I returned to Milan after a few days off to Rome where I experienced on my skin the shortage of taxis and blackmail that users must subject because of the arrogance (and dishonest) taxi drivers (I hope not all). Friday, December 29th step, the evening at a nightclub near the Prenestina. Around 3 am, at the exit, a man comes up to me asking if I want a taxi. I agree and say that I have to go near Termini. Answer: There are 20 € without meter. I refuse because I want the meter and the guy replied that at that time "no longer uses the meter, because the taxi drivers have finished the service" (?). In the face of my protests, appears to reconcile and tells me to go and talk directly with the taxi driver (in a car waiting nearby). The driver repeats the same thing: 20 € without meter, and adds: "Who want to find at this time! I finished the service and the meter will not turn on anymore! And if you call a taxi by phone, between alchemy and spend a night supplement € 50. "I decided not to give in to this blackmail, I'm leaving (among other things behind me a group of boys agree to the terms of the driver and salt in the car). I call a taxi service number but after about 10 minutes of waiting and attack me walk towards the Prenestina away with greater influx of traffic. Meanwhile, I continue to call a taxi but the line every time I take a message pre-recorded more or less says that "in the request is not presently in any taxi. Please try again later. "Meanwhile, taxis pass in front of me coming from nightclub where I come from people who continue to load up prices and bargaining is not responding to phone calls. In conclusion, I return to the hotel with a night bus: the trip takes 9 minutes (timed) Cost: € 1. Now I wonder: if a person living on Prenestina urgently needed a taxi at night what to do? Adventures of the kind I had so far succeeded only in Egypt and Morocco. Rome is in Italy or in a third world country? Massimo Colomba, mascoba2@yahoo.com (by Italians - Courier online)
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