May 20

Bad Driver

Tag: Generaladmin @ 4:37 pm

I was looking for a taxi outside my apartment at about 7pm last night. There was one with its light on, but no driver. I waited around for a few minutes, and the driver eventually came out. I approached him.

Driver: 去哪? Where to?
Me: 建国路。JianGuo road.
D: 建国路什么路?JianGuo road and what road?
Me: 岳阳路。YueYang rd.
D: (Thinks for a split second) 70块。70RMB.

I burst out laughing. I laughed loudly and rudely, pointed at him, and invited passers-by to ridicule him in a similar fashion. For the record, the fare is about 15, less than a quarter of what he said.

After humiliating him as much as I could, I whipped out my camera and took a photo. I couldn’t get a shot of both the number plate and the driver at the same time, and I made the split second decision to take a photo of him.

Apart from hoping to publicly defame someone who did his utmost to rip me off, I hope that this can serve as a warning: never accept a ride in a taxi that doesn’t go on a meter, and never believe anything the individual in this photo says.

5 Responses to “Bad Driver”

  1. matthew254 says:

    harsh but seriously - did he think you were a tourist or what? maybe he miscalculated…probably not. kind of reminds me of my substitute teaching days - those kids will hang you if you give them enough rope. in this cause, I wonder what were the chances that a potential customer would actually pay that amount!

  2. admin says:

    I think he must have thought I was a tourist. I was with dad, who looks really tourist-y.

  3. Woaizhongguo says:

    My response would have been “ok, so how much would it be to visit yo mama!”.

  4. kastner says:

    Haha, so funny.
    D: (Thinks for a split second) 70块。70RMB.

    What’s in his head? Why 70 kuai? lmao

  5. maxiewawa says:

    Haha i don’t know!

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