Speaking of cabs, I have one arriving (I hope) to pick me up at 5:30am for a 7am flight to Guadalajara for a day of press interviews...wish me luck, I'm going to need it!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Como puede ser que no tienes cambio?
Each morning I will be taking a "safe" taxi cab to my office from my residence in La Condesa. It really pays to stay here because I would much rather travel to and from the office than have to travel to and from my house to find cool things to do after work and on weekends. So this morning I called my typical cab company for a pickup. And this morning they actually showed up on time which is a miracle in itself. I clearly should not have been so overjoyed by the timeliness of my cab, because my cabbie did not carry more than 40 pesos in change - which right now equates to approximately 3 dollars. Needless to say, when I gave him my 200 pesos to pay for the morning taxi ride, he was not pleased. We proceeded on a scavenger hunt for cambio...from the convenient store to the tamale street vendors with no luck at all. Next thing you know my cabbie is standing in the middle of rush hour traffic waving my 200 pesos in the air. I've got to give it to him - someone stopped after about 5 minutes and hooked him up with the change. So lesson learned...cabs don't carry change and should not be paid with anything greater than 50 peso bills.
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Good luck! Sounds like you're having fun already. :) Buen dia!
ReplyDeleteOne of the worst things of traveling. Getting change. I was given many, many dirty looks for buying a pack of gum with a huge note. But hey, what can you do?
ReplyDeleteHope your interviews went well this morning, and the cab arrived on time.