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qirex
Feb 15, 2001

fired for trying [unsuccessfully] to get a 17% discount what a loving world

e: also lol real employees only get a 17% discount

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PuTTY riot
Nov 16, 2002
use coupon code yourefired for uber discounts

Munkeymon
Aug 14, 2003

Motherfucker's got an
armor-piercing crowbar! Rigoddamndicu𝜆ous.



Pinterest Mom posted:

uber is still evil

I'm just weirded out that they contract out their contracting

PuTTY riot
Nov 16, 2002

Munkeymon posted:

I'm just weirded out that they contract out their contracting

its brilliant

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

Munkeymon posted:

I'm just weirded out that they contract out their contracting

look, i think we can all agree that it's better if the "help" is kept at arm's length.

if any of the poo poo we flush at them backs up the pipe we can cut it off at their contracting agency. we're not the bad guys here. acme serfs inc. is, and we'll just claim to need to review our contracting policies.

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:

infernal machines posted:

look, i think we can all agree that it's better if the "help" is kept at arm's length.

if any of the poo poo we flush at them backs up the pipe we can cut it off at their contracting agency. we're not the bad guys here. acme serfs inc. is, and we'll just claim to need to review our contracting policies.

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

infernal machines posted:

look, i think we can all agree that it's better if the "help" is kept at arm's length.

if any of the poo poo we flush at them backs up the pipe we can cut it off at their contracting agency. we're not the bad guys here. acme serfs inc. is, and we'll just claim to need to review our contracting policies.

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

I had to go to atlanta for a work thing and was creeped out by how much "the help" attitude was prevalent

also mall security guards with guns and smokey bear hats

MrMoo
Sep 14, 2000

Condiv posted:

lollin pretty hard that uber drivers have to pay a deductible to uber before uber will pay a claim

I'm pretty sure a lot of people are also trying to scam the hell out of Uber too. Insurance fraud is not exactly rare.

Main Paineframe
Oct 27, 2010

qirex posted:

fired for trying [unsuccessfully] to get a 17% discount what a loving world

e: also lol real employees only get a 17% discount

hahaha, a 17% discount is probably basically free for uber, since their cut from an uber fare is 20% and an individual uber ride costs uber the company basically nothing.

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

one day it will be revealed that only the founder actually works for uber, he contracts out everything else

Beast of Bourbon
Sep 25, 2013

Pillbug
p sure not even that, uber is wholly owned by uber holding group which is 100% owned by 1 man

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:

Beast of Bourbon posted:

p sure not even that, uber is wholly owned by uber holding group which is 100% owned by 1 man

and that 1 man was albert einstein

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

bobbilljim posted:

and that 1 man was Richard lowtax kyanka

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:

richard would probably be better off financially if he traded something awful for uber

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

this thread + hn thread are very depressing & angering

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:
better still, he could give people rides in his gtr

newreply.php
Dec 24, 2009

Pillbug

ayn rand hand job posted:

gonna take this benzo and fall asleep in the car

PuTTY riot
Nov 16, 2002
groasted

Pinterest Mom
Jun 9, 2009

A woman in London said she was sexually harassed by an Uber driver who asked if she liked blow jobs and offered to pull down a side street and perform "sucky sucky" on her during her route.

The unidentified woman, who shared emails of her exchange with Uber about the incident with Newsweek, described the March encounter as scary. According to Newsweek, she first contacted Uber after the hellish ride telling the company "Driver was very forward and quite creepy. Asked me if I wanted him to go down on me. Not cool."

A marketing manager who responded to her complaint via email apologized, referring to the incident with the driver as an "intrusive experience." The marketing manager then told her the company was "already investigating this with [the driver] and I can assure you that the necessary actions will be taken to avoid a similar incident in future." The email she received from the company concluded with a thank you to her from bringing the issue to their attention. "[While] painful to hear, it's the best way for us to address any incidents like this," it stated.

She then received another response from a different Uber representative, which said the company was "shocked" to learn about her experience. According to Newsweek, the email stated "while things like this should definitely not happen in the first place, in the unlikely event that they do occur we have the full details of the driver, trip and rider on our systems so that we can immediately investigate any concerns raised."

The company then offered her a £20 ($31) credit, signing the email "Sorry again for such an un-Uber experience."

PuTTY riot
Nov 16, 2002

Pinterest Mom posted:

A woman in London said she was sexually harassed by an Uber driver who asked if she liked blow jobs and offered to pull down a side street and perform "sucky sucky" on her during her route.

The unidentified woman, who shared emails of her exchange with Uber about the incident with Newsweek, described the March encounter as scary. According to Newsweek, she first contacted Uber after the hellish ride telling the company "Driver was very forward and quite creepy. Asked me if I wanted him to go down on me. Not cool."

