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This will be off topic, but I'd like to hear others' thoughts on the issue. I really really dislike, the taxi industry. I have ridden a cab at 2am, and paid 4x
by benten10 10y ago
This will be off topic, but I'd like to hear others' thoughts on the issue.
I really really dislike, the taxi industry. I have ridden a cab at 2am, and paid 4x what I regularly do, in cash, because 'the machine is broken'. I hate running after them. Finding cabs after hours is _hell_.
But I find Uber super-duper scummy. It's just the general...everything about it. That when you need it the most, it jacks up its prices, breaks laws like it's no one's business, and then spends SHIT TONS of money in lobbying to change them. Etcetera. But I do like the much improved transportation system it's led to. It's like day and night.
So... why doesn't anyone (or even a regulatory agency!!!) create an open marketplace for transportation services, where riders and drivers can bid, and all the 'services' are just middlemen between the marketplace and individual agents? Sort of like... email, but for Uber?
- dmihal 10y agoYou can't get mad about Uber's surges, it's fundamental to how their system works.
- DanielDent 10y agoThe few times I've been asked for cash because the credit card machine is 'broken', I've offered (a) they can use the swipe machine and run the card later, or (b) they'll need to come back when it's fixed and I'll gladly pay them at that time. They aren't always happy about it, but somehow they typically fix their machine. Within seconds.