Saugus Taxi

Do NOT get in these cabs. Exhibited poor logical reasoning, poor driving skills which may be indicative of drunk or drug-​induced behavior, ageism, and sexism. Moreover, blatantly went out of way to raise the cost of cab fare.
Caught one in Cambridge (at Central) and, honestly, didn’t even look at the door. When we got in, we asked if he took cards and he immediately swung around in his seat, got in my face, called me a little girl, while crediting my partner for being knowledgeable since he was a guy (and clearly superior in intelligence) and lectured for about five minutes (continuing after the car was moving) about how no cab drivers anywhere in Boston would ever take cards on Friday or Saturday.
While this should have tipped us off, we tried to ignore it. He pulled away and then asked where we were going (MGH), but instead of going towards Kendall and the Longfellow, he drove us down Mass Ave.
We didn’t bother correcting him, because at the time, we were more concerned that he was accelerating at every turn, jerking the car about, braking erratically, and, when not convincing us of our imminent deaths, turned on the light and started counting his wadded up cash?! Of course then he couldn’t figure out how to turn the light off.
After another fear-​inspiring turn (only to be matched in skill by Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, in Disney — you know, the one where you drive through walls and run people over), we realized we were near the museum of science!!! And that he was pulling into where the duck boats drive to pick up people! He actually was going to drive us over every speed bump. On purpose. «To avoid traffic.» At 1:30 am. Until this experience, I honestly did not realize that anyone could be so ridiculous as to try to convince someone that a standing area was a great detour. Needless to say, we got out, he apparently gave my friend a hard time asking why we would want to get out now, and we walked, safely, back to MGH from there.
TL;DR: the cab driver was sexist, rude, flagrantly ignored personal space to the point of assault, drove like a maniac (in the most literal sense of the word), and took us on an epic journey (not the good kind) instead of a 5-​minute jaunt across the river. Perhaps the only positive thing I have to say is thanksgiving came early and now I’m just thankful to have survived. Someone please take this guy’s license away.

Terrible service, would not recommend! They showed up on time and such but charged at least 10 dollars more for a short/​simple ride than the guy on the phone told me. Rip off artists. Look elsewhere for cab services in the area!