A little more than a week ago, when trying to find a taxi service from Orlando International Airport (MCO) in Orlando to a small place in Mt Dora, I researched taxi companies and their prices. I came upon this listing and decided to investigate further when I saw some of their reviews. I was in for a big surprise here. Ahmed, the company's owner, answered the phone and told me the cost. Much cheaper than most of the others. However, on both ends, our telephone we used didn't communicate very well the location he wanted us to meet at when I got to the airport the next day (I didn't get the information to do this until the day before the flight). Ahmed told me over the phone that he wanted me to be on what I thought he said the "baggage level". When I got down there and saw no taxis on this Baggage level, the two of us got in contact with each other.
During this communication, I thought his new explanation was something that sounded like being on the level/floor of the "luggage train" which I later learned was the first level, though nothing was marked anymore in MCO as level 1 being called this.
Though I tried to explain to the owner who picked me up that there was a miscommunication, he was polite. He took me to his car and helped me load the pieces into his car/towncar. Though he didn't know the area I would be needing to be transported to, he had me input the address into his iPhone (something that companies themselves should have done themselves) without the customers input of the data for directions.
It was just a comedy of errors from here on in. No matter what set of directions we took, roads were blocked, but later, it seemed as if Ahmed had known the area and took a set of directions that weren't clearly labeled as going to downtown.
When we arrived in the vicinity of the cottage, the sign wasn't well visible, and we zoomed right past it. He was nice enough to do a second pass, but a little slower this time. We did eventually find it.
One thing I didn't like, and I could believe he did, he went against HIPPAA (if HIPPA law applied to non-health phases. He told me about something that happened with another driver. His other driver got locked out.
We conversed a bit more. Talking about Yelp and the service I tend to volunteer for. He was polite, but he elaborated on things he should have kept a bit quiet from other public experiences I can't elaborate on here to help keep the privacy Ahmed shouldn't have told me about.
Thanks for the ride from the airport. If I'm ever in the area again and need a ride, I'll hook up with you. Thank you. If I know of someone who's looking for a taxi from that airport, I'll be sure to tell them about your company. It was definitely pleasurable for the service you provided me that day. read more