Have you ever dealt with an ignorant cab driver?

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A short while ago, I returned from a shopping trip to stock up on some heavy and bulky items. Normally I either bus or walk everywhere with my "granny cart" to hold my purchases, but on days like today, I find it worthwhile to pay for a cab to bring everything home. The fare wasn't much, a total of $5.00, and I gave the driver $6.00. I am used to the drivers here in London, Ontario helping their fares (me) with carrying in the purchases. I don't know if it is part of their job description, but they ALL help out (unlike in Toronto, where you sometimes have to pay extra to have them help with luggage, etc). Sure enough, this driver helped put the items in the back of the cab at the store. I double checked with him that he was there for a call for "Karen", because there was another cab right behind him, and I don't want to take someone else's cab. His reply was, "Yah, yah. Something like that". That raised a red flag. We arrived at my home a few minutes later. My parking spot is directly in front of my unit, and he got out of the cab to help empty out the contents from his trunk. Instead of walking an extra 10 steps past the snowbank at the curb to my front door, he asked, "Is it okay if I leave these here?", as he put down a couple of paper cases of pop onto the snow. I replied, "Actually, I'd rather they not, because they'll get all wet". It was too late, they were already down in the snow. Keep in mind, my front steps are another 10 feet away, and are bone dry with no snow on them. I come back to get another load from the trunk, and lo and behold, Mr Cab Driver is putting another 2 cases of pop on the snow, right beside the 2 I asked him not to! I was miffed!! I said to him, "I asked you not to do that, they're going to get all wet, and then make my carpet all wet in the house". He said, "Oh, it's not that much snow", to which I retorted, "And it's not your carpet, is it?". He then told me to have a nice day, as he smilingly went back into his cab, and I had to bring in the rest of my snow covered items. I was going to call the cab company and complain, but then I thought that maybe I was just over reacting. And really, this is the first time I've had such an experience with a driver here in town, and I've use their services on average, 2 times a month (I have lived here for almost 10 years now). How about you? Have you ever dealt with an ignorant cab driver? What's the story? Did you lodge a formal complaint? Did you shrug it off? Did you vent on mylot or elsewhere? lol