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Where to sit in a taxi

117 replies

Snooky84 · 12/09/2019 16:18

Just wondering where you sit in taxis when on your own.

If I sit in the back I feel a bit pretentious - drive me driver.

If I sit in the front I feel too close to driver for comfort.

Please vote
yes for front sitting
No for back sitting

OP posts:
InOtterNews · 12/09/2019 16:18

Depends on the time of day. At night the back as they tend to be longer journies.

CatToddlerUprising · 12/09/2019 16:19

No

CatToddlerUprising · 12/09/2019 16:19

Oops, the voting option didn’t come up until I refreshed!

Finfintytint · 12/09/2019 16:19

Yes

AngusThermopyle · 12/09/2019 16:19

No

ItsJustTheOneSwanActually · 12/09/2019 16:20

I always sit in the back, and when with DH - we both sit in the back

Quite often the driver opens the door for me/us - and it's always the back one they open

(no voting buttons)

zxcvhjkl · 12/09/2019 16:20

No.

Back. Behind the passenger seat.

pasturesgreen · 12/09/2019 16:20

I always sit in the back. It's safer and tbh I couldn't give a fuck if it looks pretentious.

EdersonsSmileyTattoo · 12/09/2019 16:22

I always sit in the back (very regular cab user) and always behind the passenger seat.

ginghambox · 12/09/2019 16:22

Depends how pissed I am.

namechangetheworld · 12/09/2019 16:26

I always sit in the back but always feel awkward. It's a bit too Driving Miss Daisy for my liking.

Siameasy · 12/09/2019 16:30

I don’t really have a rule but probably the back
This has reminded me I used to live in Spain in the 90s. I got chatting to a nice cab driver once and we had a snog. God that was so long ago I’d forgotten 🙈

22Giraffes · 12/09/2019 16:30

Always the back!

Atlasta · 12/09/2019 16:32

Back for me

dudsville · 12/09/2019 16:34

I think it's a presumption of familiarity to sit up front. Your place is in the back unless you know each other.

missbattenburg · 12/09/2019 16:36

No

firawla · 12/09/2019 16:36

Back

MrsTerryPratchett · 12/09/2019 16:37

Back. They're safer, you're safer.

And yes, it's awkward!

VapeVamp12 · 12/09/2019 16:37

Depends how pissed I am.

Lol

VapeVamp12 · 12/09/2019 16:38

Definitely back, You wouldn't get in the front of a black cab, right?

Jennifer2r · 12/09/2019 16:39

Drive me driver is fine surely. Its a taxi.

CSIblonde · 12/09/2019 16:41

To sit up front & could send the wrong message to anyone dodgy I think. (having always worked in male dominated places I've always been amazed what socially inept men see as a 'come on' when in fact it's nothing of the sort). Always in the back by the door for ease of escape if any crash or other danger

kaytee87 · 12/09/2019 16:43

Back.

I doubt the taxi driver wants all manner of strangers sitting next to them.

littlepaddypaws · 12/09/2019 16:44

always sit in the back regardless of time of day. don't care what driver thinks about it, they won't give a toss anyway, fare is a fare to them.

TubaTwoLocusts · 12/09/2019 16:47

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