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As a Millennial I posted:hmm lets check in on the /r/uberdrivers zeitgeist If I had known that flannel would be back I wouldn't have thrown out all my shirts from 1993.
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uber as a microcosm of capitalist affairs coming along faster than anticipated
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Jan 11, 2015 07:14
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Shifty Pony posted:a cat in the food prep area. same
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Jan 11, 2015 07:20
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the case of the cat in the food prep area
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Jan 11, 2015 07:27
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I can understand that rule, cats are loving filthy.
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prepare cat in food area
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if uberdrivers.net is any indication all uber drivers are horrible shitlord assholes anywayquote:So, what do you do when paxs leave personal property in your car? The first time it happened to me a bloke left his cell phone in the back seat. I found it when I was several miles away. Dude calls his cell phone hoping I'd pick up and I did. I ended up driving quite a ways out of my way to return the drat thing at the end of the night. As I was driving home I concluded I'm a shmuck because I violated my rule of ABC (Always Be Compensated.) I got absolutely nothing out of that trip after I solved a problem that I did not create. Since that experience I have only had people leave clothing in my car, and that goes straight to Goodwill the following the day. Uber doesn't have a policy that I'm aware of (or at least not a rational one) to deal with personal items left in cars. And since there's no compensation for returning gear, I can't think of a good reason to return crap left behind. quote:If it's cash I keep it. If it's a cellphone, etc....I would try to notify the pax that I have it. I would leave up to the pax to how to get it back. I'm certainly not going to waste any gas driving it over to them unless they reimburse me. quote:Depends, hasn't happened to me yet. A lady ran out in traffic to flag me at the airport after leaving her black coat in my car in the dark. Even though I looked with the front light on, it was in the shadow of the seat and we just didn't see it for a moment until she realized she didn't have it when she got out in the cold. (Cold, for everyone not on the West Coast, is considered 45 degrees here quote:Oh man, you just provided the answer. When I had to drive that bloke's phone back to him I should have just fired up the rider app on his phone, taken the ping, then started my trip to his home. poo poo! Why didn't I think of that? quote:Yeah, but then what? Unless someone is paying me for the trip, I'm not delivering it. And unless someone is paying me postage and a courtesy fee, I'm not returning it via post. quote:How to Avoid Obnoxious Cancellations quote:You can also drive the opposite direction as far as possible, and wait for the cancel
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.) Anyway I thought about it and I think there's always a reasonable answer that doesn't require you driving to them. A cell phone is really important, they can come and get it from a Starbucks near me at a pre-arranged time. Other valuables, keys, same thing. I think that anything else (like the lady's coat), I would be happy to mail if they paypal me the $ for postage. I do a lot of airports, I can only imagine I would have to mail things since they have flown out of town. I really try hard to avoid things being left--I ask them AND I check.
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i just remembered that we have the 1099 taxageddon ahead of us
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Jan 11, 2015 09:52
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crusader_complex posted:i just remembered that we have the 1099 taxageddon ahead of us I'm so hard
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Jan 11, 2015 09:54
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filing season starts January 20! get ready to learn all about schedule se via Uber drivers going "taxes!?!?"
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Jan 11, 2015 14:35
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uber does revenue sharing, not taxes
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Jan 11, 2015 14:41
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people on my Facebook think uber is good. wat should i do? unfriend?
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Jan 11, 2015 15:14
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bobbilljim posted:people on my Facebook think uber is good. wat should i do? unfriend?
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Jan 11, 2015 15:15
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sounds good. one person tried to tell me uber was safe since you can track them with "technology" if they do a crime on you
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Jan 11, 2015 15:17
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bobbilljim posted:uber was safe since you can track them with "technology" if they do a crime on you 
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bobbilljim posted:sounds good. one person tried to tell me uber was safe since you can track them with "technology" if they do a crime on you was he a street walking cheetah
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Jan 11, 2015 15:34
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worse, probably works in IT
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Jan 11, 2015 15:35
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I used an oculus rift last night. I was pretty incredulous about the whole thing but it's legit. dunno if it'll ever see widespread adoption but it's definitely gonna burrow into a few niches at the least.
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Jan 11, 2015 17:49
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a taiwanese lurker goon told me last night that a friend of his in taiwan had his drivers license suspended for being an uber driver. lol
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Jan 11, 2015 17:51
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a taiwanese lurker goon told me last night that a friend of his in taiwan had his drivers license suspended for being an uber driver. lol
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Jan 11, 2015 17:51
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i hope they dont gently caress up price/quality ratio of cv1
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Jan 11, 2015 17:52
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thanks radium
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fart simpson posted:thanks radium wtf
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Jan 11, 2015 17:52
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they're right to be annoyed when they have to return someone's poo poo miles away for free though
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doublepost
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Jan 11, 2015 17:56
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kalstrams posted:doublepost nah the post didnt load for like a minute something in the server hiccuped
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Jan 11, 2015 18:23
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every time i want to make something with oculus rift i always get told "noone will buy that" or on the other end "the military probably alreayd has something like that" so noone helps me with my bullshit
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Jan 11, 2015 19:36
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theflyingexecutive posted:they're right to be annoyed when they have to return someone's poo poo miles away for free though that's what happens when you're an "independent contractor". if they were working for a real taxi company they'd just be able to turn it in to their company and the company would take care of returning the good or getting the person to come pick it up. in some cities, like nyc and dc, taxi companies will hand over your items to a government department like the dc taxi commission or the nypd lost property division, who will hold it until you return it or even ship it to you uber, on the other hand, has no lost item policy beyond "we'll give you all your drivers' numbers and let you call them to find out if they've thrown out your poo poo yet", and puts all the responsibility on the drivers
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Jan 11, 2015 20:07
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when this all comes to a head and uber gets charged with tax evasion or workplace safety violations or whatever...what argument will the government use to claim that uber is an employer of taxi drivers and not just a service facilitating like-minded *pffrrrtfrttttt* or whatever they say? i know that fedex or ups got smoked a while back for claiming that all their drivers were contractors but requiring that they wear a uniform and work specific hours. can uber be hit with that sort of thing for e.g. dropping you as a driver if you don't accept all the fares you get, which i think is a thing they do?
