was impossible to get a cab to come to my house. I would call and they just would never show up. I started calling and ordering multiple cabs in a shotgun approach to getting a cab.
This was my experience in New Orleans as well. The taxis simply didn't service non-tourist areas.
Some friends and I had some fun while playing video games and barbecuing by calling 5-6 of the largest taxi services every 30 minutes for 6 hours. 50+ requests, not a single taxi showed up that day. Most said "the driver went there but no one came to the car". We were in the front yard most of the time.
- samstave 5y agoMy experience was worse; It turned out that the taxi dispatchers all talked with eachother, and after I had so many failed bookings and no shows -- and I was calling multiple cabs to come get me they black-listed me and told me specifically I was blacklisted for calling more than one cab -- to which I replied "BECAUSE YOU FUCKING DONT SHOW UP" yeah - I have zero sympathy for cab drivers/cab companies.
- selimthegrim 5y agoTo be fair half the time tourists go to the non tourist areas in a taxi they are trying to buy drugs and making a fool of themselves or worse
- runnerup 5y agoWe lived there.