Posted on 10/19/2014 5:08:00 AM PDT by Kaslin
Haven’t watched FOX in years
Should he also be kind enough to tell you he has obola, a bomb strapped to his chest, no license, just killed his wife and children, escaped from prison, and does not take credit cards?
How about he is a nice guy with a clean car and charges half the fare of a taxi?
I suggest you do not leave your house, just to be safe r.
all of the above.
Bump!!
Retired, no mortgage, sufficient (?) [don't let the car break down] .. money, wife knows how to can and clean fish, and only drive to town for shopping and church on Sundays ...
Every day is Saturday.
Yup ... don't get out much ..
Thank God.
I have seen adverts for "first ride free"...."discount for repeat customers"....and ..."ask for our 50% off after 5 rides card"
So it's the independent business owner/entrepreneur in action.
“True but is there a vetting process? Could a sex offender be a Uber driver?”
Back in my much younger days I was printed to be a cab driver. I couldn’t figure out why - as the passengers were my biggest threat, LOL (I was young).
They do background checks, but there is some debate about how thorough they are. In any case, they’ve had some issues, but very few.
Now why on earth would someone want to ride with a non muslim whose bathed recently when they could expand their cultural horizons?
It’s a mystery alright.
Bttt.
5.56mm
s’wat life is about, finally.
I suggest you stay away from Uber.
So you’ve never heard of Derrick Bird?
I like the concept of uber and airBnB.
When there’s a big event in town, uber gets you where you want without taking a circuitous route and jacking up the fare.
airBnB allows folks going away for the weekend to rent the room and make some money, and provide better accomodations.
The renter isn’t stuck with a timeshare, and saves on not paying hotels twice the price just because its a big event.
I don’t trust anybody
I've got an advantage. Got the drop on him from behind. After he drops me off, don't care what he does with his spare time.
The owner of the largest cab company in Atlanta has been lobbying to ban Uber and Lyft. He claims being a cab driver is a good middle class job and his cabbies make $60K/year.
If cabbies make such good money, why is it every time I get in a cab in any U.S. city it’s driver is someone from the third world who has been in the country less than 90 days and learned to drive after that? And they never know where they are going, they expect you to tell them every turn (or they blindly plug the address in to a GPS). And in a time of smartphones credit card scanners, why can’t most taxis take plastic? And can’t make change for a $20 bill? I have to carry $70 or $80 for cab fare each way, and I need to ensure I have a $10, $5, and five $1s in my wallet.
The one exception seems to be NYC, where taxis actually work, only due to the city recognizing how corrupt they used to be and mandating certain things (GPS, credit card terminals, etc.).
There is a reason people use Uber and Lyft: because taxis generally suck. I would rather ride a city bus than take a taxi.
And I'm no fan of Wilhelm DeBlasio in New York City, but he's correct when he says that online leasing services like Airbnb are illegal under New York City law. NYC law states that any living accommodations that are rented for a period of less than 30 days is considered a "hotel," and must meet all of the city's regulatory and safety requirements for the hotel industry.
Personally, I think the entire business model for these outfits is going to collapse once the "entrepreneurs" start facing lawsuits from their customers. The nightmare scenario I would envision involves someone who is injured or killed while renting an apartment through Airbnb or hitching a ride through Uber or Lyft. I'm sure the trial lawyer industry is salivating over this one.
I used Uber cars in Boston and they were wonderful. Average was about $15 to go across town. Once I had to get somewhere at rush hour and had to upgrade and it cost me more. Nice drivers, clean, prompt. Loved it.
Uber is highly connected to the leftist RAT Emanual family (Ari, Rahm, Ezekiel). They have money invested in UBER. A good reason for no conservative to use it.
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