Would you say the driver services in NYC clubs are safe
Out of complete safety precautions, I have been working day shifts in nyc to avoid taking cabs/drivers late at night. I am thinking of applying at Sapphire, which I think has a driver service? How safe are these really. I also have been thinking of maybe taking a yellow cab and having them drop me not at my apt, but nearby. Idk. Ive just felt weary about getting into a car, even if it is a cab (because how does that automatically make it safer...) late at night. Any experiences/words would be nice and appreciated. Thank you.
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I have no idea personally but I would think an established place like Sapphire has a safe service. Let us know how it goes! I am planning to audition there soon (only for a weekend, because I miss stripping/am curious if I could get hired at a super upscale place).
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I took cabs in Ny by myself at night back to my hotel and was fine and I'm not a New Yorker and don't know my way around. When I stayed in long Island city I had to walk a few blocks to get a cab and I was ok. I take cabs all over the country and with the exception of one asshole who didn't know where he was going and taking me into a bad area and having a bad guy get in the car with us( when I had over 1000 in my bag to put in the safe because I didn't make it to the bank that day)I stayed on the phone with the guy at the front door at the club the whole time and he was reported by the outside bouncer because they are not allowed to have another person in the car when they already have a fare. Oh and the asshole in Nola that wanted me to sit in the front seat with him and grabed my boob. Other than that I've been fine and a lot of the time I was alone.
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They are very safe. I take them every night.
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MericLouis
Out of complete safety precautions, I have been working day shifts in nyc to avoid taking cabs/drivers late at night. I am thinking of applying at Sapphire, which I think has a driver service? How safe are these really. I also have been thinking of maybe taking a yellow cab and having them drop me not at my apt, but nearby. Idk. Ive just felt weary about getting into a car, even if it is a cab (because how does that automatically make it safer...) late at night. Any experiences/words would be nice and appreciated. Thank you.
I understand your concern and prefer to take a regular driver. I have had some not so great experiences with cab drivers. If there are regular cab drivers who pick up girls to and from clubs then they don't usually annoy the girls. I have taken the yellow cabs before and they have not said anything to me. If you're worried about them seeing where you work, you could try walking down a couple of blocks away from where you work to hail one. It's probably not the safest thing to do though. You could try walking with someone else.
If you decide to take a black cab, make sure they have the (light blue?) circular sticker on the backseat window. In my area there have been people pretending to cab drivers from nonexistent cab services when they don't even have a license to drive. I told one of my regular cab drivers about this and he said that sometimes those people will try to take you somewhere else and rob you.
I have gotten into one of these cabs before mistaking it to be from the local cab company that waits for girls outside the club I worked at, and halfway home we got pulled over. When the officer asked the cab driver for his license, the driver just showed him a bunch of papers. Then the officer asked him what address he was taking me to, and even though we were going in the direction of my home, he lied to the officer and told him he was taking me to an address the opposite way. Then the cab driver told me that the fair was free and to get out and go home. He got arrested. I really dodged a bullet that time.
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I always felt safe at night in cabs.
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Only take yellow cabs at night. Black cabs haggle you and could be dangerous.
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Shit, who knew the cab thing could be so tricky? I only deal w/them once in a while, during the day too.
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Never black cabs. They have no meter and will hustle you for an outrageous fare, only yellow cabs or drivers approved by the club.
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Yep! In every city that is true about the black cars. They tried to charge me 20 one time and 30 for a fare I usually paid 12-16 for. Yellow cab is the most expensive in all the cities I've traveled in. It's crazy how one night I could take a cab in it was 11 and the next night 20.
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Yep take yellow cabs only, as not only can black cabs charge you whatever the hell they want, but also those guys aren't to be trusted. I was working at sapphire not too long ago and made the mistake of taking the black cab. He came back around for me the following weekend, and kept on trying to proposition me on doing private parties even after I specifically told him I didn't do that, not to mention that he kept on asking me to sit in the front with him... No thanks. Good thing I told him to drop me off somewhere away from where I live *shudder*