NYC taxi driver is fined $25k for refusing to pick up a black female executive and her two daughters

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

I wonder if anyone has taken the time to ask the driver why he passed up a fare? Maybe they were arguing, and he didn't want that in his cab? Maybe he recognized them from a previous ride, and they stiffed him, and he wasn't going to give them another free ride? Or perhaps he was told by a dispatcher to pick up the fare that he passed them up for?

So many options other than bigotry. And with a name like his, I suspect something less... wicked in his actions.

Edited August 9, 2015 by ROYGBP

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I wonder if anyone has taken the time to ask the driver why he passed up a fare? Maybe they were arguing, and he didn't want that in his cab? Maybe he recognized them from a previous ride, and they stiffed him, and he wasn't going to give them another free ride? Or perhaps he was told by a dispatcher to pick up the fare that he passed them up for?

So many options other than bigotry. And with a name like his, I suspect something less... wicked in his actions.

Maybe none of it is important.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I wonder if anyone has taken the time to ask the driver why he passed up a fare? Maybe they were arguing, and he didn't want that in his cab? Maybe he recognized them from a previous ride, and they stiffed him, and he wasn't going to give them another free ride? Or perhaps he was told by a dispatcher to pick up the fare that he passed them up for?

So many options other than bigotry. And with a name like his, I suspect something less... wicked in his actions.

Hundreds of cabbies were accused of refusing passengers based on race, gender or other improper factors in a subsequent undercover crackdown

Looks like they performed a sting operation to come up with this conclusion.

[Boiler 43,392]

Liquor board do the same thing, quite disgusting. I have heard some real horror stories.