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Scrub-Niggurath posted:if there's one thing to be said for Uber it at least forced the archaic taxi systems in the cities to try and step up their game. Oh, definitely. There had not been much hurry to innovate in the world of taxis before and I'm glad uber stirred poo poo up. This is especially true in some of the more entrenched markets outside the US.
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All this Uber talk reminds me of this image a friend shared a week ago, 125 GBP uber to the airport. Driver inadvertently took the scenic route... If this were a regular cab, it would be almost impossible to get some of your money back. With Uber you have the evidence and a handy report button. Not saying that Uber is the future, but it's pushing forward some good ideas for the industry along with all of its underhanded poo poo.
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Just imagine the spokesman winking after every sentence while reading out the report.
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Anyone got similar info on Yelp? All this Yelp talk has left me wondering how the company makes any money at all. Edit:vvv thanks, will look it up when I get home. Freezer fucked around with this message at 15:40 on Feb 22, 2016 |
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Feb 22, 2016 14:53
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on the left posted:
Repeat this enough times and what are you left with? The Trump electorate.
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Feb 27, 2016 18:40
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One of the most valuable lessons I got early in my career was that the company has no loyalty to you, so you owe no loyalty to them. Does it encourage crappy behavior on both sides? Of course it does.... But that's the world we live in. All the comments on job hopping are right on the spot.
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Chiming in from Mexico City with my two cents. Uber here is more expensive than regular cabs(specially on surges, which are frequent), but is still growing in popularity immensely. The reasons for it's popularity have been posted before in this thread (better service, pay with card, fixed amounts, etc) but there's also developing world reasons for it, such as lower likelihood of being robbed and traceability. Uber has become a middle-upper class darling. If you overlay a map of all the Uber rides with a map of the city it forms a mesh connecting the wealthy bits of town, and whole neighborhoods disappear. As for my personal experience, I've stopped taking regular cabs after a couple of incidents of being extored by them ( overcharged ridiculously because the meter "didn't work" or " no one uses the meters at this hour"). Uber is probably breaking the law, but so are regular cabs on a daily basis, so meh.
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mobby_6kl posted:I don't think that's the point - just that Uber is used by the richer people who don't go into the poor areas. Yeah, this. You can ask for an Uber anywhere, but people in the poorest neighborhoods don't tend to have credit cards and smartphones, or money to take taxis regularly.
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