There was a little taxi protest going on in Boston Thursday afternoon. Dubbed a “rolling rally” by its organizers, the Boston Taxi Drivers Association, the protest proved to be nothing more than an excellent display of how to clog a few blocks of city traffic while furiously honking a bunch of horns.

My plan was to walk over to South Street to check out what all the fuss was about – to see if Uber Boston’s headquarters had been breached by waves of angry Boston cab drivers, fearful of for-hire, unregulated services cutting into the city’s taxi industry. But, it was raining.

So, I pulled out my phone and requested an UberX driver pick me up outside of the Faneuil Hall Hong Kong.

Audre, my UberX driver, picked me up two minutes later, at 2:22 p.m. She dropped me off back at the Kong 42 minutes later.

Why so long, you ask? Well, we drove through the Boston taxi protest, which turned South Street into a complete log jam.

Here’s what it looked and sounded like:

Ironically, Audre, who’s only been on the job a week-and-a-half, didn’t even know about the protest. Still, she was a good enough sport to drive down South St. and let me snap some pictures with her iPhone – after mine died.

This officer clearly thought I was suspect – I was.

Protesters were carrying “Jobs with Justice” signs.

It appeared the street level turnout of protesters was cut slim by the weather. Ultimately, the crowd proved to be anything but aggressive; in fact, many seemed to be having a good time. The police presence was sparse, and the only thing the protest seemed to be disrupting was the mid-afternoon commute.

Audre and I only made one trip down South St. before heading back to Faneuil Hall. The trip ate into the bank account a little bit – but I think I made a friend.

In a statement provided to BostInno, Mayor Marty Walsh said, “We cannot turn a blind eye to public safety concerns around unregulated modes of transportation, but we also cannot condemn a popular, effective service that takes responsible steps to ensure the safety of their users.”

Sure, this post details just one trip with one driver and one admittedly biased UberX fan, but try asking a Boston cabbie for his or her phone to take pictures of a protest the two of you are currently driving through. Just saying…