Sunday, March 06, 2011

Taxi driver excitement

On Thursday night Jason went out for drinks after work with some friends.  He took a taxi home since he was out after the last bus left the city.  The taxi drove him to the end of our road where Jason told him was good enough.  The driver told him the price but the price was too high.  We know what the price should be since we have taken taxis many times.  Jason asked the driver to show him the meter.  The driver refused and got angry.  He started to back up so Jason immediately jumped out of the car as it was reversing.  He repeated to the driver that he wanted to see the meter and then he would pay him the fare.  The driver got out of the car and pushed Jason.  Jason's was holding his phone in his hand at the time and his phone fell to the ground.  The driver picked up Jason's phone and got back in his car and locked the doors.  he again told Jason to pay but this time he had to pay if he wanted his phone back.  Jason again repeated he wanted to see the meter and if not he would call the police.  The driver didn't believe him though because he then drove away with Jason's phone.  Jason came in the house and got my phone and called the police.  After speaking on the phone for a while with the police we waited for the police to come out to our house.  When they arrived they brought Jason back to the police station with them to fill out a police report.  When he got to the police station he was told they had already recovered his phone (since Jason had the taxi number) but his phone was at a different station.  Jason got back home at 5am and we went to sleep for two hours before waking up at 7am for Sofia's birthday.  We went to the police station in Prague 8 in the morning to pick up his phone.  After waiting over an hour Jason was told that they did have the phone but could not give it to him since it needed to be sent back to the station where the complaint was filed.  So now we are waiting from a call from the police station to call us so we can pick up Jason's phone.  So in the end, Jason is fine, his phone will be given back to him and the taxi driver will have a problem with his taxi license.

1 comment:

Laura said...

oh my gosh, this is a crazy story!! hope he got the phone back in the end. those dirty taxi drivers!