Taxi industry's Twitter campaign backfires

My only problem with taxis is that they always rely upon you to tell them where to go. What’s up with that? Why can’t they use GPS? I get in an Uber and they know where they’re going. I was in San Francisco once and got out of a club and there was a line of taxis waiting. I got in one and told him my hotel’s address as he pulled off. He asked me where it was. I had no idea, I’m not from there. So I had to have him drive around the block and drop me back off at the club. This scenario repeated with the next 2 cabs I got into until finally I refused to get into the next cab until they assured me they had GPS, when he seemingly reluctantly took out his phone. If taxis are reluctant to embrace GPS then they are going to and deserve to become outmoded sources of public transportation.

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