OP - quit your whining. Sounds like the country mouse is complaining about life in the city. The City moves fast, and it looks like you were not moving fast en

OP - quit your whining. Sounds like the country mouse is complaining about life in the city. The City moves fast, and it looks like you were not moving fast enough. Stop with tired metaphors of "small town rules and old world business." Pro tip: Get in the cab. Close the door. Then tell them where you are going. That is how you get to Brooklyn or any other undesirable place in the city. (see what I did there? the slight dig at BKLN?) You squandered an opportunity there in Midtown. I'll explain: 1. It was raining 2. It was Midtown 3. Sounds like it might have been near shift-change. How many times have you tried to get a cab in the rain in midtown? Given those market conditions YOU are the common commodity with little value. There are plenty of other customers willing to take the cab who will apply my pro-tip above.