July 8th, 2005 | California, San Francisco, Travel |
Polish Moron in San Francisco!
Even though I have met many cool Polish people and eaten many great Polish pastry products, I have never had luck with Polish taxi drivers.
Okay I am not sure if he was Polish, but he was somewhere from an Eastern Bloc country and his last name was something like Ivarskyliskypaski. Anyway, this idiot is the moron that took me in a cab from San Francisco to San Jose Airport this morning. It was 4:30 AM, and I had to take the 7 AM flight to Austin because it was the only direct one. I would have used the car service from the hotel, but they did not arrive till 5 AM and that was cutting it too close. So I reluctantly hopped in this cab even though when a clearly said, “I have till 6 AM to get to the San Jose Airport,” he gave me a look just like my Shih-Tsu does when I ask her about the origins of hexamic pentameter.
An hour later, we are driving around downtown San Jose and he says, “I can’t find the Hilton.” In response, I thrust myself forward between the seats and I said, “You are an idiot. Who needs to be at a hotel at 6 AM?”
Then he took me to the cargo area of San Jose Airport then had to ask a UPS guy how to get to the terminal. I was fit to be tied! Finally he got me to the terminal and he charged me $150! He argued it was a flat rate and I had no time to argue because I was already late. I called him an effing moron once again and yelled at him, as he drove off, to learn the effing language. This seemed to delight a lot of other travelers that were standing on the sidewalk, who have similarly had trouble communicating in the language of English.
I gotta get out of this country!!!
June 10th, 2008 16:19
Does the Eastern Block still exsist?What about the Warsaw Pact or Berlin Wall?Is it still in Your head?Oh yeah ,I know,You don`t care.But agree with You that taxi drivers in United States are really stupid.