You know when you have a feeling that something isnt right? or when someone is being shady? or a feeling that your not safe? I feel like its called instinct. Today I had one of those experiences which led me to getting out of a cab in the middle of street. It was one of those bad feelings when I got into the cab. I guess the first warning sign was that he was smoking and continued to smoke w the window down. Then at one of the signals I heard him push some buttons on the meter... this sparked a warning feeling in my gut and then I started to watch the meter carefully. The meter was going up 100w every five seconds!! I contemplated on how I would ask the driver why the meter was going up so quickly but my korean words were escaping me..
so then I literally said. Mister. Meter. Fast? why? 100won so fast so fast. nighttime? I wanted to know if maybe it was becuase it was late (although I found out later that it only goes up faster after midnight) Anyhow saying these few words was enough for him to understand as he got really pissed and started to swear at me and say a whole bunch of stuff in which maybe it was to my advantage that I had no idea what he was saying. After 2 minutes of him yelling, I yelled back. Drop me off NOW. It was one of those feelings that I all of a sudden started to feel unsafe and I really didnt want him to know where I lived. It was late and cold but I soon found another cab that was warm and safe.
lesson: Next time I feel like something fishy is going on. Take a pic of the cab number or at least write it down. Just get out without saying a word- and report them. I did find out that there has been taxi fraud where they rigged their meters to go faster. Gotta trust your gut.
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