Growing More Ballsy In Dubai Everyday!

Man I had a bung hole of a taxi driver and I’m being quite genteel by using the word bung hole to describe for this guy. Judge for yourself, here's the story:

--- We have 1 car at the moment, which Aidan uses to get to work.

--- I finished shopping and getting groceries. It’s a short 15 minute walk back home but I had too many grocery bags and am not chancing it in the 45 degree heat at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

--- Got a taxi home. The driver didn’t hear destination correctly, didn’t bother to clarify them and started heading in the wrong direction. I corrected him and gave him the correct directions.

--- At the end of my trip I was determined only to pay him the usual payment for the distance from the mall to home and not pay for the extra distance he took to correct his mistakes.

--- First I got the shopping out of the boot, to avoid a delay get away should further altercations occur. Paid him AED10, the meter read AED15 but usual payment for taking the correct route home is AED10.

--- I handed him the payment and he look at me. I said if he didn’t hear me properly then clarify the destination and not assume.

--- He gave me the AED10 back and said take it, I looked at him and took it back……Oh well I at least I tried to give him the right payment.

--- As I picked up the grocery bags he turned the car around and he pulled the car up to me again and said give me the money.....I said what?! I tried to give it to you the first time and you didn’t want it and gave it back to me, why do you want the money now?

--- He said he was making a point by giving the money back to me, so I would give him the right amount, i.e. AED15. I said if you really want the payment then I’m only giving you AED10 because that’s the right payment for the trip distance.

--- He said if he had heard clearly the first time (YEAH THATS RIGHT!!! If you had heard me CORRECTLY the first time but you DIDN’T and didn’t bother asking me again!!) that I only wanted to go this short distance then he wouldn’t have taken me as his fare. That he, as the taxi driver, can refuse what ever fare he liked!

--- I said it was his choice to be a taxi driver and he shouldn’t do it if he didn’t take all different distance fares. I said to him, what do you want me do, move further away so I could make his fare bigger?!?!

--- He said he had been waiting 1 hour for a fare and wasn’t happy my fare was a short one. Basically my fare wasn’t worth his time.

--- So I gave him the AEA10 and he started muttering something to the gardener man who was walking past to have his case heard by a third party. Yeah right, do whatever's needed to make yourself feel better!

So that was my taxi episode! Stay tuned for more stories from Dubai. Getting more ballsy everyday in Dubai!