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Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd
The only differance with Uber vs. a car service is you can pay online with a CC. But if limo companies offered that (and many now do via their own apps) then what's the diff? Uber has safety and standards issues. What recourse do you have if some Uber driver robs or rapes you? Give them a bad rating?
And since anyone can become an Uber driver there's no standards other than a driver's license. I dunno, seems like more of the same to me. Explain the advantages to using Uber please anyone?
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The difference is that Uber drivers actually give a fuck about their passengers. I've been an Uber / Lyft driver for the past 7 months and I've heard hundreds of horror stories about taxi / limo drivers. Basically their motive is to completely fuck with you. They won't pick you up if you're black. They won't pick you up if you're in a bad part of town. They won't drive you to a bad part of town. They won't give you a ride to a far part of town. They won't drive you to anywhere they're not likely to get a return fare. They won't ever take your credit card, because "the credit card system is down". They take the "long way" to where you're going, because "they got lost". They won't let you out of their car because you won't leave a tip for their crazy ridiculous antics. These are the STANDARD games they play. This is not what their taxi license requires them to do... this is what they do to deliver the absolute worst customer experience you could possibly have.
And then if they spot you with an Uber trade-dress in your window, they'll cut you off, they'll box you in, they'll jump out, jump on your hood, pound on your windshield like a fucking gorilla on LSD, try to pull you out of your car, and throw a pizza on your windshield... while screaming maniacally about they're going to kill you, and how you should "get a real job". And what they mean is they want you to get a job as a taxi driver under a medallion owner that pays $8 / hour and pays the medallion owner $150 / day for the taxi lease payment instead of $40 / hour and the vehicle you own.
Let's not forget taxi does not maintain their vehicles whatsoever... the vehicles stink like dog shit... the suspension will be on it's last legs... the car will be squeaking like a banshee all the way to your destination. And then the taxi driver plays games with billing, etc. Uber requires an inspection every 3 months, and requires a vehicle no older than 2006. The card is billed upon exiting the vehicle... zero nonsense.
Each and every day, I deal with customers who want nothing to do with taxi for the above reasons.
What I find hilarious is that taxi medallion owners want to deal with the competition with government regulation, instead of facing the root of the matter... which is that their service has their customers in a mass exodus fleeing to the competition. The LAST thing they want to do is actually IMPROVE the service... they ONLY thing they want to do is call for more legal restrictions on the competition.
Really makes you wonder...