TruStory here:
I am in London, I call my friend that I'm heading back to Santo Domingo. I'm telling him that I got the hotel taxi who would pick me up for 1000 DOP. My friend tells me, no no no I got someone who could do it for 500 DOP. I ask him if he is sure, because I can just call the hotel cab. He say it is okay.
** Before this situation happened, I missed my flight. I contacted the hotel (by e-mail) that I'll arrive later. No problem.
So I'm at the airport, due customs I miss my flight.. again. But this time I have no appointment with the hotel, just my friend. I contact him (by text message) to say that I'll arrive 5 hours later.
So I'm landing in Santo Domingo, and I call my friend to tell him I just landed. He's surprised and expected me 5 hours earlier. So he waited on the airport for 5 hours, because he didn't receive my text message.
Also, that someone he was talking about who I had to pay 500 DOP wasn't there.. he arranged some random dude for 1000 DOP.
So now we're at my friends house, it's pay time.. random dude expects me to pay $100 because 1000 DOP won't cut it. Because yeah, he waited for 5 hours and received a 750 DOP fine.
So this is my thing;
- I said hell no! Fck that! I was really ****ed about the situation, had my friend just let me deal with the hotel this wouldn't happen as I earlier had the situation of missing my flight and I let the hotel know. Somehow my friend didn't get the message.
- My friend who is in the middle advice me to just pay.
- Random dude of course wants his money, from me or my friend.
So my question to you guys, who needs to pay the bill? I should? My friend should? Or the taxi should be happy with the 1000 DOP I gave him as that is the price that has been told when my friend told him to pick me up.
I am in London, I call my friend that I'm heading back to Santo Domingo. I'm telling him that I got the hotel taxi who would pick me up for 1000 DOP. My friend tells me, no no no I got someone who could do it for 500 DOP. I ask him if he is sure, because I can just call the hotel cab. He say it is okay.
** Before this situation happened, I missed my flight. I contacted the hotel (by e-mail) that I'll arrive later. No problem.
So I'm at the airport, due customs I miss my flight.. again. But this time I have no appointment with the hotel, just my friend. I contact him (by text message) to say that I'll arrive 5 hours later.
So I'm landing in Santo Domingo, and I call my friend to tell him I just landed. He's surprised and expected me 5 hours earlier. So he waited on the airport for 5 hours, because he didn't receive my text message.
Also, that someone he was talking about who I had to pay 500 DOP wasn't there.. he arranged some random dude for 1000 DOP.
So now we're at my friends house, it's pay time.. random dude expects me to pay $100 because 1000 DOP won't cut it. Because yeah, he waited for 5 hours and received a 750 DOP fine.
So this is my thing;
- I said hell no! Fck that! I was really ****ed about the situation, had my friend just let me deal with the hotel this wouldn't happen as I earlier had the situation of missing my flight and I let the hotel know. Somehow my friend didn't get the message.
- My friend who is in the middle advice me to just pay.
- Random dude of course wants his money, from me or my friend.
So my question to you guys, who needs to pay the bill? I should? My friend should? Or the taxi should be happy with the 1000 DOP I gave him as that is the price that has been told when my friend told him to pick me up.