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CatastropheJohn t1_j3bgawf wrote

Reply to comment by JoieDe_Vivre_ in NYC court blocks pay raise for Uber and Lyft drivers by Sorin61

I ran a taxi company for 22 years. There was nothing scummy about any of it. Your mileage appears to vary.

Real taxis have taxi plates. Thanks for the attitude though.

I’m sure you were a world class customer

Enjoy the surge pricing

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zerogee616 t1_j3fhl6p wrote

Dude, there's a reason that as soon as Uber showed up everybody dropped taxis like a hot potato ASAP and they had to resort to physically blocking roads and disruptive protests to get people to use them again.

Taxis suck. They've always sucked. They're expensive, they all try to scam the everliving dogshit out of you, "Black man can't get a cab" has been a thing for 50 years, and that's only in the places where taxis exist, which is not most places. Normally it takes effort and time to overcome the kind of institutional inertia something like taxi services have but man, taxis were just that fucking bad. Uber isn't perfect, but it sure as fuck beats a yellow cab.

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Akrlsofowkdlfow23 t1_j3gug75 wrote

There's a reason everyone hates taxis

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CatastropheJohn t1_j3hu25p wrote

And Ubers are all wonderful amirite

Everyone are assholes. Everyone hates lawyers, accountants politicians, cops, landlords, car salesmen, [insert your profession here]

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tribefan_12 t1_j3cijcm wrote

Surge pricing is a good thing… it’s better then not getting a ride at all

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CatastropheJohn t1_j3coze5 wrote

Real taxis run 24/7/365 and the price never changes. Calls are taken chronologically. Theoretically you could wait forever for an Uber and then pay 100x the taxi fare. But whatever

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tribefan_12 t1_j3cqi2u wrote

Ubers run 365 and it’s better that they change the price… that way, you can always get one when there’s high demand. Also, you know you won’t be scammed for the price like taxi drivers do

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CatastropheJohn t1_j3eai0w wrote

Ah, it’s ‘all taxi drivers are thieves’ trope you’re all pussyfooting around. Used car salesmen too amirite.

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tribefan_12 t1_j3ebssa wrote

It’s true, they do all sorts of shady shit and are racist. Ubers pick you up no matter the neighborhood or race

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CatastropheJohn t1_j3ecxem wrote

Do you know the drivers float back-and-forth right no of course you don’t. It’s the same people you’re painting with that mile wide brush

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