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> Taxi Cabs <

I don’t live in California. But in my neck of the woods Uber and Lyft are quite reliable. If you need them at, say, 6 PM they are there at or around 6 PM.

But taxi cabs are very unreliable. If the driver decides he doesn’t want your fare (because a more lucrative one has just called in) he simply won’t show up for you.

And you’ll never get a call informing you of that. You’ll just be waiting for a taxi that never shows. You could call the taxi company. But all you’ll get is “Sorry. Our drivers are free to decline all fares.”

So what do you do if you really need a taxi, and no Uber or Lyft is around? You gotta resort to bribery. You gotta tell the dispatcher they’ll be a $40 tip for the driver. Then maybe he’ll show up.