Lambert Taxi

Absolutely pitiful. Lambert Taxi or «Airport Taxi» is, per the Lambert Airport website, the official taxi company for the airport. White cabs, with red writing on the side – «St. Louis Airport Taxi.» I’ve used them quite a few times, and quite frankly, they suck.
I don’t own a car; I use cabs a lot. ABC, STL County, Gateway, Yellow, Laclede, you name it, I’ve tried it here in the Lou. And Lambert Taxi/​Airport Taxi is by far, without a doubt, the absolute worst.
First of all, every driver I have of theirs turns out to be an absolute asshole (not to mention incompetent driver) with no provocation. The last driver of theirs that I had, I asked him, «how’s your day going so far?» just trying to be friendly (mind you, I normally don’t talk much to my drivers at all), and he turned around at me, raised his eyebrow, and screamed, «did I fucking COMPLAIN about anything to you? Huh?»
«noooo…, I was only trying to make conversation. But nevermind.»
«What? WHAT?» he bellowed again in his thick, eastern European accent, swerving into on-​coming traffic as he turned around in his seat.
«I said never mind. If you do not stop, I will demand that you pull over immediately.»
‘the fuck, asshole?
The driver prior to that that I’d used explicitly ignored my directions, and took me 3 miles out of my way (originally a 2.5 mile trip). Of course, not without cutting off a half dozen other drivers before getting me to the wrong destination, and having no regard for proper merging etiquette. When I figured out where he was going after ignoring my «you don’t need to get on the highway; you’re headed the wrong way; you’re like a mile out of the way now that you’re at Lindbergh; DePaul is way out of the way. You need to go EAST, not west.» we weren’t even at the destination I’d given him; we were still two miles away, because sir asshat didn’t follow my directions and just «assumed» we were going somewhere we weren’t (Walgreens at St Charles and McKelvey, vs. Walgreens at St Charles and Ashby/​Cypress).
In yet another cab, there was a handwritten sign taped to the windshield stating that to visit the company lost and found, there would be a fee! Are you kidding me? Granted, I’ve left things in cabs in the past, and I once left my keys and phone which required immediate return – so I offered to pay my cab driver full fare plus 50% tip to return them to me ASAP – but to charge ME to take my own transportation and go to your dispatch office to get something, as opposed to paying you to return them to me (which is perfectly reasonable)? Get real.
I’m convinced that STL Airport taxi has 75% of all bottom-​feeder taxi drivers employed in the STL area. No bueno. What horrible impressions to be leaving STL visitors with! It’s surely no coincidence that if you pay by credit card, you cannot leave a tip unless you pay with cash. 80% of those pricks don’t deserve one to begin with.
Sincerely, the obscenely generous tipper who is, for once, disgusted.