i know uber is awesome, and I love it.
But the first time I tried it was in NYC, and it was extremely frustrating, and I canceled the ride. The dude didn’t speak English hardly at all, and kept peppering me with questions....
In that particular situation, I resorted to a cab...
I do love uber, however....
RE: In that particular situation, I resorted to a cab...
Well there you go, YOU are in control of whose service you want to patronize.
If the number of similar cases for Uber starts to skyrocket, I can guarantee you Uber WILL (if they want to survive ) screen their drivers better.
Free Markets only work to make the consumer king.
BTW, I know of several college students who go to school at the City Universities who are Uber drivers and use the money they make to pay their tuition. How cool is that?
We recently used Uber for the first time in San Francisco. The cars were clean, the drivers spoke English, and they were professional in every sense of the word. One time on that same trip, an Uber ride was several minutes away, but there was an empty taxi, and we were running late. So we hopped in. It was so filthy and the driver spoke very broken English. When he started to go in a different direction than we had asked, we told him to stop the car, and we got out. We walked the rest of the few blocks to our destination. Uber was much better, and I felt safer than in the cab.
But the first time I tried it was in NYC, and it was extremely frustrating, and I canceled the ride. The dude didn’t speak English hardly at all, and kept peppering me with questions....
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Won’t that driver get a lot of negative feedback is he doesn’t shape up?
I don’t understand. I don’t live in city but this is what confuses me: 1. does each cab driver (even the Somolias I hear about have to pay a million dollars/yr for their cab? - or does the cab company pay million for all their cabs?) 2. how has Uber beaten this system? Seems hard to break a monopoly.