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Demonachizer
Aug 7, 2004

Ein cooler Typ posted:

just drive drunk instead

quoting for ironic value just in case your mom or girlfriend or whatever ever posts on your account about how you died.

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ClamdestineBoyster
Aug 15, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Wtf is Tarzan doing that he can't give her a ride?

Matey
Mar 28, 2008

eat food

jane where r u babe?

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

uber is basically a depressed indian guy driving a prius

Drunkboxer
Jun 30, 2007

etalian posted:

uber is basically a depressed indian guy driving a prius

I've had cheerful South Africans a few times

nomadologique
Mar 9, 2011

DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO
i uber in my 92 honda accord 150k miles that i have never once cleaned

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Uber drivers must always have water in the car and also maybe a hammer too.

penus penus penus
Nov 9, 2014

by piss__donald
uber rules, its unfathomable why you would think otherwise unless your dad is a cab driver or something. if you dont use it at all (which is inevitably the only group of people who cry about uber) why do you give a poo poo.

Luvcow
Jul 1, 2007

One day nearer spring
taxi drivers have a reputation for being rude, bad at driving and eager to jack up your fare so really gently caress them

OxMan
May 13, 2006

COME SEE
GRAVE DIGGER
LIVE AT MONSTER TRUCK JAM 2KXX



City of Tampa posted:


lol gently caress cabbies, why are they not becoming uber drivers? cabbies don't make poo poo either. you'd think that they would be happy cutting the middleman out.

They hella are. Like someone else said, more than half the uber drivers i see (and i see a lot cause everyone ubers from bars here) are older indian dudes in priuses.

Three Olives
Apr 10, 2005

Don't forget Hitler's contributions to medicine.

krampster2 posted:

my old landlord is an uber driver he is an old retired rich accountant with like a dozen large estates but he likes to drive people around in his mercedes because he is lonely and he likes to be nice :)

This is true, one time I was picked up in a brand new Porsche Cayenne Turbo and the guy was like "I'm retired and bored and I like meeting people". Another time I was picked up by this really old super nice lady in a brand new loaded minivan and she was like "Yeah, I don't have any children and my husband died last year so I bought this car for Uber because I get to talk to so many interesting people this way".

RISCy Business
Jun 17, 2015

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Fun Shoe
uber is really cool when i was in chicago i used it to get back and forth because i wasn't close enough to public transit and all the drivers were super chill and nice

Three Olives
Apr 10, 2005

Don't forget Hitler's contributions to medicine.
The best Ubers are when you call Uber X and a Uber Black SUV picks you up and you feel loving ridiculous showing up at a bar or a place in a giant Escalade with just you in the car.

Heer98
Apr 10, 2009
I like to drive for uber because the money is okay and wealthy gay men often offer me drugs and sex.

It's very flattering!

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

TsarZiedonis posted:

I like to drive for uber because the money is okay and wealthy gay men often offer me drugs and sex.

It's very flattering!

So you get good tips through Uber?

IncredibleIgloo
Feb 17, 2011





etalian posted:

So you get good tips through Uber?

Not just the tips :heysexy:

Heer98
Apr 10, 2009
No but Lyft tips can be pretty solid

Serious post if I was gay uber driving would be a bonanza of wealthy older gay dick, which is also I think how gays do networking and is why there's so many if them that are successful in business?

But yeah use Lyft it pays me more tia

nomadologique
Mar 9, 2011

DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO
protip tho you can gently caress gay dudes w/o being gay

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

deep impact on vhs posted:

uber is really cool when i was in chicago i used it to get back and forth because i wasn't close enough to public transit and all the drivers were super chill and nice

hmm sounds like we need to regulate this company to death and hunt down any who ever enjoyed its services.

Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

you people are idiots and the regulations are to make sure you don't get abducted or raped by your driver and to make sure you aren't paying out of pocket or relying on the drivers cheapest possible liability insurance if you are hurt in an accident they caused

guess which of these happened with uber drivers all of them

City of Tampa
May 6, 2007

by zen death robot

Blue Train posted:

you people are idiots and the regulations are to make sure you don't get abducted or raped by your driver and to make sure you aren't paying out of pocket or relying on the drivers cheapest possible liability insurance if you are hurt in an accident they caused

guess which of these happened with uber drivers all of them

"oh yeah you're right I guess I'll just pay three times as much to ride to the airport in a clapped out cop car that a million cigarettes have been smoked in" said an idiot

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

I'm very surprised uber drivers aren't acting out their apparent insatiable urge to rape and commit violence in sub-$40,000 plush, well amenitied vehicles that everybody knows only hoodlums could afford and destroy all the militant marxist cabbies?

