So we closed down the Irish Channel, which is a story in and of itself, but then I caught a cab home and...
Cabbie: Big boots, eh?
Me: [wearing the same old boots I always wear that I tuck my jeans into like any other woman] Uh...yes?
Cabbie: Nice boots...are they for riding horses?
Me: Nope. Just for, uh, fun. For fashion, I guess.
Cabbie: Just for fun, eh? They're pretty. Pretty legs in them...
Me: RISING PANIC
Cabbie: ...Wouldn't mind touching them...
Me: THIS IS MY STOP THIS IS MY STOP THANK YOU GOOD BYE.
Ugh. I was too flustered/terrified to say/do anything, but any recommendations on dealing with a situation like that?
I feel so bad that this makes me laugh.
Sexual harassment is wrong and degrading.
And, from a cabbie, hilarious.
I'm sorry. I'm revoking my feminist credentials for laughing at this.
Posted by: James | March 13, 2010 at 10:20 AM
I would have laughed too, if I hadn't been afraid of being trapped in a rape cab forever. That guy was so uber creepy.
Posted by: catherine | March 13, 2010 at 12:35 PM
You did really well to get outta the cab. Theoretically if you had his name and hack number (from the card he's supposed to display) you could report him. But bailing immediately was completely the right thing to do. What an a__h__ he was.
Posted by: bill | March 13, 2010 at 04:12 PM
did this happen in a green and white "enviro-cab"? a very similar thing happened to a friend of mine, and now it worries me that this is a repeat offender.
Posted by: jen | March 15, 2010 at 08:42 AM
No, just a normal looking (well, crappy and run down) cab.
Posted by: catherine | March 15, 2010 at 08:44 AM
Speaking of which, is anyone else looking forward to Joel Schumacher's new flick, Rape Cab?
Posted by: Scott | March 15, 2010 at 10:00 AM
Did you happen to see the cabbie's license number? You have a lot of journalist friends who are very happy to hunt this asshole down and publicize the hell out of this particular abuse.
Posted by: Spencer Ackerman | March 15, 2010 at 12:50 PM
That's really nice, and if I hadn't been too flustered, I would have taken the number, or at least the plates—but as it was I just like basically did a flying somersault out of the cab in my haste to get out of there. I can tell you this: He was wearing a turtleneck. And I had a really bad vibe from him the moment I stepped in the cab.
Posted by: catherine | March 15, 2010 at 12:54 PM
Creepy situation. When it is just you alone with the cabby and youu start picking up vibes like that, you did the right thing...get out immediately.
Posted by: Chris | March 16, 2010 at 04:37 PM
"thanks, the boots are also great for kicking rude men."
Posted by: jaylin4dc | March 17, 2010 at 12:20 PM