Taken For a Ride

Late yesterday morning, one of my doctors arrived at work. As she walked in, an elderly lady was following her. She told the woman to sit down in the waiting room. We knew that the woman was not a patient, so we asked the doctor who she was. She then explained the situation. It seems that the woman had been at a dialysis center and called a taxi cab to take her to her doctor. After that appointment, she needed to go back to the dialysis center. She asked the cab to take her to the 900 building but instead he dropped her off at 935. When she went to pay him, he said the fare was $10. She handed him a $20 bill. He said he had no change and would need to keep the extra $10 for his tip. The woman was a bit disoriented and left the cab. That is where my doctor found her, wandering in the parking lot. The woman only had $20 and now had no money to go anywhere. My doctor called her a cab, to take her to the 900 building and paid for it out of her own pocket. She then called the other doctor's office and explained the situation. They said that they would put her in a cab, back to the dialysis center after her appointment with them, and they would pay for it. They would then call the dialysis center and ask that they do the same, in order to get her safely home. After that was all arranged, my doctor called the cab company, explained the story and told them that they needed to have their driver go to the dialysis center with the woman's $10, and return it to her. They said they would have him do that. Your guess is as good as mine if he actually did it.