Hooded Reptile
Aug 31, 2015
"uses credit card"

"finds charges never made on credit card"

"IS SHOCKED TO FIND OUT UBER HIRES THIEVES"

Rinse, repeat.

RISCy Business
Jun 17, 2015

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Fun Shoe

Hooded Reptile posted:

"uses credit card"

"finds charges never made on credit card"

"IS SHOCKED TO FIND OUT UBER HIRES THIEVES"

Rinse, repeat.

uber drivers don't get your cc information you loving retard

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_pricing

Heer98
Apr 10, 2009
You pay the app, not the driver.

I mean uber is a shady and awful company that lies to drivers about earnings and takes advantage of sad immigrants and loss leads with VC money but man at least get your criticism right.

Hooded Reptile
Aug 31, 2015

deep impact on vhs posted:

uber drivers don't get your cc information you loving retard

Guess skimmers are works of fiction then.

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

TsarZiedonis posted:

uber is a shady and awful company that lies to drivers about earnings and takes advantage of sad immigrants and loss leads with VC money

Cool NIN Shirt
Nov 26, 2007

by vyelkin

Hooded Reptile posted:

Guess skimmers are works of fiction then.

In this case they are you retard

That Robot
Sep 16, 2004

ask me anything about robots
Buglord

Isaac posted:

Jane if you are reading this i hope you got your purse

I told you dude, she's fukken dead

Shot down over Hanoi in '71

Lest we forget

Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

Nonsense posted:

I'm very surprised uber drivers aren't acting out their apparent insatiable urge to rape and commit violence in sub-$40,000 plush, well amenitied vehicles that everybody knows only hoodlums could afford and destroy all the militant marxist cabbies?

Uber driver sought for alleged sexual assault in Toronto in June, 2015 (9/25/15)

Toronto Uber driver accused of sexually assaulting a passenger in his vehicle (9/17/15)

Woman in Ohio Allegedly Sexually Assaulted by Uber Driver (9/10/15)

Uber Driver in New Jersey Accused of Raping a Female Customer (8/28/15)

An Uber Driver in China Charged with Robbery and Rape (8/26/15)

Philadelphia Uber Driver Accused of Rape in June Loses Bail Request (8/12/15)

Uber Driver Accused of Kidnapping and Raping a Female Passenger in South Carolina (8/12/15)

Uber Driver Charged with Sexual Battery in Virginia (8/6/15)

Uber Driver Accused of Sexual Assault in Dallas (8/1/15)

Uber Driver Allegedly Caught Masturbating In Front of Female Passenger in India (7/22/15)

Uber Driver Linked by DNA Evidence, Witness Accounts to Five Other Sexual Assaults in Boston between 2006 and 2010 (7/14/15)

Uber Driver in Chicago Allegedly Exposes Himself to a Female Passenger, Uber Admits He Should Have Failed Background Check (6/26/15)

Virginia Mother Alleges Uber Driver Molested Her 13-year-old Daughter (6/16/15)

Lyft Driver in Seattle Allegedly Drags Customer Behind Car After Demanding Sex (6/5/15)

Uber Driver in New Jersey Fondles Himself in Backseat with Female Passenger (6/3/15)

Uber New Delhi Molestation Case: Uber Cab Driver Suspended After He Molested Female Passenger in Gurgaon (6/1/15)

Mississauga, Canada, Uber driver is facing a charge of sexual assault after allegedly assaulting a female passenger (5/20/15)

University of Southern California Student Says Uber Driver Raped Her After Party (5/1/15)

New York Woman Says Uber Driver Grabbed, Assaulted Her (4/30/15)

Wisconsin Woman Tells Police Uber Driver Inappropriately Touched Her (4/27/15)

Houston Uber Driver Accused of Rape Started Work After 14 Years in Federal Prison(4/7/15)

Houston Uber Driver Accused of Sexually Assaulting Customer (4/2/15)

Uber Driver Arrested on Sexual Assault Charges in Paris (3/25/15)

Philadelphia Woman Says She Was Raped and Kidnapped by an UberX Driver (3/24/15)

Uber Driver Investigated After Alleged Sexual Assault in Mar Vista, California (2/3/15)

Chicago Uber Driver Charged with Sexual Assault, Unlawful Restraint and kidnapping of 21-year-old male passenger (1/14/15)

Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

Uber has cut ties with eight drivers who have criminal records, as it attempts to win approval to pick up passengers at Los Angeles International Airport. The drivers, who have convictions including assault, DUI and possession of child pornography, were identified in recent weeks by L.A. Yellow Cab, which has been lobbying strenuously against allowing Uber and other ride-hailing services into the airport.

