Originally Posted by
a447
I'm now on my way to the airport after a bit of drama regarding the taxi.
There is a dickhead working at the hotel. Every morning when I was sitting outside furiously typing on my iPad, he would constantly come over to practise his English, even though he could see I was busy. It drove me mad!
Today I asked him to call me taxi and told him they must use the meter. I waited and waited but there was no sign of a taxi, so I walked down the driveway onto the street to see what he was doing. Taxis were passing by but he had his back turned to the road!
Finally he snared one. I got in and was told it was 500 baht. When I asked him to turn on the meter, he reversed up the street and dumped me back at the hotel!
"I told you, I want a meter taxi."
"Oh,sorry. I forget!"
He got me another one but as soon as I hopped in, it was 500 baht. I was now running 20 minutes late so I just gave in.