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Cab drivers refusing passengers with alcohol (Guess who!!)
KSTP TV5 News ^ | 4/27/06 | KSTP TV5

Posted on 04/27/2006 6:55:59 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

A growing problem at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International airport is making it difficult for some air passengers to catch cabs.

Some cab drivers are refusing to take passengers because they are carrying alcohol, such as bottles of wine or cases of beer, which conflicts with their religious beliefs.

"He loaded our luggage into the trunk, he saw our box carrying duty free liquor from Jamaica and told us he would have to take another cab,” says passenger Greg Kline.

Kline did not easily find another cab.

"We approached the next cab in line, he just closed the cab and took off without a passenger, as did the one next to him,” he says.

Airport staff say Muslim drivers have refused to take passengers with alcohol 922 times in the past year.

Airport policy does allow drivers to refuse a fare, only if they return to the beginning of the cab line, which can mean a wait of 3 to 4 hours until their next fare.

Airport officials have been meeting with the Cab Driver Advisory Board to resolve the issue. They say they have investigated policies at other airports, but concluded that the problem is unique to MSP.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: infiltration; islam; jihad; jihadinamerica; muslims; terrorists
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To: chowkster
Well some cabbies refuse passengers carrying alcohol for religious reasons, while some pharmacists refuse filling prescriptions for contraceptives for religious reasons.

Worst comparison ever!!

61 posted on 04/27/2006 7:52:56 PM PDT by Angus MacGregor (Wars are fought in the will...)
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To: Huntress

It was still posted as of Minute 51!!


62 posted on 04/27/2006 7:53:01 PM PDT by skeptoid (I'm both skeptic AND paranoid.)
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To: VOA

Yep, and you can't get a ham sammich at Caribou. That's why I drink my coffee at Dunn Bros.


63 posted on 04/27/2006 7:54:06 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Carry Daily, Apply Sparingly.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

You know what would be a lot of fun? Eat about five pounds of pigs feet, drink a couple of fifths of cherry vodka, and barf it all up inside some discriminating mujahideen's cab, whilst swivelling your head side-to-side, making sure you get it in all the nooks and crannies.


64 posted on 04/27/2006 7:56:00 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I'll be choosing my cabs carefully at MSP, from now on.

I made the mistake of taking a cab in Atlanta driven by a Palestian once. Ever since then I rent my own car.

65 posted on 04/27/2006 7:57:03 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Every man must be tempted, sometimes,to hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.)
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To: skeptoid

And I would you think of a word that means 'to terminate an innocent human life'.


66 posted on 04/27/2006 7:58:26 PM PDT by skeptoid (I'm both skeptic AND paranoid.)
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To: LibWhacker
You know what would be a lot of fun? Eat about five pounds of pigs feet, drink a couple of fifths of cherry vodka, and barf it all up inside some discriminating mujahideen's cab, whilst swivelling your head side-to-side, making sure you get it in all the nooks and crannies.

You had some problems in school, didn't you? :)

67 posted on 04/27/2006 8:01:32 PM PDT by Angus MacGregor (Wars are fought in the will...)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Well, fight fire with fire...When looking for a cab, when one pulls up, looks inside. If it's a you know who....wave him off. Find another.


68 posted on 04/27/2006 8:03:38 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: durasell
This has never, ever been a problem NYC where a large percentage of hacks are muslim.

That's because it's illegal for a cab driver in NYC to refuse a fare. And all an angry rejected rider has to do is copy down the four-character cab number displayed on top of the cab, call the Taxi and Limousine Commission to complain, and the hack will be forced to spend an entire day hanging out at the T&LC office waiting for his arbitration hearing. Even if the complainant doesn't show up (and they often don't), the driver is out an entire day's salary.

And if the complainant does show up, and the driver ends up being found at fault more than once or twice, he'll lose his taxi license. The rules in NYC are very much skewed pro-rider.

69 posted on 04/27/2006 8:04:01 PM PDT by Dont Mention the War (This tagline is false.)
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To: Angus MacGregor

Yes. With cherry vodka, too. Even I know how evil that stuff is! :-)


70 posted on 04/27/2006 8:04:05 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
Ugggh...

I'm gettin sick just thinking about it.

71 posted on 04/27/2006 8:08:07 PM PDT by Angus MacGregor (Wars are fought in the will...)
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To: Dont Mention the War

Yep. As it should be.


72 posted on 04/27/2006 8:13:13 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I don't want to ride in a cab driven by a Muslim. I will make sure to carry a bottle of Stoli with me when I travel.


73 posted on 04/27/2006 8:18:32 PM PDT by Alouette (Psalms of the Day: 140-144)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I would've spit right in his face.


74 posted on 04/27/2006 8:20:12 PM PDT by steel_resolve (Illegal aliens don’t take jobs Americans won’t; they take wages Americans won’t)
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To: okie01
"There's another consideration for the cab drivers. I would assume that their franchise is, by law, a "common carrier".

In which case, they have no right to refuse any fare. "

Why would you make that assumption when the article clearly says that cabbies can refuse a fare?
75 posted on 04/27/2006 8:20:25 PM PDT by tfecw (It's for the children)
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To: LauraleeBraswell
It's their prerogative.

You and several others have made this point. However, I don't think you're right. Taxis have a license to transport people and are, in effect, common carriers. This typically obliges them to accept any passenger to any destination within their licensed area unless the passenger appears to be disorderly or dangerous. Taxi drivers who refuse to take passengers to a rough part of town or pick up women (on the suspicion they're bad tippers) are rightly subject to discipline and punishment. If the driver does not want to accept the legal and ethical responsibilities, s/he should find another line of work and not victimize law-abiding persons in need of transportation.

76 posted on 04/27/2006 8:26:25 PM PDT by Sarastro
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

A privately owned taxi business should be able to carry whoever they want to just like the Boy Scouts can say who can belong to their club. However, if the discriminating taxi company is blocking traffic or causing a safety hazard at the airport when they refuse passengers, the airport should have the right to correct this situation any way they can.


77 posted on 04/27/2006 8:27:54 PM PDT by Muleteam1
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Hey, it's their right to act like religious elitists, but that doesn't mean it's mannerly.


78 posted on 04/27/2006 8:40:01 PM PDT by TypeZoNegative (".... We are a nation of Americans. We are DECENDED from legal immigrants"- johnandrhonda)
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To: Huntress
as an independent pharmacist can refuse to sell whatever drugs he chooses.,p> You mean except for the Connecticut law that requires Wal-Mart to sell abortifacients?
79 posted on 04/27/2006 8:43:31 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I guess bringing along your pet Potbellied Pig is out then too eh?

It's unAmerican I tell ya.

80 posted on 04/27/2006 8:47:27 PM PDT by joesnuffy
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