Always name your bills. Will never know if I was scammed tonight. Got in the cab with my mind elsewhere. When I arrived at destination, tried to pay with credit card, but the machine did not react. Said I would pay with cash. So I thought I handed him 2 five dollar bills and a one. He said I handed him 1 five and 2 ones and that is what he held up. I said no, it was a 10, but I didn’t know for certain. I took it from him and gave him 21 and he returned a 10. It was a yellow cab and they for the most part don’t do that. [Had this scam happen 25 years ago, with a ‘freelancer’]. Remember, always name your bills. ‘Here — 2 fives and a one!’ Next time, I will say I don’t have cash and then maybe the machine will work. That could have also been a scam! Life in the City