Genius

jiblet84 · 11 months

I awoke inside of a evergreen bush, seeking shelter from a torrential rainstorm. It was 3:45am. I was far from sober. Clothed in a heavily muddied white shirt, black shoes and dark blue jeans I slowly gained my bearings. After orientating myself, I figured out that I passed out behind the bar I had been drinking at for most of the day/night. My 6'3'' 200 pound frame slowly lumbered from the darkness and emerged on the main strip, searching for a taxi. After finding the row of taxi vans, I lunged into the nearest transport and told the driver to drive to me home.

Normally cab drivers are talkative, but this one seemed unnervingly silent. After driving me most of the way home, the driver breaks the silence and asks me if I was going to kill him. Apparently I hoped in some strangers van that looked like a taxi. I was apologetic; he was unconvinced. As we approached my place, I offered him $40, which was refused. He said he was just glad to be alive. If I see the guy on the strip ever again, I'm paying for all of his drinks.

tldr; passed out in a bush, was mistaken for a murderer, saved a $40 cab ride

Radico87 · 11 months

I don't understand why people are assholes to cab drivers. Whenever I take one I chat with the guy -- they're just trying to do their job, which does not pay well and where tips have a huge impact.

I've met some genuinely fascinating people. An engineer from Egypt, accountant from Yemen, etc. Whether it's true or not, is not my concern, sometimes they just like having someone to talk to.

Fuck those kids who would pull a runner or act rude. Failed parenting.

chryssiedanger · 11 months

My dad was a taxi driver for over 20 years. He tells me of this story when he was driving down the freeway and he had two very drunk guys and a girl in his cab.
The guy in the passenger seat spent most of the time making fun of my dad (who is rather ethnic looking and has a heavy accent). You know, just your general racist wankery.
My dad was silent for a little while before he looked at the guy beside him and said "you're such a fucking idiot."
The guy started arking up and asked my dad why he would say that. Dad says, "I'm driving down a freeway at 100km an hour. I have your life in my hands. You see that pole over there? I can make it so we hit that and you die first."
The girl starts freaking out, the guy goes pretty pale, and from what I hear the car ride was rather silent after that point.

TL;DR
Be nice to taxi drivers. They're good people.

crashnburn753 · 11 months

I'm gonna see this status popping up everywhere now, aren't I?

MachineMalfunction · 11 months

Has he posted his apology yet?

Emience · 11 months

A similar thing happened to me once. I am also a cab driver. I drove this one kid, maybe 23 years old, to a very large apartment complex from the bar and as soon as I slowed down he bolted. I looked in the back, found his phone, and posted on his facebook "To whomever's phone this is, you left it at the bar, I placed it within the pages of the phonebook in the telephone booth on so-and-so street." I guess one of his friends say the message and got a hold of him because about 30 minutes later, I saw him walk up to the phonebooth, so I threw it in drive and ran his punk ass over.

nyc_driver · 11 months

I used to drive a cab in NYC and I have had few people who left their phones, and few who has bolted without paying. I have done everything I can to return their phones by calling their home, mom, etc. I haven't had anyone who stiffed me and left their phone though. I would definitely give it back but probably would call their home and explain rather than write in facebook.

Anyways, I feel cabbies do not get the best recognition and are always made fun of. They do work extremely hard and have to face many odd situations. I have tons of stories and amazing experience from working in the NYC taxi&limousine industry. I'll probably do an AMA someday if anyone's interested.

nchrist4 · 11 months

It's only fare

fakejob · 11 months

Did you get this off someones wall you actually know? I'm a cabdriver myself and i had a similar situation.

