Comments on: More taxi trouble http://www.elliott.org/blog/more-taxi-trouble/ Consumer advocate Christopher Elliott's site. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mary http://www.elliott.org/blog/more-taxi-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-10779 Mary Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:39:58 +0000 http://beta.elliott.org/photos/more-taxi-trouble/#comment-10779 No matter how much I have read, and not only do I travel a lot and read extensively, but I have taken comparative religion courses and have always tried to be a voice of reason. But this issue should be a non-issue! You do not become a taxi driver if you are not willing to do the job. It is not legal to refuse to transport someone for race, why should one group be allowed to refuse transport because of their personal choice of a religion? Ridiculous! If I were denied transport for such a reason, I wouldn't hesitate to complain all the way to the Supreme Court, if necessary. But then, I wouldn't have this issue because I have no qualms about lying through my teeth about what's in my luggage. My right to this privacy supercedes all else in this matter. And discrimination against the disabled is illegal! Pure and simple! You do your job or you lose it! No if's and's or but's. No matter how much I have read, and not only do I travel a lot and read extensively, but I have taken comparative religion courses and have always tried to be a voice of reason. But this issue should be a non-issue! You do not become a taxi driver if you are not willing to do the job. It is not legal to refuse to transport someone for race, why should one group be allowed to refuse transport because of their personal choice of a religion? Ridiculous! If I were denied transport for such a reason, I wouldn’t hesitate to complain all the way to the Supreme Court, if necessary. But then, I wouldn’t have this issue because I have no qualms about lying through my teeth about what’s in my luggage. My right to this privacy supercedes all else in this matter. And discrimination against the disabled is illegal! Pure and simple! You do your job or you lose it! No if’s and’s or but’s.

]]> By: Ed http://www.elliott.org/blog/more-taxi-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-4377 Ed Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:03:02 +0000 http://beta.elliott.org/photos/more-taxi-trouble/#comment-4377 Coming back from a 2 week vacation to Hawaii, we waited at the taxi stand at Dulles International Airport...The taxi director flagged a cab and motioned for us to go to that cab. We had 6 bags between us....my and my wife (2 checked and one carryon each). The driver began to refuse to take us, indicating that the number of bags we had would damage his cab in some way. The taxi director insisted that the cabbie take us (at least that's what I thought he was saying, since it certainly was not a common language spoken nativly in this hemisphere) After the cabbie lost the altercation with the director, he proceeded to load the trunk in a most inelligant manner and as if to make a point tried to slam the trunk lid down on a stacking job that would obviously not fit...I rearranged the bags and managed to align them in a way that would make everything fit...snuggly, but they fit. This didn't make the driver happy and the next 15 minutes were treated to a rather gruff driver who didn't even stick around after he dropped us off for a tip or nothing... Oh well.... Ed web/gadget guru Coming back from a 2 week vacation to Hawaii, we waited at the taxi stand at Dulles International Airport…The taxi director flagged a cab and motioned for us to go to that cab.
We had 6 bags between us….my and my wife (2 checked and one carryon each).
The driver began to refuse to take us, indicating that the number of bags we had would damage his cab in some way. The taxi director insisted that the cabbie take us (at least that’s what I thought he was saying, since it certainly was not a common language spoken nativly in this hemisphere)
After the cabbie lost the altercation with the director, he proceeded to load the trunk in a most inelligant manner and as if to make a point tried to slam the trunk lid down on a stacking job that would obviously not fit…I rearranged the bags and managed to align them in a way that would make everything fit…snuggly, but they fit. This didn’t make the driver happy and the next 15 minutes were treated to a rather gruff driver who didn’t even stick around after he dropped us off for a tip or nothing…
Oh well….
Ed
web/gadget guru

]]> By: Carver Farrow http://www.elliott.org/blog/more-taxi-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-2329 Carver Farrow Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:08:12 +0000 http://beta.elliott.org/photos/more-taxi-trouble/#comment-2329 I got a good one. I took a cab from San Francisco to San Jose. About halfway into the trip it was obvious that the taxi driver, a big guy, suffered from sleep apnea. His breathing became labored and he began drifting from one lane to another. I engaged him in conversation during the remainder of the trip to make sure that he was alert and drove safely. I considered reporting him, but since I am not a doctor, I didn't want to possibly make an unfair accusation. I got a good one. I took a cab from San Francisco to San Jose. About halfway into the trip it was obvious that the taxi driver, a big guy, suffered from sleep apnea. His breathing became labored and he began drifting from one lane to another.

I engaged him in conversation during the remainder of the trip to make sure that he was alert and drove safely. I considered reporting him, but since I am not a doctor, I didn’t want to possibly make an unfair accusation.

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