Yellow Express Cab

Ok, I hope no one ever calls this place! The word place is a little deceiving because I think it is a scam. I googled «cab berkeley» and this was the first place that popped up. Like an idiot I did not use Unilocal,but rather was in a hurry to get from Berkeley to Marin before my car dealership closed for the day and so called this so called «Yellow Express Cab».
The only thing that matched that description was the yellow part, well actually the car wasn’t completely yellow — there was some green in the mix. For starters the guy was supposed to call me at the time of pick up and didn’t. The only reason I knew he was there was because I walked out of my office building looking for him 5 min. after our set pick up time. When I saw him he said that he had been waiting for 15 minutes, like that would award him a medal or something.
He was old and wore glasses and asked for the address to put in the GPS that he clearly did not know how to use when I got in the car. I emphasized the fact that I needed to arrive in Marin ASAP, before this place closed and he assured me that we would be fine, while driving 2 miles an hour trying to read his GPS. We barely made it onto the freeway without getting into a horrible accident.
The website said that for trips over $ 20 you could pay with card, but my driver asked me if I had cash half way into the trip and explained that he couldn’t take card, so we would need to stop at an ATM on the way. WTF! I asked him to stop the meter while we took this detour which he said he did, but didn’t actually do.
So finally we arrive at my destination and I pay him cash with no tip. Before I could close the door, he yelled at me that he needed $ 6 for the toll. I informed him that with his fastrak it was $ 4 toll and gave him the money and peaced out.
The only saving grace for this trip was that when I arrived at Marin Volvo my car was ready, running perfectly, and sparkling clean. I hope no one ever has to experience this cab service!