I had a taxi driver once, on order to come and collect me from my villa. 15 minutes after he should have turned up, I got a phone call from the taxi company telling me that the driver can't get to the villa, as the road is completely barricaded and blocked off by the police.

This confused me, as I was standing outside watching the various traffic driving by as per normal.

It wasn't until I spoke directly to the taxi driver that I realised he was at the wrong end of the road, trying to drive into the school. He didn't get a tip, that day.

The taxi company is just as bad - they say they havn't got enough taxis to send one within the next 3 hours, but they have around 100 of the damn things sat outside City Centre Mall, doing nothing. The excuse?
"Oh, those aren't phone-call taxis."
"Then why do they have your phone number all over them in really big numbers?!?!"
"Ummmmmm, they're not phone-call taxis."

What a bunch of cretins.

"Never argue with idiots. They'll drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."