Coming from a large taxi town NYC, with its begrudgingly annoying moments when the driver decides to take the long route to your destination or decides take his own tip giving you less than the amount you need returned...it was incredibly aggravating to have this happen in another city unprepared for retaliation.
So we're taking a cab back from the Ave train station where we returned from beautiful Seville excited about how wonderful that experience was and how coming back to Madrid was not the best feeling...and then we get off. The taxi says 6.80 euros and he proposes to give me 20 cents back when I gave a ten. Uhm....oh hell no. So we get out of the cab where he's taking stuff out of the back and show him the 20 cents but telling him we gave 10 euros. He proposes to tell us of "supplementos para tres..." whatever the hell added on fee that was...that was a complete lie. There is no such thing as a supplemental fee for three people in the taxi. I have confirmed this with three other Madrilenos and if someone wants to screw you over, make sure you give them the exact amount so you dont get screwed over!! Whatever you do in the taxi, make sure you don't speak English too loudly. It just makes you an easy target. And preferably know the language a little more than you think you need. It would be helpful and you be made less of a target.
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