I swear, people will argue that water is wet.

Honestly, and this is meant with no offense to Rob... Take the route taxi if you want. Rob has a great site here, it's informative, and often quite a lot of fun. That said, this is not "rulesofnegril.com"; it's a for profit website that has been around for a long time, run by someone who lives where he makes his money, and filled with people who despite what anyone may think... Might just have a better grasp of the situation than most of us do.

Folks get their panties in such a bunch over the most ridiculous crap. If whoever started this thread wants to take a taxi, by all means do so. If someone else wants to pick up hookers and ride about town on a scooter while smoking a giant spliff, do so. Just remember someone... Sometime... Said it may not have been the best idea.

What I don't get is the continual arguing and sniping about it. It's interesting how every message board I have seen has a few people who think because they have a little bit of knowledge... know it all, no matter what anyone says.

Whoever started this thread did it with the sole purpose of trolling. It's patently obvious, as there has been no follow up (unless I missed it) from that front. Why there needs to be so many insults back and forth about ones preference to use or not use the damn things is beyond me.

The one thing my wife and I equate this to, using our back home senses... Is I would NEVER get in a car with some random guy driving down the street. Why I thought it would be a good idea in Jamaica is a question i ask myself every time my wife now leaves the house without her wedding rings, or any of the jewelry I have purchased for her over the years, all as a direct result of one stupid incident ... From a route taxi. Or, why she cried when I bought her a copy of this stupid little clutch she thought was gone for good... After a route taxi ride. Or, why I wake up in the middle of the night, in an absolute rage... Dreaming about a route taxi ride. How about that great feeling I get when people refer to something as "one minor incident" which will probably live with me forever, and has seriously discolored my feel for the island itself. All thanks to a route taxi. 15 years of vacations to Jamaica, many, many, many fond memories, ruined... Because I wanted to save a few minutes and grab a car driving by.

So, go ahead... Take your route taxi, continue to refer to it as one incident... It's an incident for two people that reaches well beyond the 20 minutes it lasted.