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Jan 11, 2015 20:13
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the closest one to what the model is supposed to be is sidecar, the drivers set their own rates [which of course results in a race to the bottom as they compete with each other for fares but markets gonna market]
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Jan 11, 2015 20:19
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Sagebrush posted:when this all comes to a head and uber gets charged with tax evasion or workplace safety violations or whatever...what argument will the government use to claim that uber is an employer of taxi drivers and not just a service facilitating like-minded *pffrrrtfrttttt* or whatever they say? uber's "income guarantees" for drivers where they have to take 90% of pings and do one trip every hour and be available from 9pm to 5am will probably put them much closer to the fedex "these are actually employees" model. I think the fact that uber determines the rates and handles the money might be a part of that as well. i think the government, both federally and locally, has more than enough stuff to come down on uber if they want to, the question is, do they want to?
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Jan 11, 2015 20:29
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Main Paineframe posted:that's what happens when you're an "independent contractor". if they were working for a real taxi company they'd just be able to turn it in to their company and the company would take care of returning the good or getting the person to come pick it up. in some cities, like nyc and dc, taxi companies will hand over your items to a government department like the dc taxi commission or the nypd lost property division, who will hold it until you return it or even ship it to you having the phone loser come to them (presumably downtown/the most popular area) is a totally legit compromise and the driver should still expect a "thank you for not stealing my phone" tip. that poo poo's pretty basic
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Jan 11, 2015 20:31
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theflyingexecutive posted:having the phone loser come to them (presumably downtown/the most popular area) is a totally legit compromise and the driver should still expect a "thank you for not stealing my phone" tip. that poo poo's pretty basic lol paying people not to steal your personal property
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Jan 11, 2015 20:35
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Main Paineframe posted:lol paying people not to steal your personal property agreed, but similarly lol expecting someone to go out of their way to accommodate your mistake
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Jan 11, 2015 20:40
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that's why if it's a real company it would go to the depot and no extra effort on the part of the driver. if they want to be considered like a cab/limo company they'd need to provide similar service. charging extra for delivery or shipping is of course only fair
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Jan 11, 2015 20:43
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theflyingexecutive posted:having the phone loser come to them (presumably downtown/the most popular area) is a totally legit compromise and the driver should still expect a "thank you for not stealing my phone" tip. that poo poo's pretty basic lol wtf is this
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Jan 11, 2015 20:46
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Sagebrush posted:agreed, but similarly lol expecting someone to go out of their way to accommodate your mistake the "mistake" in this case was being an uber driver in the first place. that's what happens when you're an independent contractor who has to deal with the public. "be your own boss" and "not making enough to have employees" means you get to do all the unpleasant jobs yourself this also extends to other mistakes your passengers make, like when a drunk passenger pukes all over your backseat. uber drivers have to clean that poo poo up themselves
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Jan 11, 2015 20:52
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Sagebrush posted:when this all comes to a head and uber gets charged with tax evasion or workplace safety violations or whatever...what argument will the government use to claim that uber is an employer of taxi drivers and not just a service facilitating like-minded *pffrrrtfrttttt* or whatever they say? the law. specifically the definitions section of the law. because laws have to be very specific about what they cover in order to not be struck as unenforceable due to vagueness they all have a section at the beginning defining what they mean by certain terms. for example the austin taxi law defined a "for hire" transportation driver as anyone who accepted any form of payment (cash or barter) tips included in excess of the IRS reimbursement rates and defined a for hire transportation company as any company or organization that used any means (radio and portable electronic devices specifically mentioned) to dispatch or arrange for a for hire transportation driver to pick up a passenger. uber is hosed because they aren't the first to try that sort of defense. even if the law didn't have that definition in it I highly doubt a judge would look at uber and not apply a duck test which clearly would result in them being termed a taxi company.
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Sagebrush posted:agreed, but similarly lol expecting someone to go out of their way to accommodate your mistake all mistakes should be punished as severely as possible, it's the only way to reach perfection
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i'm like 90% sure that last uber driver jacked my wallet, i don't think i 'left it on a bench' at all. the charges didnt start till 45 mins after I called him looking for it despite it already being gone for 9 hours at that point, and they were run at a walmart that is in a side of town that he said he lived in. vee oh vee we don't ride uber any more1
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