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In Australia we generally jump in the front seats of cabs if travelling alone. Its a loose social rule, considered polite as you have a chat and its treating th
by Gustomaximus 9y ago
In Australia we generally jump in the front seats of cabs if travelling alone. Its a loose social rule, considered polite as you have a chat and its treating them more like an equal than servant.
If for work/other reasons I dont want talk I jump in the back seats and they leave you alone.
- tesin 9y agoLeft unsaid is that guys are expected to ride in front, women in back. Guys less likely to cause violence in front, women less likely to receive/accuse anything untoward in back. Sitting next to someone is more conducive to having a chat.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 9y agoI've also observed this general expectation, but what do you mean "cause violence"? Do you mean it's less likely for the cab driver to get mugged if a guy rides in front or something similar?
- tesin 9y agoEh, it's not just mugged, although I suppose that's part of it. More just punching/stabbing attempts, they're either high, drunk, or mad about the fare etc. In the front you're not going to get blindsided.
- SyneRyder 9y agoI was about to suggest the same thing, I've started doing that in Australia too. I tend to spring for Uber Black on those occasions though, the limo drivers seem more receptive to that, and more experienced. Hopefully the extra cost helps compensate for me being slightly less social / entertaining. I would like that profile feature though (sounds like Virgin America's avatar system in the seat allocation, where you could show yourself as happy & chatty or a grumpy business man). And I'm sad that the Uber - Spotify integration never took off, my friends were really excited about being able to have our own playlists queued up when our Uber arrived on the way to the nightclub.