Got wine at the airport? It's harder to grab a cab

Mpls Star-Tribune ^ | 28 sep 06 | John Reinan

[white trash redneck]

When flight attendant Eva Buzek returned to Minneapolis from a trip to France, five taxi drivers refused to take her home from the airport. The reason? She had two bottles of wine in her suitcase -- and the drivers were Muslims, who don't drink and refuse to have alcohol in their taxis.

[white trash redneck]

Disgusting dhimmitude.

Are other cabbies similarly allowed to transport Korans in their cabs?

[dead]

I generally don't let cabbies look in my luggage.

[NurdlyPeon]

Sounds like the cab driver was doing them a favor. Any driver that would do something like that is probably not someone whose cab you would want to get into.

[aft_lizard]

If a muslim wanted a ride and was refused fare for whatever reason it would be called bigotry,racism etc. No hypocracy here.

[Tax-chick]

Carrying bottles of wine in your suitcase seems a poor choice all around.

[camle]

reckon they won't be taking teddy kennedy anywhere soon...

[D.P.Roberts]

These bigots need their licenses pulled.

[joebuck]

"Now the airports commission has a solution: color-coding the lights on the taxi roofs to indicate whether a driver will accept a booze-toting fare."

Well at there's an up-side, now even non drinkers will be able to avoid muzzie taxi drivers.

[2banana]

Why are these muslims even serving infidel women that are not covered up? They seem to be picking and choosing from the koran...

[BigBobber]

Clearly this is against the law. The are offering a service to the public and can't legally discriminate against non-Muslims.

I'm sure the ACLU will file a suit against them.

[HEY4QDEMS]

and the drivers were Muslims, who don't drink and refuse to have alcohol in their taxis.

Think they'd object to my pig head?

[Utahrd]

What if a Southern Baptist cabbie in Atlanta refused to take a passenger that was carrying booze?

The ACLU would have him hauled into court.

[shankbear]

The ride might stink up a good bottle of wine anyway. Don't ride with the Izlamomuzziethugz from any country.

[trisham]

She had two bottles of wine in her suitcase --

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I can't imagine carrying a bottle of wine in my suitcase. That being said, how did the cabbie know it was there?

[ozoneliar]

Now the airports commission has a solution: color-coding the lights on the taxi roofs to indicate whether a driver will accept a booze-toting fare The Caliphate of Minneapolis. This is bogus. Cab- Drivers are not supposed to be allowed to refuse service to anybody.

[ozzymandus]

Any cab company that would hire these nuts should be sued for discrimination. I suspect Jesse jackson will be standing at the cab stand with a bottle of Ripple and a lawyer.

[Tax-chick]

The article says she told him she was carrying wine in her suitcase.

[MplsSteve]

"Don't ask, don't tell" is the best policy in cases like these.

[massgopguy]

From now on whenever I take a cab and have a Muslim driver I will wait until I get out of it to tell him he has just been an Apsotate. Does this mean they will also refuse to pick people up at a bar because they have been drinking?