Money sucking cabbies!!!

I just came back from lunch with two former colleagues in Bukit Bintang.

I had problems flagging down a cab, so I thought I'd walk and hail one along the way. One eventually stopped but asked for MYR7 outside the former MAS building. I said no as it was less than 5 km away.

So I continued walking, while watching out for cabs but NONE stopped!

My legs were getting tired as you can imagine, I was walking in my heels, and my recent frequent visits to the gym aggravated my already aching legs.

I walked to Shangri-la hotel finally and decided to enlist their concierge's help to get a cab. One cab stopped, hotel staff told him where I wanted to go and he said ok. The moment I got into his cab and closed the door, he said "MYR10 ok?" with a big smiley grin.

"NO WAY!! It is very near!" I exclaimed. He refused to take me so I got down from the cab. If I didn't agree to paying MYR7 15 minutes ago, I am most certainly not going to pay MYR10 for a much nearer distance! The hotel staff were all looking puzzled when I got down from the car.

I waited for another cab at the hotel, and finally this one was willing to take me, and I only paif MYR2.60 for it!! I gave the driver a tip!