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In response to "Dude made 850k last year and flips out over .20. -- nm" by Reagen

vancouver cabbies pull this all the time, and it enrages me (not that I'd consider hitting them). fare is $21.50, you give $them 30, they go

Posted by mafic Aug 10 '09, 10:48

"sorry, I only have $5." trying to cheat me out of the $3.50 I probably would've given anyway makes me not tip.

you don't tip cabbies here, and they have the equally infuriating ploy of counting out change really slowly, and in small coin, hoping you'll just tell them to forget it.

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I'm glad our cabs take cards now. - znufrii Aug 10, 11:04
I try to use cab companies that take interac. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 10:50 2
- they all have to take visa in vancouver. that's what I do if they pull the no change thing. they don't like taking visa. -- nm - mafic Aug 10, 10:52 1
  - reminds me of the old Air Farce skit, the Montreal Cab Driver. (No Visa, lady, or I keel you!) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 10:56

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vancouver cabbies pull this all the time, and it enrages me (not that I'd consider hitting them). fare is $21.50, you give $them 30, they go

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