I committed an assault :-/

mloc123

mloc123 wrote: »

My takeaway from that whole post was.... All that over 40e.. it isn't worth the hassle.

A laptop costs a lot more than €40.

ReginaldSmythV

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

I’d have to agree with this too. A lot of people aren’t living in the real world with the “anger issues” type of remarks. Maybe the OP has helped someone else not get scammed by giving this person what they’ve probably needed for a long time. Obviously you try not to do things that way if you can but if they’re about to make off with your property then do what’s needed.

Which is what the taxi did when the op stole his keys.

In any world, the op was lucky not to get arrested or a hiding from the taxi’s friends/family, and, who does that with their wife at their side in a foreign country? If I saw this happening and his wife wasn’t present, I’d be routing for the taxi, it’d be giving the op what he probably needed for a long time.

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

A laptop costs a lot more than €40.

It helps to read the op, that is the taxi fare the op took issue with, the taxi said 70, the op offered 30, and yet the meter was on, google maps was used, the op doesn’t say that he knew what taxi tarrifs apply, and he passed up the opportunity to agree a fixed price at the airport. Not to mention, he states he was formulating a plan of attack even before the taxi came to a stop, but he’s your hero?

dubrov

lalababa wrote:

This didn't happen in Ireland. Other parts of the world it's dog eat dog. People will push it as far as they can. If one doesn't do what the op did once in awhile you start to eat ****.

I think the point is that the OP was unfamiliar with the country and the level of potential violence that the taxi driver could have gone too.

I wouldn't be risking my wife in that situation for a few scrawny Euros.

tea and coffee

Just noticed that even though you changed your "mosr of your euro" , equivalent to €50 to local currency, you still paid the driver in euro as you managed to take back a €10 note as you say.

Hannibal_Smith

Mod Note

Five pages on and nothing further from the OP, I'm going to close it off here.

Thanks all.

HS