Rip Off!
I had to do a course which was in a village outside Rugby. My employers, who were not too great at organising things decided to put me up in a hotel a few villages away, rather than get me a place in Rugby to stay.

So on the first morning of the course I had to call a Rugby taxi firm to come and pick me up and take me to where the course was. The taxi arrived and took me on the 6 mile journey. On arrival at the training centre the meter said £12.60, but the taxi driver said he would have to charge me £20.00 for coming out from Rugby to the hotel where I was staying. I pointed out that I should have been told this when I booked the taxi. He disagreed with my reasoning. So I tell him to change me £12.60 and I wouldn't take the matter further, or I would pay him £20.00 and report him to Rugby council as he was licensed. He said he didn't mind becuase it was a normal practice, so I paid him the £20.00 and got a receipt.

On leaving the cab I took a picture of him with my camera phone and told him I'd taken a picture of the meter too. Then he realised he might be in a bit of bother, so he gave me back my £20.00 and drove off in a hurry. I could have still reported him for trying to pull a fly one, but I decided instead to use the receipt I still had and claim the £20 on expenses.

I never did understand why he was happy to give me a receipt, surely it was incriminting?
(Grundie, Thu 27 May 2004, 18:55, Reply)