The drivers almost always try to rip us off. My blonde roommate has it pretty bad - she clearly isn't Moroccan so they usually try to charge her more. I can pass for Moroccan by looks, but as soon as they can tell we're foreigners, they try to take us around and around so the meter keeps going up. Taxis do this in a lot of cities but the annoying thing is that Moroccan taxis also pick up other passengers who are going in other directions and go out of the way to drop them off and we end up having to pay more.
The driver today picked up 2 passengers, went all the way around and then tried to charge me 20 dirhams when usually it only costs 13. I HATE when they do that. I've flipped out on so many taxi drivers since I've been here. As soon as I can tell they're trying to overcharge us, I start yelling, and they start yelling back and poor Lauren just sits there awkwardly wishing I'd just hand over the extra money. Sure it's only a dollar, but it's the principle of the thing! I refuse to be ripped off. I just tossed 13 dirhams at him and told him he's crazy if he thought I'd pay that much and when he started arguing I jumped out of the cab and walked away. Asshole.
