In Binghamton NY, they all tell you the credit card readers are broken at all times of day and insist on driving you to an ATM so they can get paid in cash. In Washington DC, if they think you're drunk, they overcharge you / don't start the meter and the dispatchers always tell you 15 minutes, but then the cabbies just grab other people and you end up needing to call the dispatcher repeatedly to actually get a cab and it usually takes closer to 45 minutes or an hour. And in Ithaca NY, they tell you the credit card reader doesn't work until you say you don't have any cash, and then it's suddenly working.