It's a scam business.

It's more about leasing cars than providing a service.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

Why won't they? If something is not adding up, they can be programed to clarify.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

I've used google maps a lot and it has never been wrong by that large of a degree. I mean, errors can happen.

As for your last part, that is completely false. You get to choose your desired route in these cars. It shows you the whole thing. It's not like you say "Ok, car, take me to 11th and Main Street, I'm off to sleep" and then you waked up 24 hours later in Kansas City. You give the address, it shows it on the screen, you confirm, and you are off.

It will also display the time until destination along with the number of miles, and if we are talking about self driving cars that you summon by an app it will have the price and probably won't even allow you to set it to go on a drive more than half an hour without extra confirmation.

This is such a small concern that it isn't worth worrying about in the least given the advantages of self driving cars.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Michael and Amir were efficient in getting us around Denver. Thanks Uber.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

In that case Boston Market and Subway were scam companies as well. Franchisers making money on leasing and then foreclosing on equipment to franchisees is standard operating procedure.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

more problems for Uber. sounds like a really shitty company.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/tech ... p=cur&_r=0

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

This might be the only organization with more leaks than the Trump administration.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

that's some high tech shit right there . Uber don't play around

I wonder if it's possible for a rideshare driver to pull a bait & switch when it comes to the vehicle they're using. Obviously Uber/Lyft/etc. have certain standards the car must pass. But what if someone passed with vehicle A, then used shittier vehicle B to actually drive people in to avoid wear on a nicer car. Other than the passengers complaining about it, what would stop someone from doing that ?

America ?

The app tells the rider the car make and license plate number and that info comes from registration and insurance info the driver scans in to uber. I for one would not get into a car that didn't match what was on the app. So unless the driver was doing a bunch of pickups from the hadley school for the blind I am not sure how they would pull off that scam.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

People really dont pay attention to license plates most of the time, or at least didn't when I was driving a year and a half ago. Occasionally someone would look, but 99% didn't.

The number of people who just get into whatever car parked on the side of the street that winds up not being their Uber (or better yet someone not affiliated at all with the company) also proves this point. Uber also wont deactivate you unless you cancel too many trips (heh heh heh) or do something truly heinous. Their turnover is pretty out of control.

I went to the boat a couple weeks ago and won a decent amount, so I gave my Uber driver a very nice tip. You'd have thought I put his kids through college, he was so ecstatic. They must not do very well.

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I mostly use Lyft; a main reason being you can tip with the app.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

I usually use Lyft when possible, but now I get $15 of Uber credit every month through one of my credit cards. Uber offered me $10 or 50% off rides this week in LA, so i ended up with two $18 rides completely free and $10 off another ride.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Took a cab on Saturday from Logan to our hotel near Fenway. I don't know maybe five miles. It was $47. Uber cost $18 For our ride back.

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I ended up taking two cabs in Austin because I thought $104 was too much for a rental car for one day. From the airport to NW Austin and back, $115 total. Fuck me.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

That's what happens when anti-free market big government assholes kick Uber out.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Cabbies deserve a "livable wage".

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Elections have consequences.

Cabbies deserve to make a little bit of money between their real jobs to pay for beer/weed, birthday parties for the kids, and hookers.

Half the Uber/Lyft drivers I've had drive for only 2-3 hours a day.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Similar experience for me there last year. Took a cab from the airport to the hotel. Short ride easily in the $40's. At which point I installed a transit app and we used the subway the rest of the time.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

Ok so David Bonderman of TPG was on the board of Uber. Here's what happened:

"At an Uber staff meeting earlier in the day, Arianna Huffington, another Uber board member, said one woman on a board often leads to more women joining a board. Mr. Bonderman responded “that it’s much more likely to be more talking.”"

It is a joke about chatty women. I don't understand how that is sexist.

sex·ism (sĕk′sĭz′əm)
n.
1. Discrimination based on gender, especially discrimination against women.
2. The belief that one gender is superior to the other, especially that men are superior to women.

What he said has nothing to do with superiority or discrimination. We're at a point where people take offense at everything.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companie ... ar-BBCE7C3

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Sexist has a different definition and it fits pretty much exactly.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Mr. Bonderman is a tertiary Mad Men character, evidently. Damn broads, I tell ya.

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