A marketing manager who responded to her complaint via email apologized, referring to the incident with the driver as an "intrusive experience." The marketing manager then told her the company was "already investigating this with [the driver] and I can assure you that the necessary actions will be taken to avoid a similar incident in future." The email she received from the company concluded with a thank you to her from bringing the issue to their attention. "[While] painful to hear, it's the best way for us to address any incidents like this," it stated.

She then received another response from a different Uber representative, which said the company was "shocked" to learn about her experience. According to Newsweek, the email stated "while things like this should definitely not happen in the first place, in the unlikely event that they do occur we have the full details of the driver, trip and rider on our systems so that we can immediately investigate any concerns raised."

The company then offered her a £20 ($31) credit, signing the email "Sorry again for such an un-Uber experience."

lol

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 9 minutes!
Yes, Uber drivers are munching rug.

PuTTY riot
Nov 16, 2002

Citizen Tayne posted:

Yes, Uber drivers are munching rug.

the uber experience

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band

Pinterest Mom posted:

A woman in London said she was sexually harassed by an Uber driver who asked if she liked blow jobs and offered to pull down a side street and perform "sucky sucky" on her during her route.

i can't help it; "sucky sucky" makes me giggle like an idiot child

AtomD
May 3, 2009

Fun Shoe

Pinterest Mom posted:

The company then offered her a £20 ($31) credit, signing the email "Sorry again for such an un-Uber experience."

haha holy poo poo wow

"whatever babe" *flicks a quarter in her direction* "buy yourself something nice"

Shifty Pony
Dec 28, 2004

Up ta somethin'


you know what would be great in this sort of situation? a camera in the car. of course thise most in need of monitoring wouldn't put them in voluntarily so we would need some sort of central authority to require them or something.

antibody ever heard of such a crazy thing existing?

PuTTY riot
Nov 16, 2002

Shifty Pony posted:

you know what would be great in this sort of situation? a camera in the car. of course thise most in need of monitoring wouldn't put them in voluntarily so we would need some sort of central authority to require them or something.

antibody ever heard of such a crazy thing existing?

our taxi laws require them now but uber doesn't follow our taxi laws lol

Pinterest Mom
Jun 9, 2009

PuTTY riot posted:

our taxi laws require them now but uber doesn't follow our taxi laws lol

cool. you got the joke. :thumbsup:

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

PuTTY riot posted:

uber doesn't follow our taxi laws lol

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

Pinterest Mom posted:

A woman in London said she was sexually harassed by an Uber driver who asked if she liked blow jobs and offered to pull down a side street and perform "sucky sucky" on her during her route.

The unidentified woman, who shared emails of her exchange with Uber about the incident with Newsweek, described the March encounter as scary. According to Newsweek, she first contacted Uber after the hellish ride telling the company "Driver was very forward and quite creepy. Asked me if I wanted him to go down on me. Not cool."

A marketing manager who responded to her complaint via email apologized, referring to the incident with the driver as an "intrusive experience." The marketing manager then told her the company was "already investigating this with [the driver] and I can assure you that the necessary actions will be taken to avoid a similar incident in future." The email she received from the company concluded with a thank you to her from bringing the issue to their attention. "[While] painful to hear, it's the best way for us to address any incidents like this," it stated.

She then received another response from a different Uber representative, which said the company was "shocked" to learn about her experience. According to Newsweek, the email stated "while things like this should definitely not happen in the first place, in the unlikely event that they do occur we have the full details of the driver, trip and rider on our systems so that we can immediately investigate any concerns raised."

The company then offered her a £20 ($31) credit, signing the email "Sorry again for such an un-Uber experience."

I see nothing "un-uber" about this experience

Meat Beat Agent
Aug 5, 2007

felonious assault with a sproinging boner
Cash Cab but with sexual harassment instead of money

Meat Beat Agent
Aug 5, 2007

felonious assault with a sproinging boner
the cash cab ran over and killed a person one time and it's still less guilty than Uber

PuTTY riot
Nov 16, 2002

daft punk railroad posted:

the cash cab ran over and killed a person one time and it's still less guilty than Uber

omg

PuTTY riot
Nov 16, 2002
oh, it was in canada. and not even while filming

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde

daft punk railroad posted:

Cash Cab but with sexual harassment instead of money

there is porn like this

i have seen it

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

there is porn like this

i have seen it

i thought that's just what the commute is like in n'awlins

Meat Beat Agent
Aug 5, 2007

felonious assault with a sproinging boner
Uber is facing stiff competition from Bangbus

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

daft punk railroad posted:

Uber is facing stiff competition from Bangbus

if you're going to break laws might as well break a whole bunch of them at the same time

H.P. Hovercraft
Jan 12, 2004

one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse
Slippery Tilde

ugh

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ultramiraculous
Nov 12, 2003

"No..."
Grimey Drawer
so uber is "running" this promo right now:



it is, of course, completely not possible to order (#stormpocalypse #pineappleexpress), yet they're still megaphone-ing this "charitable cause" thing for some reason...

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