Don't feel bad, OP! The same thing happened to me in San Francisco 2 years ago. I had 2 suitcases and a carry-on and could barely walk with all that. The taxi told me it wasn't worth their while to take me to the train station. I ended up walking to the nearest train station, missed my train by 30 sec. and almost missed my plane to Paris.

I think you can take the number off the side of the car and report them, but it's a hassle that isn't worth it most of the time...A taxi driver once told me that if your journey is too short, you should visibly hold in your hand the amount of money that an average journey would make, so the driver would know that you are willing and going to pay more than you should. In my country it seems to work.

Money seems to turn the world around!!

And taxi drivers wonder why we've all switched to Uber

This is why I have no desire to travel abroad. It's not just Americans that are ignorant and rude, it's most people, everywhere.

A taxi driver once berated me for giving him directions to a bus stop (i missed my train) address that's five minutes by car (about 20 mins on foot and uphill) and flat out told me i should just wait in the train station for the next train. I simply told him if he wasn't interested in getting me to my destination that he should turn the car around back to the station (we were still leaving the large parking lot) because i was sure one of his colleagues would be more than happy to take me and receive my fare money. He didn't say another word and took me to the stop. It might seem callous or even bitchy but you're a paying customer and they're not the ones that decide your destination for you. They can accept to take you or not but they should not disrespect you just because the fare money is not a large sum.

How many people do you guys think are googling Metric conversions because they only know Customary.