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open24hours posted:Ban Uber. When taxis can provide a minimum standard of service like A) not talking on your loving phone he whole trip B) keeping your car clean C) showering once a day and wearing deodorant Then maybe they will stop bleeding customers. In Perth they have apparently taken to blockading lake street so ubers can't get to the pubs/clubs in the evening
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When Uber can follow labour laws they can be allowed to operate. Is Uber really the kind of business model you want to encourage? Taxis might not be perfect but you have a lot more to lose from allowing companies like Uber to become established than you do to gain from cheaper taxis.
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I don't know why people hate taxis so much, I have never had a bad experience in a taxi. In fact I've had on four different occasions taxi drivers knock $5-$10 off my fare because they had also been a chef and knew how much it loving sucks to miss the last bus/train home after working a 13 hour shift. Or because we had a good discussion on worker solidarity.
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Apr 21, 2016 01:02
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Ban Taxis IMO
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turdbucket posted:They have it's called anime. Anime is trash though.
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Higsian posted:Anime is trash though. It's a bit much to impose the standards of high art on something aimed at kids though.
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I'm actually kind of interested in knowing what the deal is with that fish Knorth fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Apr 21, 2016 |
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Apr 21, 2016 01:49
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turdbucket posted:I don't know why people hate taxis so much, I have never had a bad experience in a taxi. In fact I've had on four different occasions taxi drivers knock $5-$10 off my fare because they had also been a chef and knew how much it loving sucks to miss the last bus/train home after working a 13 hour shift. Or because we had a good discussion on worker solidarity. I know people who have been sexually abused by taxi drivers.
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Apr 21, 2016 01:49
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Frogmanv2 posted:I know people who have been sexually abused by taxi drivers. Same
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Apr 21, 2016 01:53
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Knorth posted:I'm actually kind of interested in knowing what the deal is with that fish NT with the most important stories as expected. I couldn't give a poo poo about 60 Minutes terrists.
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Apr 21, 2016 01:54
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God bless you NT news.
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QUACKTASTIC posted:Same Not to mention the repeated times Gurrumul Yunupingu has been refused access to a taxi, along with other respected members of indigenous societies, but hey, some dude got $10 off a fare so everything must be hunky dory.
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ScreamingLlama posted:Just popping into this thread to tell you I have been connected to the Turnbull!NBN through Optus for the princely sum of $95 per month (includes home phone, IPad-sized modem and three months of Stan). I may not be 1%, but according to tech pundits I'm part of the 18% (who can get fibre-to-the-node).  Bifauxnen posted:All this talk about webpages getting formatted for mobile, while first dog remains nigh unreadable on any phone gay picnic defence posted:Has anyone stopped to wonder why the banks couldn't possibly waste $50mil or so on a royal commission but are happy to pay $120mil to ASIC? They are industry Lapdogs. The experience is consistently that they become defacto lobby groups for the interests they are supposedly regulating. This is why the occasional independent inquiry or royal commission is necessary. "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" in fact. open24hours posted:When Uber can follow labour laws they can be allowed to operate.  quote:The lawyer acting for the Nine Network, Kamal Aboudaher, said on Monday the broadcaster had not offered any financial compensation to Mr el-Amien. And a follow up from yesterdays report on Uluru. http://www.sbs.com.au/comedy/article/2016/04/20/given-you-can-climb-uluru-you-should-also-be-able-do-sick-ollies-anzac-memorial
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Apr 21, 2016 02:06
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Nah sorry guys taxis in Brisbane suck rear end. I mean like if there was better public transport sure but I mean this is once again loving over those drat millenials
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Apr 21, 2016 02:07
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Same.
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Apr 21, 2016 02:08
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I have only good experiences in the three times I took a taxi
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Frogmanv2 posted:Not to mention the repeated times Gurrumul Yunupingu has been refused access to a taxi, along with other respected members of indigenous societies, but hey, some dude got $10 off a fare so everything must be hunky dory. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-04/claim-gurrumul-yunupingu-mistreated-in-darwin-hospital/7298114 The other week he was left waiting for eight hours with internal bleeding.
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Apr 21, 2016 02:14
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*Anidav takes a taxi* *uses toll roads on purpose to rack up the tariffs* *gets lost* "That'll be 50 dollars!" loving Brisbane Taxi Drivers make sure they take you through tolls every time without fail.
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Apr 21, 2016 02:15
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Anidav posted:*Anidav takes a taxi* Yeah every taxi ride in Brisbane ends up costs at least $50 so yeah it's really cool and good. The taxi industry is in no way, shape, or form personally invested in taking out Uber for "safety reasons"
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Apr 21, 2016 02:17
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Good fish. Also lmao at ch9 paying out then leaving the kidnap crew they hired out to dry.
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Zenithe posted:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-04/claim-gurrumul-yunupingu-mistreated-in-darwin-hospital/7298114 no no, that was just a publicity stunt, because all good publicity stunts involve a very real life threatening medical problem.
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Apr 21, 2016 02:21
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Cartoon posted:
Probably a trust for the children's benefit.
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Apr 21, 2016 02:24
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Taxis being bad is an argument for taxi reform, not an argument for Uber.
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open24hours posted:Taxis being bad is an argument for taxi reform, not an argument for Uber. This is really enlightened please tell me more
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You know you are free to make a case for Uber if you think there is one to be made.
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The Taxi Industry doesn't want reform though. If they did they wouldn't be roadblocking and protesting parliament house.
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Apr 21, 2016 02:46
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Oh well better just give up then.
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Apr 21, 2016 02:47
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open24hours i really love you sometimes but you are being an obtrusive dick
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Apr 21, 2016 02:49
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A good point well made.
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Apr 21, 2016 02:53
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I mean like the argument here is that it's a ~foreign company~ and now it's an Us vs Them argument. Hilariously, they've even added in "safety" as an argument against Uber. There's some real conflict of interest poo poo going on here and we are still waiting for the Taxi review thing expected Soon™ and who knows if that'll even effect any change. e: I'd like to further point to the legalisation of Uber in states other than QLD.
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Uber is better thought of as a venture-capital funded monopoly forming company specifically designed for union and association smashing. It's absolutely horrible and areas where it succeeds won't get lovely cheap rides forever, but will just end up having less safety standards and be more expensive in the long term.
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Apr 21, 2016 02:58
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The legalisation of Uber in other states was a mistake and shouldn't have happened. If you thought casual work was bad wait until this kind of business model becomes mainstream.
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Recoome posted:
yeah but qld just made pot possession the same level of offense as heroin dealing so good luck getting any kind of logic in decision making here.
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Apr 21, 2016 03:01
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The end game with uber is to remove the driver from the equation totally. To be honest the 10 years in between now and then will become a footnote, just like Netflix posting DVDs they bought from Walmart. Breaking the TWU isn't really going to matter because their union members will be robots.
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Apr 21, 2016 03:07
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Taxis and Uber can still both be hosed even if one is better than the other.
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Apr 21, 2016 03:08
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the Automated Workers Union will be a powerful force in the Cyber-Labor party caucus
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uploading strike.exe...
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norp posted:The end game with uber is to remove the driver from the equation totally. To be honest the 10 years in between now and then will become a footnote, just like Netflix posting DVDs they bought from Walmart. Breaking the TWU isn't really going to matter because their union members will be robots. This is some pretty magical thinking.
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Yahweh help you if you're riding with an Uber driver and you're injured in a crash. You're hosed.
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