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Is this a joke? Do they prefer the taxis get paid in cash?


Every Taxi driver in NYC has a credit card machine that is broken unless you show them you don't have cash.


I was in NYC last month and paid fine with card, and the driver clearly saw cash in my wallet?


I dont know how true it is now but I can tell you once upon a time they preferred cash and yes their machine frequently seemed to be broken or had some issue. My experiences were a long time ago before the rise of Uber and Lyft


I take cabs in NYC often and that never happens.


This is complete and utter bullshit. Whatever your personal experience, I have ridden taxis hundreds of times over the course of 2 decades and not once has a cab demanded I pay cash. I exclusively used credit cards and have been since roughly 2009


It's a running joke but also still true in many cities in America. Cab drivers really do prefer to be paid in cash.




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