Bel-Air, Coquitlam, Black Top, and Checker Taxi Need To Die
So I’m getting ready to leave a work function at 10:30pm when a coworker insists I take a taxi on the corporate account instead of public transit because it’s faster and safer.
Ha.
Half an hour after we call for 2 taxis the one for my coworker arrives and the driver says my taxi is just 5 minutes behind him.
15 minutes later, still no taxi for me. So I call the taxi company (Blacktop/Checker) and they say they had to route the call to Coquitlam taxi because they had no vehicles in the area, my taxi should arrive any moment.
Another 15 minutes later and still no taxi. I call again and they give me the number for Coquitlam taxi and tell me to call them because they can’t help me. I call Coquitlam taxi and they say the taxi is already here.
10 minutes later it actually arrives.
The driver pulls up, not wearing a seat belt and doesn’t know how to get where I’m headed. I give him directions which he only vaguely follows. Half way along he decides to put his seat belt on. I notice he has no ID displayed save something that reads “Bel-Air Taxi LTD. #64″ and the number had clearly been altered. The journey takes 35 minutes.
Let’s add this up shall we?
Time Spent Waiting: 1 Hour 10 Minutes
Time Spent In Taxi: 35 Minutes
Total Time Spent On Taxi Trip: 1 Hour 45 Minutes
Estimated Transit Travel Time: 1 Hour.
Sigh.
