RTP-area local music and culture

[MattHedt <DONT_SPAM_MEmfhedt AT mindspring.com>]

My taxi experiences in town over the last couple of years have been 
horrible. The latest was when the GF tried to get a cab for a buddy at 
OCSC - 1 hour wait she was told. So they walked home and I called every 
cab co. in the book. NONE answer on first call. Finally get through to 
two and they say 1 hour. Ended up driving him home across town myself at 
2:30 in the am. We figured he could have taken the one hour walk home 
and made it quicker.

So the taxi service definitely can suck, and is probably worst at bar 
closing time on weekends or oddly busy nights.

-Matt


local506 AT gmail.com wrote:
>> Anyway, my question is this: having not tried to take a late-night cab
>> home in Chapel Hill since we moved there about a year and a half ago,
>> and having now had this experience, should I expect that I won't be
>> able to get in touch with one and plan accordingly?   CAC
> 
> On this very night, I tried to call the normally reliable (to answer
> the phone, at least) Tar Heel taxi  located around the corner from 506
> and could not get an answer after several attempts.  I suggested the
> patron walk to their office, so not sure how that ended up...but I've
> never had that experience before and I call a lot of cabs while
> bartending.
> 
> I think this weekend had more to do with it also being a football game
> night to...and since it was close, people were overly celebrating
> (unlike past football blowouts!)
> 
> glenn
>