I'd driven a young guy 20km and the fair had come to $80AUD. He asked me to drop him out the front off some units and just took off. He left his phone so i went through his contacts and found "mum". I told her the whole situation and she was really upset about his behaviour. He returned the fair with his dad and his eyes were red from obviously crying in the car on the way there. I remember accepting his apology and thinking in my head "what a little bitch".

kittensandwich · 11 months

Please let this be real.

basat · 11 months

I guess we have a mutual friend.

soccertes · 11 months

I once had a bad encounter with a cab driver, it was only bad because I was really fucking drunk. I dont necessarily remember getting in the cab, nor do I remember asking him to take me anywhere, but I woke up asking for help in a 711. The cab driver was nice enough to explain to me the situation, I dont remember much after that because I blacked out again but long story short in my drunk state I asked him to take me somewhere again. I woke up to myself puking on myself in his cab, he was yelling at me to get out, which I did. I got and and cleaned my self up with my shirt, he was nice enough to let me back in. At this point he must have been sure he wasnt getting payed, but he was nice enough to keep putting up with my bullshit. I gave him my word and swore on all that I stand for that I would pay him no matter what. I eventually asked him to drop me off at my GF dorm and she helped me pay him with an incredible tip. This cab driver literally saved me, I had gotten kicked out of a club in DC earlier in the night, I stumbled around in some dangerous parts and even got held up at knife point. While I was being held up, some random cab driver spotted the event and came over with his taxi and broke it up. I was saved by two different taxi drivers in one night. Respect

tickle-teh-pickle · 11 months

I don't always agree with cabbies, but when I do, it's for teaching a douchebag a lesson.

StarVixen · 11 months

Somewhat related - somewhat not...

When I went to NYC a few years back - my boyfriend and I took a cab back to our hotel. Being a generous person - I have no problem tipping cab drivers (especially ones that get me where I need to go fast).... Anyways - it was 3am-ish and I was pretty far gone. Most the cab ride to the hotel (from the Meatpacking district to the Roosevelt Hotel- however far that is), I basically laid in the back sick as hell fearing (and proclaiming) that I would throw up. We get to the hotel and I have exactly $14 cash (that I can find). I know I had more cash, but after fumbling and looking quite sick- the cab driver just said - pay what you have and please don't puke and get out (in the nicest way possible of course)! The fair was like $13.86ish, so I had enough - but felt so bad that he had to drive me, listening to me say "I'm gonna puke, I'm gonna puke" the whole way and not get tipped. I made note of the number on the cab and spent a couple hours the next day tracking him down (by calling different cab companies and what not). Found him and tipped the man $10. I know it wasn't much, but he was very thankful and surprised. I think he thought I was just saying I was going to puke so I could get out of paying and/or tipping.

TL;DR - Almost puked in a cab, couldn't find enough to tip driver, spent part of next day finding him so that I could tip him.

Oh and I found the extra cash that I knew I had in a outside zipper part in my purse.... So I wasn't crazy when I assured him I had more money.

Edit: Can't spell when I'm tired.

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slickmoon · 11 months

2 mutual friends ಠ_ಠ

TheBarioth · 11 months

Cab driver should make that guy shadow him for a day before giving the phone back. That way, the douche would see what kind of shit cab drivers have to deal with and would gain a greater appreciation for their work.

lirx · 11 months

A similar story.

I accidentally left my not-yet-released iPhone in a bar. . .

thathonkey · 11 months

So... did he post an apology?

NotUnderYourBed · 11 months

Why are all these people assuming this must be fake because its completely implausible? 1) There are plenty of douches that skip out on paying their fares, 2) Plenty of (drunken douchey) people who leave their cell in the cab, 3) Plenty of (douchey) people leave facebook logged in on their cell, 4) Plenty of cab drivers are actually capable of a sense of humour as well as being decent human beings. I know a lot of fake stuff ends up on reddit, but.... its not too "far out" to be called impossible.

the_taco_man · 11 months

While cabs in Australia are notoriously expensive, and offer a very poor quality of service (most of them couldn't find their way out of a wet paper bag. Heck, a lot of them don't even know where most suburbs are) I combat this by just never using them. I would rather drive to a party in the city and not drink so that I can drive home than have to utilize a god-awful Melbourne taxi. Doing a runner is one of the biggest dick moves you can do.

jaywalker1982 · 11 months

Having driven a cab for a year on the midnite shift, I think I found a new hero today.

Warlaw · 6 months

Props to the taxi driver. That guy is a champion.

staringispolite · 5 months

This is hilarious, but also:

Honestly, who leaves their phone unlocked these days?

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