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Except they really don't and are a great service in tons of places.

by p4wnc6 10y ago

product50 10y ago
Have you ever been in a taxi in US or India or Australia or even Canada? The entire experience sucks - from finding them, to convincing them to take you to your destination, to them rudely talking to you when you are explaining them your destination cross streets, to have them talking on the phone while driving, to have their taxi filthy dirty, to have them take you around to your destination in a non optimal way, to have them driving in a really rough manner, to have them ask for tip blatantly, to have their credit card reader not working, to them charging you a large amount for that 3 mile trip, to have them rudely tell you to get off on the other side of the road. It is such a miserable experience and I am glad the entire industry is getting killed. Speak for yourself when defending the taxi industry. You know nothing and I can prove that with experience and facts. It is so infuriating when fools like you come in and make a statement which has no firm basis and sense of truth.
- Bahamut 10y ago
  Some of the terribleness of the taxi industry is on full display in Las Vegas at McCarran Airport - the taxi lines are long, and despite the posters mentioning the cost to various casinos on the strip, taxis will often try to convince you to take the interstate to rack up an additional $25 from you for such a short trip. It used to be even worse before the introduction to Uber/Lyft in the city. I'm glad the corrupt taxi industry is forced to change, their shenanigans have bled a lot of money from consumers.
- kuschku 10y ago
  > Taxis suck, globally. You tried to defend this statement. Yet I live in northern Germany, Taxis are less than 10% more expensive than a comparable uber, have better service, are faster, and cleaner. I can order taxis via phone or a neat app (actually, there’s a bunch of them), basically anyone with a drivers license can start their own taxi company (so there is already a free market), and yet uber refused to comply with the market regulations (they need insurance for the cars). Your route is shown in the app when planning, you can pay via the app before the trip with taxi, and they often even offer to carry your bag up to your room at your destination. "Taxis suck, globally." is objectively false.
- techsupporter 10y ago
  > You know nothing and I can prove that with experience and facts. It is so infuriating when fools like you come in and make a statement which has no firm basis and sense of truth. Welcome to being a vocal user of mass transit, like I am. I have no vehicle and daily use bus-based public transit and have done so in multiple countries on this planet. With a handful of exceptions, riding the bus (or rail, if available) has been clean, on time, safe, and enjoyable. Yet every time I relate any story I have from mass transit, I am told that I must be wrong or deluded because the recipient of my story rode transit and had a bad experience. Therefore, my using public transit means that I will, inevitably, be shot, mugged, harassed, delayed, or otherwise inconvenienced or irritated. I think that both you and the person to whom you are replying simply have different life experiences. I've taken taxis--normal taxis, not "Uber-as-a-taxi"--in those same countries and they have been clean and safe, though I do not take them hardly at all. Anecdotes are a bad thing to get riled up over. Your experience differs. You do not need to call someone a fool or belittle what he or she has experienced simply because yours differs.
kaosjester 10y ago
Dude, stop shilling for taxis. 4/5 people under the top comment have said they lived in Boston and taxi service was terrible. 1/5 people is defending it all over the place like they're getting paid to...

Except they really don't and are a great service in tons of places.

by p4wnc6 10y ago

Except they really don't and are a great service in tons of places.

Have you ever been in a taxi in US or India or Australia or even Canada? The entire experience sucks - from finding them, to convincing them to take you to your destination, to them rudely talking to you when you are explaining them your destination cross streets, to have them talking on the phone while driving, to have their taxi filthy dirty, to have them take you around to your destination in a non optimal way, to have them driving in a really rough manner, to have them ask for tip blatantly, to have their credit card reader not working, to them charging you a large amount for that 3 mile trip, to have them rudely tell you to get off on the other side of the road. It is such a miserable experience and I am glad the entire industry is getting killed. Speak for yourself when defending the taxi industry. You know nothing and I can prove that with experience and facts. It is so infuriating when fools like you come in and make a statement which has no firm basis and sense of truth.

Bahamut 10y ago
Some of the terribleness of the taxi industry is on full display in Las Vegas at McCarran Airport - the taxi lines are long, and despite the posters mentioning the cost to various casinos on the strip, taxis will often try to convince you to take the interstate to rack up an additional $25 from you for such a short trip. It used to be even worse before the introduction to Uber/Lyft in the city. I'm glad the corrupt taxi industry is forced to change, their shenanigans have bled a lot of money from consumers.
kuschku 10y ago
> Taxis suck, globally. You tried to defend this statement. Yet I live in northern Germany, Taxis are less than 10% more expensive than a comparable uber, have better service, are faster, and cleaner. I can order taxis via phone or a neat app (actually, there’s a bunch of them), basically anyone with a drivers license can start their own taxi company (so there is already a free market), and yet uber refused to comply with the market regulations (they need insurance for the cars). Your route is shown in the app when planning, you can pay via the app before the trip with taxi, and they often even offer to carry your bag up to your room at your destination. "Taxis suck, globally." is objectively false.
techsupporter 10y ago
> You know nothing and I can prove that with experience and facts. It is so infuriating when fools like you come in and make a statement which has no firm basis and sense of truth. Welcome to being a vocal user of mass transit, like I am. I have no vehicle and daily use bus-based public transit and have done so in multiple countries on this planet. With a handful of exceptions, riding the bus (or rail, if available) has been clean, on time, safe, and enjoyable. Yet every time I relate any story I have from mass transit, I am told that I must be wrong or deluded because the recipient of my story rode transit and had a bad experience. Therefore, my using public transit means that I will, inevitably, be shot, mugged, harassed, delayed, or otherwise inconvenienced or irritated. I think that both you and the person to whom you are replying simply have different life experiences. I've taken taxis--normal taxis, not "Uber-as-a-taxi"--in those same countries and they have been clean and safe, though I do not take them hardly at all. Anecdotes are a bad thing to get riled up over. Your experience differs. You do not need to call someone a fool or belittle what he or she has experienced simply because yours differs.

kaosjester 10y ago

Dude, stop shilling for taxis. 4/5 people under the top comment have said they lived in Boston and taxi service was terrible. 1/5 people is defending it all over the place like they're getting paid to...