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Friends Opinion on My choosen taxi?

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Netcurtainnelly · 21/09/2025 21:38

My friend and I had just come out of the station, and there were no other passengers—taxis were queued on the other side of the road, but we were the only ones there at the time. I got into the nearest taxi because I liked the car and the way the doors opened. My friend gave me the side-eye and said, “You’re supposed to take the first taxi in line—that’s how it works.” The driver didn’t say anything and there were no signs. Was I in the wrong?
No queue-just us.

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JMSA · 25/09/2025 00:56

YABU.

marcopront · 25/09/2025 00:32

How did the taxi in the middle of the queue get out?

DiscoBob · 24/09/2025 17:45

It's a queue. The one you took would've had to manoeuvre out of the queue because there's another cab in front of him. Surely it's obvious to take the front one. Have you never taken a taxi before?

You liked the doors of the Tesla? Purleeze!

latetothefisting · 24/09/2025 17:40

Netcurtainnelly · 23/09/2025 18:00

I did . I don't like the sliding doors on some taxis, for a reason
I prefer where it's 4 doors, and each door opens separately.
I'm paying so my choice.

Seeing as nothing was said, nobody was obviously that bothered.

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Um...your friend DID say something! who else are you expecting to have got involved? random passers by? There isn't a boss of the taxi rank who would have appeared out of nowhere blowing a whistle.

Obviously the person whose taxi you got in isn't going to say anything, they want your fare! The taxis ahead of him were probably pissed off but by the time they worked out what you were doing they weren't going to chase off after you beeping their horns and losing their own place in the queue.

You're not a child, you can't use "well a grown up didn't tell me off so I wasn't naughty" as an excuse.

VivX · 23/09/2025 19:52

Netcurtainnelly · 23/09/2025 18:57

Really, the doors are easily noticeable, are you looking another way?

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Aren't the doors usually closed though? I literally only check the car at the front of the line is a taxi, not already with passengers in it, and then get in, if it is. I don't really give anything else much thought, to be honest.

WeirdyBeardyMarrowBabyLady · 23/09/2025 19:35

I simply don’t believe this happened.

Jackiepumpkinhead · 23/09/2025 19:21

How on earth do you not know this?

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Netcurtainnelly · 23/09/2025 18:57

VivX · 23/09/2025 18:01

I am mystfied about liking the way the car doors opened. Unless it was a dolorean, I can't imagine even noticing that kind of detail in a taxi.

Really, the doors are easily noticeable, are you looking another way?

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LaurelBush · 23/09/2025 18:03

Netcurtainnelly · 21/09/2025 21:43

I've just looked it up. It's says a little outdated today and as their were no signs you can take which one you prefer.

Maybe tell ChatGPT you are in England. Where proper (taxi) queue etiquette will never be outdated.

VivX · 23/09/2025 18:01

I am mystfied about liking the way the car doors opened. Unless it was a dolorean, I can't imagine even noticing that kind of detail in a taxi.

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Netcurtainnelly · 23/09/2025 18:00

NewYorkSummer · 22/09/2025 09:39

🤣🤣

Who tf chooses a taxi because they like the way the doors open?!

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I did . I don't like the sliding doors on some taxis, for a reason
I prefer where it's 4 doors, and each door opens separately.
I'm paying so my choice.

Seeing as nothing was said, nobody was obviously that bothered.

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UnsettledHen · 23/09/2025 17:59

Netcurtainnelly · 21/09/2025 21:43

I've just looked it up. It's says a little outdated today and as their were no signs you can take which one you prefer.

Well, you just go and make up the rules then. For future fun, try throwing a half-eaten takeaway on the footpath because you like the way it feels leaving your hand, or skip the queue at the post office because you like looking at yourself in the perspex screens, and AI told you it's 'a little outdated' to queue.

Mochudubh · 23/09/2025 17:54

Like this

Friends Opinion on My choosen taxi?
Mochudubh · 23/09/2025 17:51

Could be something like a Vauxhall Meriva that has "suicide doors" at the back (they open the opposite way to the front doors, with the handle nearest the front seat and the hinge nearer the boot). Some people find these easier to get into and out of so maybe the driver thought OP had some sort of infirmity/disability.

That could be his excuse when he gets back to the rank.

latetothefisting · 22/09/2025 20:29

Hoppinggreen · 22/09/2025 18:20

Seems reasonable, I also base my decision on the colour of the drivers jumper

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personally I like to stick my head into each cab and take a good sniff, then go in the one that has the nicest smelling air freshener.

Hoppinggreen · 22/09/2025 18:20

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 22/09/2025 08:51

Whenever there is a queue of taxis and no one else waiting I always walk down the rank and try all the doors and then choose the one with the nicest opening doors. Failing that I base my decision on the brand of tyres.

Seems reasonable, I also base my decision on the colour of the drivers jumper

Createausername1970 · 22/09/2025 18:15

dontshootmessenger · 22/09/2025 09:03

Come on, if you saw this at the end of the taxi queue you can’t tell me you’d follow the cab rank rule!

My knees would cry if I got into this and I sure as hell couldn't get back out again in any manner that could be remotely described as stylish 🤣🤣

FuzzyWolf · 22/09/2025 09:51

NewYorkSummer · 22/09/2025 09:39

🤣🤣

Who tf chooses a taxi because they like the way the doors open?!

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More to the point, surely there are only three ways car doors open and I doubt the taxi was a high performance sports car which narrows it down to opening outward or sliding.

Wadadli · 22/09/2025 09:40

Netcurtainnelly · 21/09/2025 21:38

My friend and I had just come out of the station, and there were no other passengers—taxis were queued on the other side of the road, but we were the only ones there at the time. I got into the nearest taxi because I liked the car and the way the doors opened. My friend gave me the side-eye and said, “You’re supposed to take the first taxi in line—that’s how it works.” The driver didn’t say anything and there were no signs. Was I in the wrong?
No queue-just us.

That’s weird!

NewYorkSummer · 22/09/2025 09:39

HaveItOffTilICough · 22/09/2025 09:21

I want the time I spent reading this back.

🤣🤣

Who tf chooses a taxi because they like the way the doors open?!

FuzzyWolf · 22/09/2025 09:23

It’s bad manners on you and on the taxi driver for taking you. I’m surprised you weren’t told to get out.

There is a queue for a reason, even if the queue is for taxi drivers and not people waiting to use a taxi.

HaveItOffTilICough · 22/09/2025 09:21

I want the time I spent reading this back.

TheChosenTwo · 22/09/2025 09:10

Ooh what a clown 🤡
yes you get the first one in the queue so yes you were in the wrong. A couple of times I’ve gone to the driver at the front and they’ve told me they’ve been booked and directed me to the next car but the default taxi to get into is the one at the front of the queue who has been waiting the longest.

ilovesooty · 22/09/2025 09:09

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While I agree that the OP is in the wrong, that seems a bit low.

latetothefisting · 22/09/2025 09:07

Twinmum345 · 21/09/2025 22:06

I can’t believe people get upset over this

I can't believe people exaggerate so much

Neither ops friends not anyone on this thread has said anything to suggest they find the scenario 'upsetting'

Just incorrect.

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