I hate cab drivers!

We went to Glorietta this morning for a drug test at Patients First. Pasig City Ordinance requires all regular employees of all companies to undergo this test. Since we already have our annual physical exam which didn’t include this, we have the option to go to Pasig One Stop Clinic at Pasig City Hall or to any private clinics we prefer.  Since I live near Glorietta, I decided to go to Patients First since it’s also open on Sundays.

I went to the mall with my daughter and her nanny riding a cab, which we got parking near our place.  There are cabs that park near our place to wait for passengers.  Anyway, when we were near Glorietta, I checked the meter of the cab and I saw it’s 55 pesos so I opened my wallet to get the money.  I gave my daughter’s nanny 50 pesos first while I get another 20 pesos to give to the driver.  The nanny, who didn’t know how much the fare is, asks the driver, “where is your meter Kuya?”  I saw the driver immediately turned of the meter and said “It’s only 75 pesos”.  I immediately told him, “I saw it Kuya it’s only 55 pesos. I’m sure of that.”   The driver said “Ah okay, so just give me some extra pesos” (since the drivers are used to the passengers giving them extra 5 or 10 pesos).  I told him that I was about to give him 70 pesos but since I was really mad that he tried to cheat on us, I would only give him the exact amount.

Isn’t it frustrating that there are really those kind of cab drivers?  Though not all are like that, but most of the cab drivers try to do lots of things so that the fare shown on the meter would go higher. Too bad I forgot to get the cab’s plate number so that I won’t ride that car again if ever I saw it near our place.

Tags: cabs, personal experience