Cab 193 = 3 squads cars, $8, and a headache...

So I decided I needed to chill and get a nice Crown on the rocks. I call a cab, and head to Dallas Nightclub. What happends next is unexpected...

I get picked up and we head out. At the intersection of Far West and Wood Hollow, I ask him to make a right turn, and get on MOPAC. He declines. I repeat this as it is how I want to go. He again declines, but states, 'We are going this way, and it's my cab...'

Now if you know me at all you know this isn't sitting well. And you would be proud of me. I only said 'Stop the cab, I will have Yellow Cab handle this..' We stop. Two blocks from my complex.

His retort.. To pay him $3 or he will kick the shit out of me. I find this humorous.. But, it is a threat and for all I know he has a gun under the front seat. Before I have the chance to laugh, he repeats the threat. Not so funny now.

9-1-1... Fire, EMS or Police... I explain, all the while he is yelling 'It's all lies.. He is a liar!!'

He takes off with me in the cab. I am in my still fnding this humorous stage, remark 'Well, he is driving now, I guess I am being kidnapped...' The 911 operator instructs me to tell the driver to stop immediately with the line open. He finally stops a moment later, when he decides too.

We wait for a bit.. I wait as Mr. Psycho calls dispatch. He gets mad when dispatch reminds him that he needs to take me the route I ask... But, things get worse.

Police are on their way to us now. But, we are on the move. He verbalizes more threats. I am on the phone with 911 again, this time a bit nervous, as this guy is acting crazy. We end up at my destination. The police arrive, but not until he threatens again, this time on 911 recording.

1 officer arrives. We talk. 2 more arrive. They pull him off to the side. I chat with the officers some. It gets ridiculous with cabby 193 freaking out. I decide to make it easy and not press charges, as it was my option. I pay the cab driver $8, which is the normal fee for MY ROUTE to just finally end it. I chat with the officers a bit and apologize for wasting their time. They laugh it off and say it was probably what needed to be done. Still, a waste of time. Mine, theirs, 193's. All he had to do was make a right turn. He told me where I was going and I told him back. And look how it ended up. Hindsight make me wish I would have just let him drive his way... And then reported him.

More than likely I will get the money back from Yellow Cab. Just be warned... Cabby 193 is a bit nuts..