These companies really need to vet their drivers! I was running late for my exam and decided to waive a cab. I told him my predicament and asked if he took debit before getting in for the ride. He said he did.........
Once we got to my exam center, I asked him to turn on the machine so I could pay and hurry in. He refused to pass the machine over so I could pay and instead, suddenly insisted I give him cash. I was late and was not about to go around seeking an ATM machine which is why I asked for debit/credit before getting in the cab! I told him that if he wanted cash, he would have to come back after my exams because I was already late. I wrote down my number to give him and he flew into a fit! He started yelling that I didn't want to pay him (my debit card was out and ready to pay) and went ahead to call the cops on me! I decided to go inside and he followed me and barricaded the elevator. All this time he had the machine in his hand and refused to punch in the numbers so I could pay. At this point I didn't even know what he was fighting about because as he claimed I didn't want to pay him, I was PLEADING for him to let me pay with machine as was agreed upon or take my number if he insisted on getting cash. I think this man got some perverse satisfaction from taunting a lone female passenger and making her even later for her exam. He made all sorts of accusations and even told the cops that I damaged his machine. I never touched it!! Wasn't that the problem, that he wouldn't pass the machine so I could pay? I'm so glad I insisted on paying with debit because if I had succumbed to his sudden demand for cash, I would not have a receipt as proof that I never damaged his machine.
After getting a rise, and as the elevator started closing in on him despite his attempts to keep it open, he decided to do what he should have done 30 minutes ago and punch in the figures into the machine so I could pay. Imagine that? I got to my exam half an hour late. Time was deducted. I lost time and money and he gained some perverse satisfaction from taunting a passenger. This is what you risk for being a lone female. This would not have happened if I was with someone else in that cab. I can guarantee it. It certainly wouldn't have happened if I was a man. He gets to sleep well at night and do it again while I remain shaken by this absurdly unnecessary incident.