The Cab Ride

I just got out of a cab I took from the airport to an insurance conference and boy am I steamed, so steamed I had to post this right away. The trip took fifteen minutes to get to my destination and you know what? The cab driver's meter showed a fare of $16.25. $16.25 for fifteen minutes of work? Give me a break! I don't care they charge by the mile, if it takes only fifteen minutes they should adjust a fare to compensate for the time they saved you. I tried to talk him down to $10.00, that's $40.00 an hour, much more than he deserves. What did he do, really? Take a few minutes out of his day to drive someone around for a few minutes. I mean, really, why pay the cabbie the full fare if he gets you to your destination faster than you expected him to take. Well, the crook took me for $16.25 (he threatened to beat me with the bat he keeps in the front seat.) Next time either I'm going to share a cab or agree to a fare before I even sit in the cab! Jeez, what a shady racket the cab business is. Next they will start expecting us to leave them with tips like the Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru cashier tries to do!