[nabs-l] [Nfbnet-members-list] Threw Our Eyes interview, Ride into History, Race for Independence, Wed. June 22, 8:00 pm EDT
Bernadetta Pracon
bernadetta_pracon at samobile.net
Thu Jun 23 05:03:18 UTC 2011
Yes,as a matterof fact, I've had that issue once.
A cab driver tried to tell me I gave him a five, not a twenty. In the
first place, he had misquoted my fair purposely;I took the cab to a
local FedEx, something I had done before and I knew full well that he
tried to overcharge me. When I confronted him about overcharging me, he
started stumbling over his words saying"Well,you had three boxes, and a
dog,and..." Then I reminded him that he can't charge me extra for
bringing my guide dog, and he couldn't charge me for bringing my boxes,
because it's not like he helped me load or unload them, and that the
whole idea was just preposterous. I gave him a twenty and asked him to
give me back the change he owed me. (Now, keep in mind, I told him I
was paying him the standard fair of that rout, and that I was initially
planning on giving him a small tip,but now that he's been so
shamelessly dishonest and rude,he wouldn't get an extra cent.) He
insisted for a few minutes that in fact, I owed him money, because the
bill I gave him was a five,not a twenty. So I said, "ok, let'sgo inside
the FedEx, and I'll ask one of the people there what the bill is.". At
that point,he backed down and said forget it, ok. And gave me back a
few bills and tried to drive off. I threw him another curveball when I
proceeded to check the bills he gave me with my IBill,and found he gave
me three ones instead of a five and two ones. Without a word,he briskly
traded the one for a five,and sped off. He was absolutely furious.
SowasI, because I couldn't believe someone would be such a piece of
scum, and not once but a few times, but I was glad that in the end,I
didn't fall for his low scheme.
Bernadetta
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