In several cases, Uber was unaware of its drivers' records because its background checks go back only seven years. 

Hooded Reptile
Aug 31, 2015

Cool NIN Shirt posted:

In this case they are you retard

Uber hired 25 drivers in Los Angeles and San Francisco with criminal records ranging from property crimes, sex offenses and murder, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Guess that makes me durrrrrpppp

Heer98
Apr 10, 2009
There are a few parking lots in my city that are kind of the de facto u ER driver hangout spots, especially by the airports. Like 98% of the guys I see there are recent immigrants from the ME/Africa and either were cab drivers before uber killed their market or would have been cab drivers. They pretty much all believed Ubers marketing material on what their yearly income could be as full time drivers, which was based on when the per mile rate was 2.5x what it is now. A lot of these guys also bought new cars or financed through uber at insane interest. They're all pretty loving despondent about the way things are going, it's pretty sad to talk to them.

And yes goons I know they're gullible or whatever but these are usually really recent immigrants from shithole countries so pretty much the easiest people for uber to rip off and take advantage of.

That's why passengers are starting to notice that drivers give way less of a gently caress, like, why go out of your way to help a passenger when it's probably just some drunk white bitch whose going to rate you 1 star because it's surging and she's mad for 8 bucks after uber takes their cut.

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

Blue Train posted:

Uber has cut ties with eight drivers who have criminal records, as it attempts to win approval to pick up passengers at Los Angeles International Airport. The drivers, who have convictions including assault, DUI and possession of child pornography, were identified in recent weeks by L.A. Yellow Cab, which has been lobbying strenuously against allowing Uber and other ride-hailing services into the airport.

In several cases, Uber was unaware of its drivers' records because its background checks go back only seven years. 

im just being cynical, i dont expect anything to be done about them because they're everywhere and people are literally storming city halls to get them what they want.

That Robot
Sep 16, 2004

ask me anything about robots
Buglord

Hooded Reptile posted:

Guess skimmers are works of fiction then.

the driver never sees your credit card

that's the beauty of it

skimmers happen in cabs and atms. only ripped off once by a lazy driver who didn't arrive and said he did, but a quick complaint got my money refunded.

cab drivers are assholes btw. if you want some crackhead white dude with barely any teeth, wrinkly skin, long yellow nails, weird bottles filled with fluid, a hillbilly voice, a car that smells like assholes and expensive travel, then by all means take a cab

Cool NIN Shirt
Nov 26, 2007

by vyelkin

Hooded Reptile posted:

Uber hired 25 drivers in Los Angeles and San Francisco with criminal records ranging from property crimes, sex offenses and murder, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Guess that makes me durrrrrpppp

What does that have to do w stealing cc information?

Hooded Reptile
Aug 31, 2015

That Robot posted:

the driver never sees your credit card

that's the beauty of it

skimmers happen in cabs and atms. only ripped off once by a lazy driver who didn't arrive and said he did, but a quick complaint got my money refunded.

cab drivers are assholes btw. if you want some crackhead white dude with barely any teeth, wrinkly skin, long yellow nails, weird bottles filled with fluid, a hillbilly voice, a car that smells like assholes and expensive travel, then by all means take a cab

"I'm the 70 year old woman in uber who doesn't understand the computer thing, and I heard uber was good from my daughter, can you help me out with this on my Ipad?"

That Robot
Sep 16, 2004

ask me anything about robots
Buglord

Cool NIN Shirt posted:

What does that have to do w stealing cc information?

Forums User Hooded Reptile is either a cab driver, the son of a cab driver or a Luddite.

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Hooded Reptile
Aug 31, 2015

That Robot posted:

Forums User Hooded Reptile is either a cab driver, the son of a cab driver or a Luddite.

Yes, thats right.

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