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Cabbie allegedly stiffed on $3,000 fare
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2009/12/ ... 261502507/

A Florida man had a taxi driver take him from Miami to Memphis, and then did not pay him for the fare, meals, gasoline or expenses, police allege.

Lucilo Perez of Miami was arrested for allegedly refusing to pay the cabbie. Lelis Almeira, or reimburse his expenses for the 1,600-mile, 20-hour cab ride, Miami's WFOR-TV reported Monday.

Perez has been charged with theft over $1,000, Memphis police said.

"He didn't have to do it. He spent all his money for the expenses. He put everything for meals on his credit card expecting to get paid. He's kind of lost faith in humanity. And I don't blame him," said Flamingo Taxi dispatcher Joel Lubin.

"This year has been really really hard," said taxi driver Jean Desir, 54, a colleague of Almeira's, referring to how hard-hit cabbies have been in the current economy.

"We're not going to promise something we don't have. I don't know why the cab driver and (Perez) came on. That's between them," said Nellie Rose, the Memphis woman Perez had traveled to visit.

Perez was being held on bond, WFOR-TV said.

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

What a tit.

Still I suspect we all know idiots who would do a job like this, without getting the money up-front.

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IDFIMH

And at an average speed of 80mph too.

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Former taxi driver