A Classy Taxi

Called the dispatch person and told them I was at the Goodyear in Ocean Springs, next to the Winn Dixie. They said they would have a cab to me in 25 – 30 minutes. I got a call 40 minutes later from dispatch that the cab was waiting on me… There was no vehicle there. The dispatcher called back and said the cab driver had gone to the wrong Goodyear and would be to me in a couple of minutes. If you aren’t familiar with Ocean Springs, there is only one Goodyear and only one Winn-​Dixie… The cab came careening through the parking lot five minutes later. Someone is lying; I am not impressed.
Driver seems okay; we have a short convo. He drives like he’s in NYC… cutting people off, not using his blinker, crossing three lanes of traffic unnecessarily… His phone rings when we’re about five minutes from the Biloxi Regional Hospital. He tells the person on the other end that there is a wreck ahead of us and it’s being cleared out now and that he should be there soon… Not even remotely true. Then he says, «I hate to have to lie to people, but sometimes you have to.» Uh-​huh…
Cost $ 16 before tip to go 5.3 miles. Two days later I used Airport Casino Military Residential Taxi Service to go 5.4 miles back to Goodyear from the same hospital and it cost a $ 1.25 less… So check them out instead!