Quite clear now. So he actually ditched you then. Had the cab speed away while you were right behind him.
So, how did the conversation go today?
Either you’re deluded about your ‘friendship’ with this guy or he’s a jerk. Either way, do you really want to persue this ‘friendship’?
OK, so why did you post in the OP that:
How could it drive past you if you’re not there? If you’re there, why didn’t you get in the cab?
Now, if your So-Called Friend had the cab driver take a loop around the block just so he could wave at you as the cab sprayed gravel in your face…
This would have been the perfect opportunity to jump in another cab and say, “Follow that cab!” 
So did you get his side of the story today?
Maybe he got tired of always having to coax something comprehensive out of you like the rest of us.
Don’t worry. I know a guy who has a bigger asshole for a “friend”.
I think a lot of us are treating the friend in question as “coworker friend” and not “actual friend” as the OP claims. If my actual friend didn’t wait for me to get my gatorade just because the cab arrived and took off, I’d be pretty pissed off. If my coworker friend did that, I’d be peeved but understand where it’s coming from.
Either way, at the very least, it was a rude thing for the cabber to do even if technically he was justified in doing it.
But if it were a truly close friend wouldn’t you first want to hear an explanation. Of any sort?
If this were my close friend, I’d give them the benefit of the doubt, initially, at least.
My friend and I would be having a friendly, ‘What the hell, guy?’, possibly by text, while he was on his way home in his cab.
If he had no apology, or good reason, only then would I waste any emotion in being upset, not before.
Cab waiting charges are insane these days. I’ve also had attitude from cabbies for arriving a few minutes later than planned. Cabbies want you ready to go milliseconds after they arrive. Or maybe there wasn’t a place to stop and wait while you completed purchasing your ginger ale.
Also, couldn’t you have run after the cab and caught up with them in an intersection and then latched on?
It sounds like you were intentionally ditched.
Exactly.
Because I was walking towards work, and there is a main road in front of work, and the cab drove past me at 30 miles an hour.
I texted him when they drove off and said it was out of order, this is my close friend, who the next day said he shouldn’t have to order a cab for the both of us and he didn’t wanna give me a lift, and that he said no.
So your “best friend” does not want to share a cab with you.
Dude, he’s just not that into you. He’s not your “best friend”. He’s not really your “friend”.
He’s a work acquaintance - and one who (it seems) is content to say “bye bye” at the end of the working day.
Yup, he’s not your close friend.
Yeah. I mean, I agree that if he actually did say “yes” and then fucked off at the earliest opportunity, well, that was a dick move. If I’d been him and was unhappy then I might have said something like “OK, we can share a cab tonight but I prefer to make my own arrangements, so this is a one off.”
But he clearly doesn’t see you as a good friend, since you don’t pull these stunts with good friends.
So you heard his ‘no’ as a yes? If so, it’s a simple miscommunication between friends, isn’t it?
Not an assessment of your friendship, I’d think.
Thanks for that. I actually laughed out loud.
I’ve got a friend that’s a great guy… up to a point. Then he gets sick of me (and of people in general) and turns antisocial.
So a couple of weeks ago I downgraded him to "friend, but not a close one" status. The day I did that I just stopped counting on him. If he says “Meet ya at Mickey’s for a drink tomorrow after work?” I say “Yeah, I’ll be there.”
Because I know the chances of him showing up will be 60/40 at best. BUT I no longer sit alone and wonder why he didn’t show. Now I grab some other friends, we go have a beer at Mickey’s, and if Inconsistent Friend shows up, fine. If not, I just let it rolllll offff…
(How the hell did Oversensitive Me get a thick skin? When did I learn to let people do their thing, even if it’s inconsiderate, and not worry or overthink it? Wow.)
This does not compute. So you were “right behind him” and yet somehow you were far enough behind him that when you were about to cross the street to work, the cab was already driving away.
Answer the following questions please:
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When you say you were right behind your friend, were you following closely as he walked from the petrol station to work? IE, was your friend always in your sight?
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Did you see your friend enter the cab?
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Did the cab drive away leaving you in the dust while you were just a few feet away?
If the answer is no to the above questions, then you are a jerk who expected this guy to wait for you after you glommed onto his cab ride. On top of that, it sounds like he never even told you yes, and that you planned on just crashing his cab ride anyway.
It sounds a LOT like your friend walked out of the store and crossed the street back to work, got in the cab, you were nowhere in sight, and so told the cabbie to take him home. And on top of that he never even agreed to share the cab with you in the first place.