Reporting a taxi driver.... **Title edited by MNHQ**

[DontBiteTheBoobThatFeedsYou]

I've posted about this recently. A taxi driver who shouted and swore at me and I wasn't sure who was in the wrong.
original post here

But there's an update.
I got another taxi to the train station yesterday using a different company.
I asked the guys opinion on what has happened and he said he personally would never keep the meter running while I fetched the money but more so, he shouldn't have been abusive and the card machines rarely run into trouble round this area (which use 3G, Bluetooth etc).

Anyway, on the way home I get to the station and just jump into the first cab I see.
I didn't look at the guy plus he had a mask. Then he says "so you're in a better mood today then?"

And I automatically recognise his accent. I told him to stop the car (we have only pulled forward a cars length at this point. I opened the door and leapt out, to my horror he opens his door and starts to run round the back of the cab (that's where id gone) towards me.
Thankfully because we are still outside the station, another cab pulls up and the exact same time and I leap in.

I tell the man what's happened and he's really angry.
Apparently this guy has been doing this for ages and I have to complain, he was really pressing that I had to complain. He said not to complain to the company but to go above them and wrote down all the details the mans car, his name, the phone number. And by his own description the man has "bad mental problems" (English wasn't his first language, he wasn't trying to be offensive when he said that.)

My immediate thought was, of course I will complain.
But now in the cold light of day, I realised this guy is unhinged and knows where I live. If I complain, just my description of what he did and when, will give away that it's me, even if he has done it to other people. Same goes if I do it anonymous. The situation is specific enough for him to know it's me.
And if I'm vague with details it won't be worth reporting.

I'm not even sure why I'm posting this. I guess in case anyone had words of wisdom.

No, you are not the arsehole; typical MN response, but from only one person so forget it.

Good luck with the reporting, it is the right thing to do.

Tricky is doesn’t depend on the behaviour because “psycho” isn’t a description of a set of behaviours, it’s a word used to demean people suffering from mental health issues.

I’m not trying to minimise the OPs experience, it does sound scary, but I don’t think that’s a reason for the choice of language. Being the only person to point it out doesn’t make me wrong.

OP good luck with the report, you’re doing the right thing and waiting definitely doesn’t make you a wuss. It’s unlikely you’re the only person he has done this too so try not to worry too much that he will know it was you.

I know it's scary but definitely report.
Perhaps for now only phone a company and ask for him to be blocked?
@sockonmyhead you are right and may be the only one to point it out but I think you're the only one not to recognise that this isn't the time and place.

Yep silly me, I forgot AIBU is the place for warm hugs. I shall only challenge negative stereotypes and prejudices in the appropriate time and place from here on.

It really saddens me that there isn’t more challenge to this kind of language, because there most certainly would have been if it had been racist or sexist.