Cabbie to the Rescue!

I had a cab driver once tell me what a ladies' man he is. His neighbors wife, girls at the bar, girls he picks up . . . they all want to tie him down because of the good sex he makes; but he likes variety too much. He called himself Michael Douglas from Basic Instinct at least five times. I'm pretty sure if that guy barged into my robbery, I would flee the scene.

@JenMac Sitting in a cab all day, I guess the guy has a lot of time to fantasize. Why am I guessing most of that good sex is probably in his head?

I feel like my friends are constantly blabbing in cabs about personal info! I always get really embarrassed. I know that we'll never see the guy again; but, there's still something about having no regard for a stranger eavesdropping to weird sex stuff that always blows my mind.

@BroadwayBK: He must have liked you. Thought you were gorgeous and wanted to use you as his next target. It was more of an ego thing on his part. Who knows. He could have been a rapist. You were good to ignore him and leave the cab without saying a word.

I have heard of a case where this girl got into a cab and the cab driver was a very handsome Indian or Pakistan guy. They got to talking. She was single and wanted a date. She shot off her mouth and so he asked her out. He gave her his number. Do you know two days later, her body was discovered in the Hudson River near a boat. According to the report, she was raped and strangled.

This is why it is best not to talk to cab drivers. Even if they do look innocent. You never know what they are thinking.

@hhusted in a huge city like NYC the incident like you mentioned can happen anywhere .. it doesnt have to be a cab driver and not all of them are demons! In 2001 when I was a visitor in NYC I got into a cab with my aunt at Battery Park City. My aunt was attired in Indian clothes and the cabbie got talking with her. Turns out he hailed from my grandfather's village which is now in Pakistan but which prior to 1947 was a part of India. The cabbie got so excited reminiscing that when we reached our destination on the UES he refused to take the $18 fare. After much cajoling on our part he accepted a token of $10. This happened to me once again in 2003 when I again visiting NYC,when an Indian cabbie again refused to accept the fare for me. I felt so guilty because it is after all their livelihood that I insisted on paying his full fare. Nowadays when I get in a cab driven by a S.Asian they just enjoy chatting about the home country but none of them offer to waive my fare thanks to the economy:).

@hhusted one more thing none of these cabbies offer to date me or anything.. in fact in another post I mentioned that I recently got into a cab without any money and had to promptly get out. I have to mention at that in that case the cab driver was a youngish, good looking white guy who seemed extremely chatty but I had to cut him off as I needed to get out asap. I could have made him wait until I ran home to get my wallet but my fare was a small one and really didnt want him to lose out on custom because of me

@NeverSleeps never met a single female cabbie, now that I think of it. Hmm.

@Neversleeps so have I only the one single female cabbie

@uptowngirl If I had a credit card that rewarded with frequent flyer miles, I would be swiping that thing everywhere it would take! I have a lot of family members who do that, and are always siting on top of a decent amount of miles. All this talk about it makes me want to sign up for a card right now.

@ajadedidealist there are some benefits to having a credit card so I do have a couple but I use them infrequently and do all my spending on my debit cards.